Atrios on Ashcroft's Grandstand

Atrios points out something that some of us noticed on Wednesday, but that may have been lost in the "fog" of terrorism threat: that Ashcroft is NOT the person who is supposed to deliver such information, Tom Ridge is. In fact, apparently Tom Ridge was completely cut out of the loop by Ashcroft in doing so. Note too that the FBI chief, when he spoke, used far more careful language than Ashcroft.