Matt Bivens at
The Nation in his almost daily rant
The Daily Outrage points out (via
Buzzflash) that Ashcroft started avoiding using commercial jets in July of 2001 because of a threat:
In this quote of a CBSNEWS report, Bivens reports:
[T]he 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. ... Neither the FBI nor the Justice Department, however, would identify what the threat was, when it was detected or who made it.
How 'bout them apples?