The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counter-terrorism purposes.

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• John Ashcroft:

  The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

• John Ashcroft:

  The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment an

• John Ashcroft:

  There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

• John Ashcroft:

  We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate

• John Ashcroft:

  We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism

• John Ashcroft:

  We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has

• John Ashcroft:

  What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world.

• John Ashcroft:

  The path we have chosen is constitutional.

• John Ashcroft:

  The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'.

• Charles Simic:

  Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.