John Ashcroft sticks a thumb in the eye of the partisan 9/11 Commission

For all the complaints about him, I think his testimony today was a breath of fresh air. I've thought all along that the FBI's fecklessness has been due to the distrust of both the left and the right. Most of the media views the FBI with deep suspicion, which may have been deserved during the tenure of J. Edgar Hoover, but hasn't been since. Once we decide that we don't trust the people we hire to protect us, we might as well just invite the terrorists to attack us.