Reno Disagrees With Ashcroft
by TChris
Current Attorney General John Ashcroft and former AG Janet Reno have very different understandings of the law.
Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said Wednesday that nothing prevented the sharing of FBI intelligence with criminal investigators working on counterterrorism, contradicting statements made a day earlier by current Attorney General John Ashcroft.
That isn't Reno's only disagreement with Ashcroft.
She also addressed Ashcroft's statements blaming her for issuing "draconian" guidelines in 1995 that he said made sharing information even more difficult. "It was not really restrictions," Reno said. "It was exactly the opposite situation." She said her guidelines required the FBI to contact investigators and discuss cases.
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