Hogwash. It is the job of the Attorney General to UPHOLD THE LAW! Period! No ifs, ands or buts. He has fallen down on the job. No denying it.
But, at the top of the list in treasonous, delusional bastard Clinton's legacy - is:
Safe from whom? The crimes committed by the Clinton administration and DNC (like stealing presidential elections using illegal money from Red China, like blackmailing congresspersons using illegal information from FBI files, like killing cabinet officials because they were about to turn states evidence in Chinagate and CampaignFinanceGate), and the Bush administration's ignoring all those crimes, pose a much bigger threat to this nation's survival and the freedoms we enjoy than any terrorist or other nation ever could.
It most certainly IS the job of John Ashcroft's DOJ--and ultimately the Bush Administration--to rout out endemic corruption of the past Administration's DOJ, FBI, and CIA, so as to rid his Administration of said corruption. If investigations into why the FBI chose to cover-up the OKC/MidEast Terror Connection lead to Reno or Clinton, IMHO it is Ashcroft's/Bush's responsibility to hold them accountable.
"His number one responsibility to to keep us safe."
Do you not see that allowing Rampant Corruption within the Highest Echelons of our Federal Government to go unpunished diminishes the security of us all?! The two are closely interlinked.
FReegards...MUD