Petition to Remove Ashcroft

	ign the Petition to Remove Ashcroft In case you needed a reminder about why this guy has to go, see this item from the Progress Report: "CIVIL LIBERTIES – ASHCROFT MISLED PUBLIC ON LIBRARY SEARCHES: New memos released today show the Justice Department and the public about its use of controversial Patriot Act provisions that give investigators easy access to people's business and library records. As the WP reports, four weeks after Attorney General John Ashcroft said the provisions had never been used, "The FBI asked the Justice Department to seek permission from a secret federal court to use" them. Last year, when Congress considered restricting these sections of the Patriot Act, Ashcroft deployed his top spokesman, Mark Corallo, to attack librarians and lawmakers and claim their concerns were not based in reality. He said their concerns that library searches were going on were "a  being used by critics to scare the public." He said, "The idea of the FBI snooping around the library to see what John Q. Public is reading is absurd." He continued making such comments, even after the 11/1/03 newsletter of the American Library Association revealed that FBI agents in the summer of 2003 "formally contacted 14 libraries with requests for patron-record information." Sign the petition to remove Ashcroft." bush bush john-kerry john-kerry george-w-bush george-w-bush president-bush president-bush fbi fbi	bush
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	Since becoming the Attorney General, John Ashcroft has pursued policies that have divided the country. The failure of John Ashcroft's leadership of the department of justice and misdirection of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was demonstrated on September 11, 2001. (See below) John Ashcroft has infringed on civil liberties with many actions. From reviving the practice of racial profiling, to detaining citizens and non-citizens alike indefinitely without charges, to entering our homes without probable cause, John Ashcroft is a danger to democracy and the Constitution.   However, the FBI headquarters personnel did not take the action requested by the Phoenix agent prior to September 11, 2001. The communication generated little or no interest at either FBI Headquarters or the FBI’s New York field office.	president-bush

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Sign the Petition to Remove Ashcroft

Petition to Remove Ashcroft

"CIVIL LIBERTIES – ASHCROFT MISLED PUBLIC ON LIBRARY SEARCHES: New memos released today show the Justice Department deceived Congress and the public about its use of controversial Patriot Act provisions that give investigators easy access to people's business and library records. As the WP reports, four weeks after Attorney General John Ashcroft said the provisions had never been used, "The FBI asked the Justice Department to seek permission from a secret federal court to use" them. Last year, when Congress considered bipartisan legislation restricting these sections of the Patriot Act, Ashcroft deployed his top spokesman, Mark Corallo, to attack librarians and lawmakers and claim their concerns were not based in reality. He said their concerns that library searches were going on were "a ruse being used by critics to scare the public." He said, "The idea of the FBI snooping around the library to see what John Q. Public is reading is absurd." He continued making such comments, even after the 11/1/03 newsletter of the American Library Association revealed that FBI agents in the summer of 2003 "formally contacted 14 libraries with requests for patron-record information." Sign the petition to remove Ashcroft."

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Remove John Ashcroft