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Should suspected terrorists be tried in civilian courts or military tribunals?
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge talks about disagreements within the Bush administration on when to raise the terror alert level
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge explains comments made on use of terror alert system
A look at political figures who have applied for presidential pardons from President Bush
LATEST STORIES
Arizona Sheriff Launches Controversial Immigration Sweep
AP| U.S.
… narrowing, but it's not much," said Kobach, who worked as an immigration law adviser to then-U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft from 2001-2003. Dan Pochoda, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing people who …
Story|10/19/2009
Arizona Sheriff Launches Immigration Sweep
AP| U.S.
… narrowing, but it's not much," said Kobach, who worked as an immigration law adviser to then-U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft from 2001-2003. Dan Pochoda, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing people who …
Story|10/19/2009
Court: Ashcroft May Be Held Liable for Wrongful Detentions After Sept. 11
AP| Politics
… federal appeals court has ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft may be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained ..... federal appeals court has ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft may be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained …
Story|09/04/2009
Ridge Explains Terror Alert Comments
FOXNews.com| Hannity
… of that video that Attorney General John Ashcroft and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld recommended ..... RIDGE: Of course it is. HANNITY: If John Ashcroft and Donald Rumsfeld were suggesting to ..... Every day I met with Attorney General John Ashcroft . We had a routine. We went in and …
Story|09/01/2009
Ridge Says He Was Not Pressured to Raise Terror Alert Level Before 2004 Election
AP| Politics
… Again," Ridge says that despite the urgings of former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft he objected to raising the security level, according to a publicity release from the publisher. But in an interview with …
Story|08/31/2009
Ridge Says Was Pressured to Raise Terror Alert
AP| Politics
… Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft he objected to raising the security level, according to ..... Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft he objected to raising the security level, according to …
Story|08/20/2009
Hayden Says He Informed Congress of Surveillance Program
AP| Politics
… connection to terrorism. It was so secret that few members of Bush's inner circle were "read in" on the program. Even John Ashcroft , who was attorney general at the time, got an accurate description of one surveillance activity only two years after he …
Story|07/11/2009
Warrantless Wiretapping Yielded 'Limited' Results, Report Says
FOXNews.com| Politics
… administration officials refused to be interviewed, including former CIA Director George Tenet and former Attorney General John Ashcroft . The others: former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card; former top Cheney aide David Addington; and Yoo. Congress …
Story|07/10/2009
Supreme Court decisions made in the 2008-09 term
Special Sections
… 26, 2009. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued by a former Sept. 11 detainee who claimed he was abused because of his religion and ethnicity. This decision …
Story|07/01/2009
Court rulings loom on campaign funds, civil rights
| AP| Special Sections
… against environmentalists and a Pakistani Muslim man who sought to hold FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft to account for the harsh conditions of his detention in a federal jail cell following the Sept. 11 attacks. Copyright 2009 …
Story|07/01/2009
