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...sounding low, if only because his 15 weeks in office have seen two colossal FBI embarrassments: the revelation that accused Russian spy Robert Hanssen operated inside the bureau for 15 years; and the discovery of thousands of pages of undisclosed documents in the case of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, which rescued the convict at the brink of execution, at least for now. Neither mess was Ashcroft's fault, of course, but he has to clean both...
...Hanssen indictment came the same day that outgoing FBI Director Louis Freeh admitted on Capitol Hill that bureau archivists had discovered still more stray papers in the McVeigh case--after Freeh's 16th document request to FBI field offices. Ashcroft pushed back McVeigh's execution until June 11. McVeigh's lawyers may seek more time, and attorneys for accomplice Terry Nichols have already asked for a new trial. At first, bureau officials blamed the snafu on an outdated computer system, but last week Freeh pointed the finger at his own hand-picked field commanders and middle managers. "I think there...
...were John Ashcroft, who would you rather have at the head of the line as federal executions resume for the first time since 1963 -Timothy McVeigh or Juan Garza? Unfortunately for the Attorney General, he really had no choice but to push back McVeigh's scheduled execution this month when the FBI turned up more than 3,000 pages of documents - now make it 4,000 - that hadn't been given to McVeigh's lawyers as promised before the trial. It's now set for June 11, and Ashcroft vows to give McVeigh no further extensions - but the chances...
...sense that they felt better about the first execution being Tim McVeigh rather than someone who raises systemic issues about the application of the federal death penalty," said Bruce W. Gilchrist, one of Garza's lawyers. "McVeigh is less likely to be a lightning...
...circumstances are not ideal for Ashcroft. The former Missouri senator has had his share of tough breaks since taking office, including the late-inning discovery of the McVeigh documents and the revelation that a spy had operated inside the FBI for 15 years; his report card internally is mixed as well, with many department lawyers disturbed by his inaccessibility, his criticism of some line lawyers and his daily 8 a.m. prayer meetings...