Has Ashcroft Violated Government Ethical Rules?
TAPPED leads us to a commentary addressing whether John Ashcroft's press conferences on Moussaoui, John Walker Lindh, Yaser Hamdi and Jose Padilla violated government ethics rules. They do.
"Many of Ashcroft's statements, in all four cases, had no serious prosecutorial or law enforcement purpose. Their apparent purpose was to serve as part of a public relations campaign - with the intent of increasing political support for the actions of the administration, and silencing potential critics. "But read the whole thing, you'll learn why prosecutors are so rarely disciplined for their misconduct and why our only likely recourse against Ashcroft is to vote against the Republicans in 2004.
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