John Ashcroft’s April 1, Testimony. Attorney General John Ashcroft’s April 1 testimony before Congress includes disclosure that over 18,000 subpoenas and search warrants have been issued since Sept. 11 and over 1,000 FISA court survillance applications were made in 2002, including 170 emergency FISAs. This is more than 3 times the total number of emergency FISAs obtained in the 23 years prior to September 11th. Read the whole thing. [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]
Ashcroft Testifies
