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Cracks show in Bush's White House
(Julian Borger, The Guardian, June 15, 2002)
Something has gone awry in George Bush's White House. The administration's once impermeable self-confidence is beginning to show cracks. A string of blunders has revealed that it is increasingly unsure of itself. . . . the White House acidly disowned the views of two senior cabinet members - the attorney general, John Ashcroft and the secretary of state, Colin Powell. . . . the administration just seemed confused in the face of the terrorist menace. . . . Mr Fleischer went out of his way to belittle Mr Powell's observations . . . The administration increasingly seems to be fuelling rather than managing a climate of fear, and opinion polls suggest that more and more Americans believe the timing of its announcements is determined as much by politics as by security concerns. . . . Mr Ashcroft, who carries the banner for the Christian right, spent his first months in office seeking to divert justice department resources from counter-terrorism to crusades against drugs and pornography. Even after September 11, scores of FBI agents have been tied up by a prolonged surveillance of a New Orleans brothel, and a crackdown was ordered against medical marijuana.

posted by LoZo 10:51 AM