According to NBC News Staffer, Bob Kur, reporting on the Ashcroft testimony before the 9/11 Hearings this afternoon, "Ashcroft's" testimony was the workout of a strategy to take the heat off "Bush's" failings. Kur reported that Ascroft tried as hard as he could to cover up the failings of the Bush Administration and to put the blame on the previous administration. No mention was made of Ashcroft's seemingly genuine anger and consternation at the Wall of Separation between FBI and CIA - a wall that Ashcroft noted was re-inforced as late as 1995 under Janet Reno. Kur's report emphasized that...