Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004): John Ashcroft

The clip John Ashcroft from Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) with James C. Moore

...to every town and village in America, the people were afraid.
And they turned to their leader to protect them.
But protect them from what?
Meet John Ashcroft.
In 2000, he was running for re-election as senator for Missouri...
...against a man who died the month before the election.
The voters preferred the dead guy.
So George W. Bush made him his attorney general.
He was sworn in on a stack of Bibles.
Because when you can't beat a dead guy...
...you need all the help you can get.
During the summer before 9/11...
...Ashcroft told acting FBI director, Thomas Pickard...
...that he didn't want to hear anything more about terrorist threats.
Mr. Watson had come to you and said that the CIA was very concerned...
...that there would be an attack.
You said that you told the attorney general this fact repeatedly...
...in these meetings. That correct?
I've told him at least on two occasions.
And you told the staff, according to this statement...
...Mr. Ashcroft told you that he did not want to hear about this anymore.
Is that correct?
That is correct.
His own FBI knew that summer there were al Qaeda members...
...in the U.S. and bin Laden was sending his agents to flight schools...
...around the country.
But Ashcroft's Justice Department turned a blind eye...
...and a deaf ear.
But after 9/11, John Ashcroft had some brilliant ideas...

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