ashcroft

From CBS News and AP: Here is was the 9-11 Commission found: * Acting FBI Director Thomas Pickard requested an increase in counterterrorism funding from Ashcroft. Ashcroft denied Pickard's request on September 10, 2001. (Page 210) * Ashcroft was briefed about terrorism by the CIA in May. He...

In a moment that is reminiscent of the final episode of Mary Tyler Moore John Ashcroft has stepped down. An interesting quote from him though: "I take great personal satisfaction in the record which has been developed. The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has...

Acording to this artical (reg. required) in April of 2003 a Terrorist in Texas was found to have "remote-controlled explosive devices disguised as briefcases, 60 pipe bombs and a chemical weapon — a cyanide bomb — big enough to kill everyone in a 30,000-square-foot building". Yet there was...

Every time this guy testifies in the Senate, as he walks into the chamber, they should play Darth Vader's "Imperial March" theme. (is there any way I can imbed a WAV file of the Imperial March on this thread for added effect? :D)

No one has any comment on the lack of co-ordination between the Justice Department and Homeland Security? Wasn't this the main lesson we were supposed to have learned after 9/11 (agencies should share information)?

On tv this morning Ashcroft announced the capture in Britian of an accused terrorist supporter named Hamza -- an iman who was in the news for publically "admiring" bin Laden. Ashcroft is front and center in a way that I haven't observed in some time; a fairly big deal is being made. Once the...

According to www,cnn.com, he has been hospitalized and is in the ICU with acute pancreaticis (sic.) brought on apparently by Gallstones migrating from the Gallbadder to the pancreas. It is apparently a very serious and painful condition. I am no fan of Ashcroft and believe him to be one of the...

Now even the Federal Prosecutor who got the first "terror trial" conviction has a problem with the Administration's "War on Terror". 08:58 PM CST on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is exaggerating its performance in the war on terrorism and has...

Mahar Arar was a Canadian national deported by our country to Syria while he was in transit from Germany to Canada. He was detained in New York city and then deported, he claims that he ws never allowed to consult with Canadian officials. He also claims that he was deported by the US to be...

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