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Article: Ashcroft says USA Patriot Act needed to stop terrorists.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 20, 2003
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Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Attorney General John Ashcroft yesterday staunchly defended the USA Patriot Act, describing the antiterrorism law passed by Congress in the wake of the September 11 attacks as a "necessary and effective tool" in combating terrorists and protecting liberty.
In the first in a series of campaign-style speeches set for a dozen cities, Mr. Ashcroft delivered an impassioned defense of the law - criticized by some Democrats, civil libertarians and others - saying it had led to the convictions of more than 130 terrorists and to the dismantling of terrorist "sleeper cells."
"If we knew then what we know now, we ...