Very very doubtful.
It's most likely to be Rove or Ridge.
"It's most likely to be Rove or Ridge."
IYO, is that giving Bush, who's completely aware of what's going on, plausible deniability of his administration's surrender to the pro-illegal immigration minority on the issue of interior sweeps?
Or is it that there's a complete disconnect in the White House and Bush is completely unaware that Asa stopped the sweeps? Maybe he's not aware that the sweeps ever happened at all?
In that case we should be making even more noise.
Maybe you believe that Rove and Ridge are pulling a 'Rasputin' and are usurping Bush's authority?
My take on it is that it's Bush's wish that the interior sweeps be stopped. How could it be otherwise? Especially after all of this media attention.