Today from Reuters.
The U.S. Justice Department under Attorney General John Ashcroft failed in 2001 to treat counterterrorism as a top priority, says the commission on the September 11 attacks.
April 4, 2001 Asscroft speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors
For each of these three priorities -- reducing gun crime; making sure that we, again, target illegal drug use as a real threat to the security of our culture; and to making sure that we eliminate discrimination -- we are taking action in order to achieve, I think, a real benefit to this culture.
Lucky for us, this guy thwarted Osama's initial plan of filling the WTC with dope smoke. Now that would have been devastating! Let's also not forget that in 2001, AFTER 9-11, this guy wasn't busy finding terrorist cells inside the U.S. He was trying to overturn Oregon's Death with Dignity act.