Outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft:
I take great personal satisfaction in the record which has been developed. The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved. The rule of law has been strengthened and upheld in the courts.
Hey, only one week after the election and the Bush administration has already secured us from crime and terror! I wonder what the TSA and all these security companies are going to do now, not to mention the U.S. troops fighting a now-moot war in Iraq.
Kind of interesting that the letter is dated November 2. Here I thought that Bush had been burning the midnight oil the past few days making agonizing decisions about who he was going to retain in the Cabinet. Guess not.
It’s also interesting that Ashcroft’s letter has been reported as being a five-page handwritten letter. There must either be more than one letter or Ashcorft writes really, really big.