Cool. More buddies for the other leakers to play a deck of cards with in a jail cell.
And since when did the NYT's like Ashcroft? LOL!! Next to G.W.B. he was first on their hit list. Even above Cheney and Rummy. Now they are trying to paint him as the conscience of the administration? I loved Ashcroft, don't get me wrong, I wish he was still there, but I find it laughable the NYT's is now trying to paint him as the methodical conscience of the administration that sought to restrain the tyrannical G.W.B and Al Gonzales. Especially when they used to be such fans of Al!
Oh, and buried in the article is this...
it was the Justice Department that oversaw an audit conducted on the program. The audit examined a selection of cases to see how the N.S.A. went about determining that it had probable cause to believe that someone in the United States, including American citizens, had sufficient ties to Al Qaeda to justify the extraordinary step of eavesdropping on their phone calls and e-mail messages without a court warrant. That review is not known to have found any instances of documented abuses.
Yeah, I like how they toss that right in the middle in hopes people miss this admission. Doesn't quote sqaure with the perception that the administration gets its kicks spying on our grandmother's recipe exchanges they've tried to convey.
Yea .. that part really didn't pass the smell test