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Article: Ashcroft defends Patriot Act in Philadelphia forum.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- August 21, 2003
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Byline: Thomas Ginsberg
Attorney General John Ashcroft went on the defensive Wednesday over the government's antiterrorism laws, telling Philadelphia-area authorities that, without the Patriot Act, "America will pay the price in lost liberty."
"Make no mistake: Our strategy, our tactics, are working. Our tools are effective," Ashcroft told about 200 area, state and federal officials at the National Constitution Center. "We are winning the war on terror."
Ashcroft used Philadelphia and its newly built Constitution Center to launch his monthlong nationwide tour trumpeting the USA Patriot Act, which Congress approved six weeks after the Sept. 11, ...