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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protect the integrity of the system of justice.
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People who interfere with the exercise of constitutionally protected rights should be the focus of attention by prosecutorial authorities,
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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 look upon the position of attorney general with an awesome sense of responsibility, ... If I am confirmed, on my shoulders will rest the responsibility of upholding American justice ... protection of the weak, freedom for the restrained, liberty to the oppressed, and security to every citizen.
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It's pretty clear that the networks that conduct these kinds of events are harbored and supported, sustained, protected by a variety of foreign governments, ... And it's time for those governments to understand with crystal clarity that the United States of America will not tolerate that kind of support for networks that would inflict that kind of damage on the American people.
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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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We're going to do what we need to do to protect the American people.
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America is committed to seeing civil liberties protected as a shield for freedom-loving people, not as a sword for freedom-loathing people.
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The integrity of a program that's designed to protect innocent people from suffering at the hands of brutal regimes is a serious matter,
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In virtually every case, we make an assessment of how do we protect the people of the United States best, ... It may be there are persons who are both enemy combatants and susceptible to criminal prosecution.
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We certainly have some better leads than we had a few days ago when the FBI first put out its profile, ... And we will have to wait and see and measure the extent to which these leads turn out to be either productive or non productive.
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We are very eager to move forward on this directive of the president of the United States and to participate in its fulfillment, ... I believe we will enhance law enforcement to the extent that we can build and expand upon the trust of individuals.
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the skill, ability to undertake attacks both against American interests overseas as well in the United States.
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The strong presence and commitment of Department of Justice officials resulted in a smooth election with far fewer complaints than have been reported in recent years,