"… diciary Committee had an hour and a half hearing in which Attorney General John Ashcroft testified but took no questions. In the House, meanwhile, there was no tes …"

"… the border of Iraq, we learn that for months the staff of Attorney General John Ashcroft has been secretly planning another tectonic shift in the historic constitu …"

"… quiet, longstanding ambitions, which the White House and Attorney General John Ashcroft and his staff had tried unsuccessfully for months to obscure. Last Februar …"

"… mmittee literally had an hour and a half hearing in which Attorney General John Ashcroft testified but took no questions. In the House, meanwhile, there was no tes …"

"… n for a full vote in the Senate. …"

"… been active in politics, was asked to help Ashcroft. “He indicated that John Ashcroft wanted me to raise $10,000 by the end of the year” that is, in the seven …"

"… rs on stationery adorned with the attorney generals seal, and signed by “John Ashcroft, Attorney General.”One of those letters was sent to Wolkowitz, the presi …"

"… d The Public i in an interview. “The public wants to know to what extent John Ashcroft misused the power of the office to raise money for the gubernatorial race. …"

"… cessive secrecy, among them: an October 2001 memo by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft reversed nearly 40 years of presumed openness under the Freedom of Informa …"

"… a memo to the heads of federal departments and agencies, Attorney General John Ashcroft decreed that a well-informed citizenry may be vital to government oversigh …"

"… forcement and intelligence-gathering provisions sought by Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Bush Administration. For example, the Act includes changes to the …"

"… scussed at staff levels."But in the months that followed, Attorney General John Ashcroft left no doubt about his wishes for Patriot Act revisions. For example, on …"

"… f McCain’s campaign. In April, the only guest at the mansion was Senator John Ashcroft, R-Mo., who later endorsed Bush. A spokesman in Ashcroft’s office told t …"

"… l receipts are nearly $700,000. Carnahan is running against incumbent Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo.The Republicans Ashcroft Victory Committee in Missouri raised $1.3 m …"

"… e in full text (12 MB). The bill, drafted by the staff of Attorney General John Ashcroft and entitled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, has not been o …"

"… rotect the civil liberties of the unaccused incarcerated. Attorney General John Ashcroft said, “It would be a violation of the privacy rights of individuals for …"

"… without releasing the most basic information about them. Attorney General John Ashcroft described the news blackout in Orwellian fashion, “It would be a violati …"