Ridge, Ashcroft and Reno

As Tom Ridge joins John Ashcroft in departing the Bush administration (here) it seems appropriate to note that in all the hyperventilating over-hype about purported loss of freedom under the Patriot Act, few MSM or liberals bother to remember Elian Gonzales' real loss of freedom under Janet Reno, or, for that matter, the ultimate loss of freedom experienced by 80 Branch Davidians.