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
additional emergency necessary reasonable time
or to an additional reasonable time if necessary under an emergency or in other extraordinary circumstances.
challenges diminishes rather rights safe security
So, rather than security being something that challenges rights and that diminishes rights, security makes those rights safe and strong.
best decided detained enemy prevention served
Prevention being our No. 1 objective, we decided we would be best served with him detained as an enemy combatant.
administer advise department embraces enforce integrity job justice law word
President-elect Bush, you have my word that I will administer the Department of Justice with integrity, I will advise your administration with integrity, and I will enforce the law with integrity, ... embraces the job without any reservation.
crime group largest perhaps victims
perhaps the largest group of crime victims in our history.
assurance country enforcing gain measure people schools status student students violations visa visiting
Schools will be accountable for confirming the status of student visa holders, the INS will be accountable for enforcing violations of that status, and the American people will gain a measure of assurance that students visiting our country are who they purport to be,
failure law rights secure
A failure by the administration to use U.S. law now to secure American rights would be an outrage,
clear doubt exhaustive material none produced raises remains
After an exhaustive review, it remains clear that none of the belatedly produced material raises any doubt about McVeigh's guilt,
assisted converted huge large lebanese member plastic terrorists truck
After amassing large amounts of plastic explosives, the terrorists assisted by an as yet unidentified member of Lebanese Hezbollah ... converted a tanker truck into a huge bomb,
acquired engaged fight firearms physical training various weapons
acquired various firearms and engaged in weapons training and physical training in preparation to fight a jihad.
anytime strike
strike us anytime they feel they have the capacity.
designed fail king larry people rights secure security understand
Some people fail to understand that security is designed to secure something, and what we are securing are the rights of individuals, ... Larry King Live.
families measure pleased quickly relief small
I am pleased that we are providing, as quickly as possible, a small measure of relief to the families of these heroes,
congress decision understanding work
I don't want to say that we have made a decision on the request, but we will work with the understanding of the need for the Congress to get its work done as well,