... connection to terrorism. It was so secret that few members of Bush's inner circle were "read in" on program. Even John Ashcroft, who was attorney general at the time, got an accurate description of one surveillance activity only two years after ...

... gone and who repudiated many of the office's earlier opinions, was one of those. So too was then-Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft, nobody's idea of a civil libertarian. Understanding how all this occurred, as well as how the CIA came to destroy ...

... and nonpartisanship under the rule of law. A recent report by the department's inspector general concluded that John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales, while serving as attorney general, allowed for "screening committees" that illegally used ...

... government contractors under the law. The legislation also is aimed at reversing an order by former Attorney General John Ashcroft in the wake of the attacks, in which he instructed agencies to lean against releasing information when there was uncertainty ...

... FOIA requests. - Advertisement - The main purpose of the act was to reverse an order given by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft to restrict giving out public information if agencies believed it would affect national security, an excuse media ...

... government exonerated Hatfill, whose name has for years had been associated with the attacks. Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft called him a "person of interest" in 2002. Investigators also had noticed Ivins' unusual behavior at Fort Detrick ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Skeptical of John Ashcroft's promise to ignore personal beliefs in enforcing the law, Democrats are making the former senator's rejection of Clinton ...

Opponents of John Ashcroft's Senate confirmation have been promoting a disturbing idea -- that because serious Christians serve God, they cannot be trusted ...

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General John Ashcroft decided Friday to postpone the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh after the FBI revealed it had failed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General John Ashcroft, responding to a question by the National Rifle Association, reasserted his belief that the Constitution guarantees people the ...