You left out that any powers he establishes in the Justice Dept In the context of the articles, what powers did Ashcroft establish? That Lindh, captured by military action in a foreign country while bearing arms, was given any semblence of a civil trial is extraordinary.
Lindh should have been left where he was-in a bombed-out basement of an Afghan prison, up to his neck in water...Instead we all (taxpayers) have the "honor" of feeding, medicating, and housing this slug for the rest of his natural life, at a per annum cost of roughly $37K. Assuming of course he doesn't fall ill, ala John Gotti. Has THAT bill ever been shown to the public?
In the context of the articles, what powers did Ashcroft establish? A precedent for holding an American citizen, no matter how odious a citizen, without due process.
Let me put it in the simplests terms possible.
If there is no hole, you can't be put in the hole. You seek out the nastiest, most reprehensible, most violent, ugliest, smelliest citizen possible and say, "This person needs to be put in a hole". You dig one and put him there.
Now, you have a hole, and you can be put in the hole.
