Ashcroft Holding Ethically Questionable Pizza Luncheon “A pizza luncheon to be hosted this Wednesday by former Attorney General turned consultant John Ashcroft for some of his old political appointees has raised eyebrows in the Justice Department’s ethics office, U.S. News has learned. The ethics office, which provides Justice employees with guidance on a wide range of ethics questions, has not instructed invitees not to attend the lunch.” (U.S. News & World Report)Psychologist OK’s Padilla For Trial A prison psychologist determined on Monday that although accused terrorist operative Jose Padilla suffers from mild anxiety and personality disorders, he is mentally stable enough to stand trial. (The New York Times) Additionally, a federal judge determined yesterday that a terrorist manual claimed by the prosecution ot have been Padilla’s could not be admitted as evidence. (The Los Angeles Times)
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