Every medium by which people communicate can be subject to exploitation by those with illegal intentions. Nevertheless, this is no reason to hand Big Brother the keys to unlock our e-mail diaries, open our ATM records, read our medical records, or translate our international communications.
John AshcroftPeople who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.
John AshcroftJust as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.
John AshcroftAn FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.
John Ashcroft