John Ashcroft

Events (182)

• July 19, 1995: ’Wall’ Memo Cuts Criminal Investigators Off from Intelligence Information 1995-07-19
• January 29, 1998: Anti-Abortion Activists Kills Police Officer in Clinic Bombing 1998-01-29
• November 7, 2000: Florida Denies Thousands of African-Americans Their Vote 2000-11-07
• March 16, 2001: Southern California US Attorney Announces Resignation 2001-03-16
• March 28, 2001: Florida INS Official Alleges Middle Eastern Immigrants with Possible Terrorist Ties Are Bribing Their Way into US 2001-03-28
• March 29, 2001: Anti-Abortion Organization Urges Bush Administration Not to ‘Harass’ Abortion Opponents over Kopp Arrest 2001-03-29
• May 8-10, 2001: Senate Hearings Discuss Possibility of Terrorist Attack in the US 2001-05-08
• May 10, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Omits Counterterrorism from List of Goals 2001-05-10
• May 10-11, 2001: Justice Department Reveals Failure to Turn Over Documents in McVeigh Trial 2001-05-10
• May 13, 2001: New York Times: FBI’s Failure to Turn Over Documents in Oklahoma City Bombing Case Feeds Conspiracy Theories 2001-05-13
• June 11, 2001: FBI Lab Employees Send Urgent Letter to Attorney General Accusing Prosecution Witness of Lying in McVeigh Trial 2001-06-11
• June 28, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Not Very Interested in Terrorism in First Briefing from Acting FBI Director 2001-06-28
• July 5, 2001: CIA Warns Attorney General Ashcroft of Imminent, Multiple Attacks from Al-Qaeda 2001-07-05
• July 10, 2001: CIA Director Gives Urgent Warning to White House of Imminent, Multiple, Simultaneous Al-Qaeda Attacks, Possibly Within US 2001-07-10
• July 10-11, 2001: Conference Held in Washington on Preparing the US for Domestic Terrorism 2001-07-10
• July 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Says ‘Our Number One Priority Is the Prevention of Terrorist Attacks’ 2001-07-11
• July 11-17, 2001: Rumsfeld and Ashcroft Receive Urgent Al-Qaeda Warning Recently Given to White House 2001-07-11
• July 11, 2001: Assistant FBI Director Predicts Terrorist Attack in the US 2001-07-11
• July 12, 2001: Ashcroft Reportedly Uninterested in Terrorism 2001-07-12
• July 12, 2001: Acting FBI Director Prevented by CIA from Telling Attorney General Ashcroft about Al-Qaeda Malaysia Summit 2001-07-12
• July 18, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Says FBI Budget Will Be Cut, including Counterterrorism 2001-07-18
• July 26, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Stops Flying Commercial Airlines; Refuses to Explain Why 2001-07-26
• August 6, 2001: Justice Department Reaffirms Wall Policy 2001-08-06
• August 17, 2001: GAO Chief Reiterates Position regarding Cheney Task Force Information 2001-08-17
• Between August 7 and September 10, 2001: Ashcroft Supposedly Does Not See ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ Memo before 9/11 2001-09-10
• September 10, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Opposes Counterterrorism Funding 2001-09-10
• September 11, 2001-October 2001: FBI Agent Wright Gagged by FBI in Wake of 9/11 2001-09-11
• (Between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Arrives at FBI Crisis Management Center 2001-09-11
• 10:40 a.m. September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Ignores FAA Order for His Plane to Land 2001-09-11
• 10:49 p.m. September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Claims to Already Understand Hijacking Procedure 2001-09-11
• 11:11 a.m. September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft’s Plane Diverted to Richmond, Threatened with Being Shot Down 2001-09-11
• 11:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft’s Plane Met by Fighter Jet to Escort It into Washington 2001-09-11
• (12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft’s Plane Lands in Washington 2001-09-11
• (2:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Spends Most of Day at FBI Crisis Management Center 2001-09-11
• (2:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: False Alarm over Approaching Aircraft Leads to Pentagon Evacuation, Disrupting Firefighting and Evidence-Gathering Operations 2001-09-11
• (8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some US Leaders Are Scattered; Others in D.C. 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Learns of Attacks, Wants to Return to Washington 2001-09-11
• (9:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Directs Crisis Response through Video Conference with Top Officials 2001-09-11
• After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Insists on Leaving Milwaukee and Flying to Washington, despite FAA Ground Stop 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Many Staffers Evacuate from FBI Headquarters 2001-09-11
• After September 11, 2001: Cheney Lawyers and Justice Department Subordinates Drive White House Expansion of Presidential Power 2001-09-11
• September 12, 2001: Ashcroft Not Highly Concerned about Following Procedures So Captured Terrorists Can Be Put on Trial 2001-09-12
• September 13, 2001: Hayden Tells NSA Agency Must Do More to Protect US from Terrorist Attacks 2001-09-13
• September 30, 2001: Four Prominent Republicans Make Alarming Comments about Terrorists and WMDs 2001-09-30
• October 2, 2001: Patriot Act Is Introduced to Congress 2001-10-02
• October 2-4, 2001: Senators Daschle and Leahy Raise Concerns about Newly Introduced Patriot Act 2001-10-02
• October 9, 2001: FBI Agents Told to Curtail 9/11 Investigation and Focus on Preventing Future Attacks 2001-10-09
• After October 9, 2001: Government Response to Anthrax Attacks ‘Ineffectual,’ ‘Farcical,’ Author Later Claims 2001-10-09
• October 11-29, 2001: General Terror Alerts Issued, Terrorists Said Poised to Attack US ‘in the Next Week’ 2001-10-11
• October 12, 2001: Ashcroft Urges Agencies to Deny FOIA Requests 2001-10-12