In a New York Times article released today, there is further evidence that Attorney General John Ashcroft can not be trusted to investigate the CIA leaks from the White House.
As I wrote yesterday, the suspect that has been pointed to over and over again is Bush Chief Political Stategist Karl Rove. Well, it turns out that Rove's mass mailing company was paid $300,000 for direct mailing and other services during Ashcroft's 1994 Senate run in Missouri. This connection is "in addition to his[Rove's] roles in two earlier campaigns."
How can we trust a Justice Department to fairly investigate its friends and political bedfellows? We can't, and we shouldn't be asked to accept such a conflict without suspicion.