John Ashcroft
John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroftis an American attorney and politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General, in the George W. Bush Administration. He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth9 May 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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It needs to stop, ... Every American has a right to look to law enforcement officials to protect their rights.
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These three documents, this letter, is clear evidence linking the hijackers on the three separate flights on September 11,
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On behalf of the entire United States Department of Justice, I express our deepest condolences to Jonathan's family, colleagues and friends. We share his family's grief and will provide any support and assistance to help them through this difficult time. All appropriate resources will be dedicated to investigating this matter.
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A calculated, malignant, devastating evil has arisen in our world.
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It may well be that we have opportunists in the United States or terrorists in the United States who are acting in ways that are unrelated.
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It takes courage to come forward in situations like this and I urge anyone with information that may be helpful to the authorities to use these resources,
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It's very unlikely that all of those associated with the attacks of September 11 are now detained or have been detected, ... And that's why we need the kind of robust surveillance capacity that's provided for in the legislation. It's time for Congress to act.
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It's very important, because in most cases where children are seriously hurt or killed, they are killed during the early hours of the abduction, ... And so we want to have the alert not only be a substantial and broad alert, but it has to happen early and quickly. That's why it's important we have this additional funding and this coordination at the national level.
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At this time, most intelligence focuses on possible attacks on U.S. interests overseas,
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They're being detained because they have been combatants against the United States in a wartime situation,
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The magnitude and nature of these attacks -- the coordination, the sophistication of these attacks -- indicate to me that they are not sort of random acts by people who are just angry. These are long, prolonged, planned activities.
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Their basic needs are regarded, they have the right food, they have the right shelter, the right capacity to avoid injury,
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These individuals are charged with gaining access to secure areas of our airports by lying on security applications, using false or fictitious Social Security numbers or committing various immigration frauds,
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These individuals are being restrained and properly so. They are terrorists. They are uniquely dangerous,