Ashcroft Defends FBI Protester Interviews

[southernleftylady]

WASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites) defended FBI (news - web sites) interviews of some political protesters around the country before last month's Democratic convention in Boston, which critics described as an intimidation tactic.
At a news conference Friday, Ashcroft said FBI agents interviewed only protesters they believed were plotting to firebomb media vehicles at the Democratic convention or might have known about such plots.

Ashcroft said suggestions that the interviews were aimed at stifling protests were an "outrageous distortion."

"We interviewed a very limited number of people that we believed were either participating in a plan to criminally and violently disrupt the Democratic National Convention, or individuals that might have known something about that plan," Ashcroft said
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=6&u=/ap/20040822/ap_on_go_pr_wh/ashcroft_convention_protests

[Vickers]

1. Well, if he says so, we have to believe him

:eyes:

"FBI agents interviewed only protesters they believed were plotting to firebomb media vehicles"

And how many media vehicles ended up getting firebombed? None you say?!?!?!?!

Yea! They foiled the Democratic terrorists!

More :eyes: and some :puke:

[baldguy]

2. Don't try and convince me the bushies aren't fascists.

[TryingToWarnYou]

3. Im shocked, shocked I say....