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No Nudes Good News at Justice By TIMOTHY J. BURGER Daily News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON There's been a coverup at the Justice Department. In the department's ceremonial Great Hall, a partially nude statue of the female "Spirit of Justice" is now concealed behind an $8,650 blue velvet curtain suspended on a gangly metal frame 20 feet high. Attorney General John Ashcroft's personal advance aide ordered the curtain after the conservative ex-senator voiced displeasure at appearing in news photos with the statue - and its two breasts, one bare, one covered - over his head. News of the curtain had many Washington insiders shaking their heads, along with some Justice employees who scurried to the Great Hall to see for themselves. "I can not believe it," one employee said with a laugh after he peeked behind the curtain yesterday. "It's art, so it shouldn't affect anybody," department employee Janett Winslow, 53, said when told of the curtain. "I wouldn't say it's silly, but everybody's entitled to an opinion." Department spokeswoman Barbara Comstock denied a report on ABC's Web site that a "fed up" Ashcroft ordered the statue covered after the bare breast appeared over his head at a November anti-terrorism press conference. "The attorney general has better things to worry about [than] what the esthetics are of his event" backdrops, she said. In the Dark Comstock said Ashcroft was unaware that advance aide Lani Miller ordered the drapes as a cost-saving measure after the department spent $2,100 renting the curtain for a recent event renaming the main Justice building for former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Senior Republicans here said Ashcroft didn't help the image of conservatives. A senior Bush administration aide rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not saying a word. But I'm smiling." A second well-placed Bush official wondered, "Couldn't they just move the podium?" But one of Washington's Republican mandarins, a former senior White House aide, had the toughest reaction. "He just demonstrated the gene pool didn't have a lifeguard," he moaned. "This is stupid." <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
