Word: ashcrofts
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...Youth is not absolution for treachery," Attorney General John Ashcroft said today in announcing charges against John Walker Lindh. "Misdirected Americans cannot receive direction in murderous ideology." Lindh is in a bad place, but he's not in the worst possible position: The charges he currently faces do not carry the death penalty, although Ashcroft has made it clear the government is investigating other charges that could result in Walker's death...
...Delivering his statement to reporters, Ashcroft underscored the seriousness of the charge and seriousness of the situation. "The United States does not casually or capriciously charge one of its own citizens with providing support to terrorists," the Attorney General said. "We are compelled to do so today by the inescapable fact of September the 11th - a day that reminded us in no uncertain terms that we have enemies in the world and that these enemies seek to destroy...
...million can have most of Washington listening for a measly $5.6 million. But by writing checks to most of the Hill and seemingly half of the Administration (and presciently employing the other half while the Democrats were in the White House), Enron effectively made itself a leper in distress. Ashcroft is off the case, Lindsey and Rove will be busily burying themselves in other matters, and Bush's best defense against a scandal will be to make sure Justice's special Enron-dedicated task force makes Ken Starr look like he went easy on the Clintons...
...idea of a national ID card leaped into the headlines just after Sept. 11. Oracle chairman Larry Ellison offered to donate the pertinent software. Ellison went to see Attorney General John Ashcroft, who was noncommittal despite his obvious enthusiasm for expanding government powers into other areas that trouble civil libertarians...
...creating a task force, staffed with experts on complex financial crimes, to pursue a full criminal investigation. But the country was quickly reminded of the pervasive reach of Enron and its executives-the biggest contributors to the Presidential campaign of George W. Bush-when U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft had to recuse himself from the probe because he had received $57,499 in campaign cash from Enron for his failed 2000 Senate re-election bid in Missouri. Then the entire office of the U.S. Attorney in Houston recused itself because too many of its prosecutors had personal ties to Enron...