John Ashcroft
Events (182)
- January 2006: Justice Department Obscenity Task Force Chief Tries, Fails to Gain Support of US Attorney for Prosecutions
- Summer 2001: FBI Internal Report Highlights Lack of Resources for Counterterrorism but Ashcroft Denies More Funding
- March 2001: Justice Department Investigation Finds FISA Applications Are Misleading
- April 2002 and After: President Bush Deliberately Shielded from Knowledge of Harsh Interrogation Techniques
- April 2002: Administration Attorneys Discuss Plans to Interrogate Zubaida
- May 2001: Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Learns About Al-Qaeda Manhattan Attack Warning
- Mid-November, 2001: Departure of US Attorney Will Impact Ongoing Prosecutions
- June 2003-August 2004: Detroit ‘Sleeper Cell’ Members Found Guilty, Then Convictions Overturned After Allegations of Widespread Prosecutorial Misconduct
- July-Late August 2001: Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Tries to Warn about Al-Qaeda Attack on Lower Manhattan
- July 2003: Top White House Officials Briefed on Torture Techniques
- October and November 2003: FBI Informs Attorney General of Attempts by Rove, Libby to Mislead Investigators
- Late November, 2001: Former FBI Director, Officials Say Ashcroft’s Anti-Terrorism Policies Violate ‘Common Sense’ Law Enforcement Procedures
- December 2004: Further Criticism of the Terror Alert System
- Early July 2002: Moussaoui Expresses Willingness to Talk, Offer Is Rejected by Justice Department
- Early September 2002: Bush Administration Considers Designating ‘Lackawanna Six’ Enemy Combatants
- Fall 2002 and After: Bush Administration Politicizes Civil Rights Division to Favor Whites, Christians, Conservatives
- Mid-May, 2002: CIA Proposes Waterboarding of Zubaida to Senior Administration Officials
- Spring 2004: Justice Department Official Learns of NSA ‘Stellar Wind’ Domestic Wiretapping, Data Collection Program, Leaks Information to Press
- April 2002 and After: Cabinet-Level Bush Officials Frequently Discuss and Approve Specific ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Techniques
- Spring 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Doesn’t Want FBI Director to Talk About Terrorism
- Summer 2003: CIA Officials Obtain Permission from Rice to Use Harsh Interrogation Tactics on New Detainee
- Late April 2006: President Bush Personally Refuses to Allow Justice Department Investigation of NSA Wiretapping Program
- March 12-Mid-2004: NSA Wiretapping Program Temporarily Suspended, Reviewed by Justice Department
- 2005: FISA Judge Complains of Illegal Evidence Being Used to Secure Wiretapping Warrants
- Early 2004: White House, Justice Department Clash over Secret NSA Data Mining Program
- Late March, 2004: Ashcroft Recertifies NSA Wiretapping Program
- January 2004: FBI Begins Compiling Database of Information on US Citizens
- December 2003-June 2004: OLC Head Goldsmith Withdraws Torture Memos
- Late 2003-2005: Some at Justice Department Oppose Bush Administration Civil Liberties Policies
- Late 2003-Early 2004: Office of Legal Counsel Head Goldsmith Reviews Legality of NSA Wiretapping Program, Declares It Illegal
- Early 2000: MEK Commander Detained by INS; Ashcroft Intervenes
- September 2000: GOP Senators Publicly Support MEK