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August 19, 2003
Ashcroft Bus Tour meets Real Solutions Express
Senator John Edwards (D-NC) released the following statement today regarding Attorney General John Ashcroft's speeches on the Patriot Act in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Iowa:
"John Ashcroft and this administration can get on a bus and spin their wheels all they want about the Patriot Act. They can roll from battleground state to battleground state, and make as many speeches as they want, but that won't change the fact that they have rolled over our rights for the last two years. What they have done isn't cause for celebration; it should cause us to slam on their brakes."One of my top priorities is defending this nation and stopping the terrorists who continue to plot and plan to harm our country, our citizens, and our democracy. We must never forget that their tactics are unlike any enemy this nation has encountered, and they must be stopped, prosecuted, and prevented from doing any harm.
"That is why I have proposed a new domestic intelligence agency that will both protect our country and safeguard our freedoms, with a new, independent office dedicated to protecting our civil liberties. Unlike this administration, I will never lock away an American citizen indefinitely without access to a lawyer and without a chance to go before a judge and make the case he is innocent. And I will make sure the Department of Justice is accountable in the courts and to the public.
"We must continue to strengthen our domestic defense and stop terrorists in our midst, and we must protect our rights as Americans. But I do not believe in John Ashcroft's and this administration's America where we must sacrifice one to do the other."
Posted by Mike at August 19, 2003 08:12 PM
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