"The last time I looked at September 11th, an American street was a war zone. There was a street in Virginia that was a war zone."
— John Ashcroft

January 1, 1970

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Statement during a discussion with the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee in June 2003, as quoted in "Ashcroft wants powers expanded to fight terror" in The Washington Times (6 June 2003)