ASHCROFT THE SILLY

See it to believe it: "Attorney General John Ashcroft is refusing to release or discuss memos detailing U.S. torture policy. Lawmakers accused him of trying to hide how the Bush administration has justified the abuse of prisoners." (Click on the link above and then click on "Watch 256k stream" to play the video.)

Here's how silly Ashcroft is: The key secret Pentagon torture memorandum of March 6, 2003, obtained by Wall Street Journal reporter Jess Bravin, is already online. The Journal posted it in an area of its Web site that does not require a subscription. The administration and the Pentagon deny that the memorandum has been put into effect. But you have to take their word for it, and we know what their word is worth.