Article: Ashcroft Kicks Off Patriot Act Campaign

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Dateline: WASHINGTON [image omitted]

Attorney General John Ashcroft began a nationwide campaign Tuesday to defend the USA Patriot Act, saying the anti-terrorism law is the chief reason America has not suffered another catastrophic terrorist attack since Sept. 11.

Quoting Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, Ashcroft compared the law passed six weeks after the 2001 attacks to turning points in history such as the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg and U.S. aid to Great Britain in the early days of the struggle against Nazi Germany.

"We have used these tools to prevent terrorists from unleashing more death and destruction on our soil," Ashcroft said in a ...

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