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Cheerleaders for TerrorismBy Erick StakelbeckFrontPageMagazine.com | June 17, 2003 Two groups whom Islamic terrorists can count on for sympathy and support are radical lawyers and their counterparts in American law schools. Lynne Stewart is a hero of the National Lawyers Guild and a sought-after campus lecturer. While out on bail under indictment for colluding with a terrorist leader, she has been a sought-after speaker for law school audiences who relish her attacks on Attorney General John Ashcroft as a modern-day fascist and on her country for its imperialist and racist policies. Stewart made national headlines in April 2002 when she...

ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT ANNOUNCES RECORD INCREASE IN FEDERAL FIREARMS PROSECUTIONS, NEW RESOURCES TO PREVENT AND PROSECUTE GUN VIOLENCE Second Annual Project Safe Neighborhoods Conference Held in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA – Attorney General John Ashcroft this week brought together over 1,300 federal prosecutors, state and local law enforcement leaders, and other members of the Project Safe Neighborhoods teams from across the nation to coordinate the prosecution and reduction of gun violence in their communities. The Attorney General applauded the record progress the teams have made in making their communities more safe, and dedicated new resources to deterring gun violence and locking up...

>>Tuesday November 19, 2002 Wire Tapping Expanded; Half the Constitution Missing WASHINGTON, D.C.- On Monday a Federal Appeals Court expanded the government's ability to build criminal cases based on secret evidence. This means the FBI and CIA can now use intrusive surveillance, unrestricted wiretapping, and secret search warrants on anyone for any reason- as long as they double-dog promise to use their new powers only in the pursuit of terrorism. Civil Libertarians immediately took issue with the decision, calling into question the government's motives. However, such accusations are nonsense according to Attorney General John Ashcroft. "We cannot infringe on civil...