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The National Law Enforcement Museum held its official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony in Washington, DC. Actor and director Clint Eastwood, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, former…

Panelists talked about the career and examined the speeches of former Attorney General Edward Levi (1911-2000) who took office following the Wategate scandal. The panelists included Attorney…

Attorney General Ashcroft and others testified about the Department of Justice’s work and formulation of legal policies for the interrogation and detention of enemy combatants held at facili…

Witnesses testified about the use of pre-trial prosecution agreements and deferred prosecution in corporate crime cases. Topics included the benefits and detriments of the agreements, the us…

President Bush and members of the Kennedy family participated in a ceremony renaming the Justice Department building after former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Speakers talked about th…

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft addressed the 25th annual spring meeting of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He talked about his experiences following September 11, 2001, terrorist a…

John Ashcroft, the former Attorney General for the Bush Administration, talked about the role of the Attorney General and internal security at the Republican National Lawyers Association con…

Attorney-General Ashcroft testified about legislative proposals designed to combat terrorism.

After his introduction by former Attorney General Edwin Meese, outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft, talked about his time in office and his future plans. Topics included domestic securit…

Justice Department officials paid tribute to out-going Attorney General John Ashcroft, who thanked employees for their service and dedication to the department.

In his end-of-the-year remarks, Attorney General John Ashcroft (R) delivered a farewell address to department employees. In his remarks he talked about the sacrifices of law enforcement offi…

Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke about his experiences in the Bush Administration and his decision to resign his position. He spoke about his accomplishments in the war on terror: “We’ve…

Mr. Ashcroft spoke about recent indictments on charges of terrorism handed down by a Federal grand jury in Miami. Two men were charged with conspiring to provide material support to terroris…

Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke with reporters at the Justice Department about computer crimes. He announced the results of Operation Web Snare, a collaborative law enforcement effort a…

Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke to reporters about Department of Justice efforts to curtail intellectual property theft, particularly computer-based theft of music files. Following his …

Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke to reporters about the arrests of two persons suspected of financing terrorist organizations. Among the topics he addressed were their ties to Hamas, met…

Attorney General John Ashcroft briefed reporters on the status of a terrorism investigation in Ohio and the subsequent arrest of a Somali immigrant, Nuradin M. Abdi, on several counts of ass…

Attorney General Ashcroft testified about the Justice Department’s efforts to combat terrorism and enforcement of the Patriot Act. Much of the hearing also focused on media reports of a memo…

The attorney general John Ashcroft and other officials announced the arrest of Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, a.k.a. Abu Hamza. The Muslim cleric, arrested in Britain at the request of the United St…

Attorney General Ashcroft announced that government agencies had received credible, but nonspecific, threats of a terrorist attack within the United States over the summer. He and Director M…