Remember how W. Bush blew off the August 6, 2001 CIA memo -- "Osama determined to strike in the

[Mc Mike]

9. This Ashcroft?

" In response to inquiries from CBS News over why Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft instead of commercial airlines, the Justice Department cited what it called a "threat assessment" by the FBI, and said Ashcroft has been advised to travel only by private jet for the remainder of his term.

"There was a threat assessment and there are guidelines. He is acting under the guidelines," an FBI spokesman said. Neither the FBI nor the Justice Department, however, would identify what the threat was, when it was detected or who made it. "

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ashcroft-flying-high/ July 26, '01.