Perhaps Ashcroft doesn't know the source of the threat, or threats...
Or Perhaps he does, and doesnt' want to tip his hand to the terrorists.
The Bush crowd isn't like the Clinton crowd, looking for every possible excuse for the press to pat them on the back. They aren't telling us every plot that was thwarted in the aftermath of 9/11. I happen to have a very reliable inside source at a hotel chain that the FBI pulled a scary amount of C-4 from one of their rooms just after 9/11.
No press conference, though.
Read between the lines, please.
