Ashcroft speaks in the Justice Department main hall
with the controversial statue in the background.
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) -- A cover-up at the U.S. Justice Department?
Barbara Comstock, a Justice Department spokeswoman said Monday about $8,000 has been spent for curtains to conceal two Art Deco aluminum statues of semi-nude figures in the building's Great Hall. The decision to install the curtains was made by Attorney General John Ashcroft's aide who handles advance work. "It was done for TV aesthetics," she said. ... TV aesthetics? What the hell is THAT? ...
When Ashcroft November 8 announced plans to restructure the Justice Department to focus on terrorism after the September 11 hijacked plane attacks, photographers took pictures showing him with the towering female statue in the background. "He did not know this was being done," Comstock said. "The attorney general has more important things to do than worry about what appears in pictures."
... RIGHT ... so important that he has time to worry about TV aesthetics and have aides cover up the naughty bits .... would have been faster and cheaper if he just wore a blindfold ..... (blind justice!) ... or, have kept his hands to himself!
Barbara Comstock, a Justice Department spokeswoman said Monday about $8,000 has been spent for curtains to conceal two Art Deco aluminum statues of semi-nude figures in the building's Great Hall. The decision to install the curtains was made by Attorney General John Ashcroft's aide who handles advance work. "It was done for TV aesthetics," she said. ... TV aesthetics? What the hell is THAT? ...
When Ashcroft November 8 announced plans to restructure the Justice Department to focus on terrorism after the September 11 hijacked plane attacks, photographers took pictures showing him with the towering female statue in the background. "He did not know this was being done," Comstock said. "The attorney general has more important things to do than worry about what appears in pictures."
... RIGHT ... so important that he has time to worry about TV aesthetics and have aides cover up the naughty bits .... would have been faster and cheaper if he just wore a blindfold ..... (blind justice!) ... or, have kept his hands to himself!