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To: tejek who wrote (281782)	3/27/2006 2:51:10 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576843

Where did you hear that Ashcroft would not fly commercial planes? This is the first I've heard that. cbsnews.com In response to inquiries from CBS News over why Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft instead of commercial airlines, the Justice Department cited what it called a "threat assessment" by the FBI, and said Ashcroft has been advised to travel only by private jet for the remainder of his term. "There was a threat assessment and there are guidelines. He is acting under the guidelines," an FBI spokesman said. Neither the FBI nor the Justice Department, however, would identify what the threat was, when it was detected or who made it. The papers reported it on the back pages and the news channels keep quiet about it. It's all part of the coverup. It's not so much that these media outlets had a hand in the coverup so much as they are now embarassed for having glossed over so much. They would rather pretend that all were duped by bad intelligence. TP (Faux news non-report) foxnews.com TRANSCRIPT June 8, 2002 Jamestown NY (Jamestown Community College) Excerpt from press conference: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Snowshoe Films: In your recent remarks to Congress regarding the events of 9/11, you mentioned that there was an official in the current administration who advised other officials not to fly on commercial airlines – as early as August, 2001 and even earlier. Who was that official? Sen. Clinton: “Well, the information, which has been public for many months, is that the attorney general [John Ashcroft] decided not to fly commercially, based on some assessment of existing threat level.”