[Sandy]

No surprise here. Ashcroft didn't trust the feds back then because there was a Democrat in the White House. He didn't change his tune on Sept. 11; he changed his tune when his party took over the executive branch (as did most Republicans, for that matter). Foolish and hypocritical, yet common.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Perhaps as AG, he understands that the Constitution is a Living Document, subject to the Whims of the Executive Branch as needed to handle the Problems of the Moment.