War On Terrorism And The Patriot Act (American Enterprise Institute)

After an introduction by Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, Attorney General Richard Ashcroft expressed sympathy for victims of the bombing today of the United Nations mission building in Baghdad in which many persons were killed or injured. He also talked about the September 11, 2001 attacks, saying that they altered the mission of the Justice Department to one of preventing terrorist attacks. (8-19-2003)