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Article: Ashcroft transforming culture of Justice Department.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- November 29, 2002
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WASHINGTON _ Most Americans know John Ashcroft as the public face of domestic security, announcing indictments of putative terrorists, warning of future attacks.
The role of attorney general, however, is much more than being the top cop in the war on terror. And after nearly two years in office, Ashcroft has significantly changed the Justice Department's culture and the way it interprets the law on a variety of domestic policy issues unrelated to the war.
_The Justice Department recently continued its fight in federal court against Oregon's assisted-suicide law, appealing a judge's decision that the department should not interfere in Oregon's laws ...