Of course Ashcroft is covering for the previous administrations corruptions. Notice his total lack of any effort to investigate ANYTHING. Count the number of things he was supposed to investigate that he's let go by without so much as a glance:
Waco
Ruby Ridge
Reno (just about everything)
nuclear espionage
Tell you what, Ashcroft may very well prove to be WORSE than Reno. He comes in under the guise of a committed Christian, conservative, dedicated to the Constition, meanwhile he is working hard at increasing the power of the federal thugs we call the FBI and ATF. At least we know Reno was evil. As it is, we may very well see our 'friend' John Ashcroft putting the final nails into the coffin of the Bill of Rights before his term is over.