Update:
Apparently Ashcroft's office is now denying that he himself had anything to do with the installation of the drapes or even knew about it.

Sure.

So I guess it could now be the mystery of "Who Draped Minnie Lou?"

(It was a woman in his office -- I forgot her title -- who actually ordered it done. The question is, why would she take it upon herself to do it if the action was not at least tacitly agreed to by her boss?) Whoever dun it, the Spirit Of Justice, after being fit for viewing since 1934, is now considered either too indecent or too distracting to continue to be seen during press conferences.)

Genie