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Transcript: Analysis: John Ashcroft testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee
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STEVE INSKEEP
Morning Edition (NPR)
06-08-2004
Analysis: John Ashcroft testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Today Attorney General John Ashcroft testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on how the Justice Department has been handling the war on terror. The hearing is supposed to be part of an effort to reassess the USA Patriot Act because sections of the anti-terror law expire next year. But at hearings like this, Ashcroft has a way of becoming the focus of attention, as NPR's Larry Abramson reports.
LARRY ABRAMSON reporting:
When he testified before the 9-11 Commission in April, John Ashcroft appeared ...