It’s not often that The Financial Times devotes coverage to a U.S. talk radio interview, but the staid British business publication did just that in this morning’s edition. The topic of the story was John Kobylt’s take-no-prisoners interview of Asa Hutchinson, the #2 official at the Department of Homeland Security. Calling the interview “extraordinary,” the Times said Hutchinson “floundered” and was “[o]bviously ill-prepared.” The Times viewed Hutchinson’s decision to appear on the John and Ken show as politically significant, noting that it “suggested a rising awareness in the administration that persistent concern over illegal immigration could have significant implications for the president’s re-election campaign in the south-west.” Much more here.

Update: A reader informs me that Hutchinson has been assigned a new phone number, thanks to the large volume of calls from KFI listeners. His new number is 202-282-8077. My reader helpfully offers a few other relevant phone numbers:

Oh, by the way, here are the numbers for the people who work right under Asa. (I suspect that Asa might be a little bit media-shy right now.)

Brad Kidwell, Executive Assistant to Director of Operations, Border and Transportation Security Directorate, 202-282-8064

Matt MacKoviac, Assistant to the Secretary for Policy and Planning, Border and Transportation Security Directorate, 571-227-3963, or cell phone 202-841-9154

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