DOJ UNDER ASHCROFT

Talk Left has this story about Ashcroft's attempts to monitor communications between DOJ staff and members of Congress.

I've been reading Steven Brill's After, which I highly recommend and which I plan to say something more about later. But for now, suffice it to say that Brill's picture of Ashcroft is hardly complimentary. Ashcroft comes off as simply a mean guy who cannot resist putting himself in the spotlight in order to call attention to his own efforts. Probably Ashcroft was a better Senator than Attorney General (and take that as you will). . .