John Ashcroft defended the Patriot Act as a tool to fight terrorism that protects Americans’ civil rights. In an address to the Anti-Defamation League on its 90th anniversary, the U.S. attorney general defended the merits of the Patriot Act, which some Jewish groups fear could compromise civil liberties.
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