If John Kerry is unfit to be President because in 1995 he proposed reducing the intelligence budget by 1%, then what is John Ashcroft doing still in the AG’s slot, having having taken terrorism off the list of DoJ priorities a month before 9-11? And why hasn’t whoever at OMB decided to cut $1 billion from an FBI request for $1.5 billion in extra counter-terror funds after 9-11 looking for a job?
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Morning Bang
- Ahmed Yassin, the spirtual leader and founder of Hammas, was killed early Monday morning in Gaza. Some reactions to the news: First reaction from Yourish Full breakdown from Outside the Beltway Eleven reactions from Allison – Mark Kleiman wonders