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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Our efforts have been crafted carefully to avoid infringing on constitutional rights, while saving American lives.
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Our expert team of agents and analysts from the FBI will continue to share information and expertise with their British colleagues.
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Our American system of justice will allow Walker the rights and due process that the terrorists he fought side by side with sought, and still seek, to destroy.
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If we ever make an inquiry about any kind of record or business record, ... it has the judicial supervision, so that a federal judge would look carefully and simply not allow it if it were not a part of a case that merited the involvement of the authorities.
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I have directed and will do everything possible to ensure a professional, thorough, prompt and complete investigation.
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I don't have any personal ax to grind here.
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I don't know whether anyone turned us down. But it's very clearly the overwhelming majority of individuals interviewed were very helpful to us.
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Of course any time you do a good job you have the enhanced capacity to campaign effectively,
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More eloquently than any attorney general before or since, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke of making justice -- quote -- 'a reality for all God's children,'
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I am especially concerned that these criminal aliens may re-enter and prey upon immigrant communities within the United States,
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I am confident ... that very serious effort is being given not only to the tape itself and whether or not it might represent the voice of bin Laden, but also to the content of the tape and what might be signaled in the wording of the tape,
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I believe today's opinion and the Constitution leave open legislative avenues to protect our children from harm and we will seek to develop the means to do so with legislative endeavor,
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I believe that we are operating appropriately and effectively in the current setting, ... We know of no additional value that can be brought to the investigation that we are not providing.