S. HRG. 108-782 DOJ OVERSIGHT: TERRORISM AND OTHER TOPICS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WW 10.2005 TRANSFER HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 8, 2004 Serial No. J-108-79 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary 98-625 PDF U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 2005 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah, Chairman CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania MIKE DEWINE, Ohio JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont BRUCE ARTIM, Chief Counsel and Staff Director LL KF 26 .J8 Schumer, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York, 195 Ashcroft, Hon. John, Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, 7 Responses of John Ashcroft to questions submitted by Senator Leahy Responses of John Ashcroft to questions submitted by Senators Leahy, Wyden, Grassley, Biden, Edwards, Kennedy, Kohl, Durbin, and Feingold DOJ OVERSIGHT: TERRORISM AND OTHER TOPICS TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2004 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room SD-226, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Orrin G. Hatch, Chairman of the Committee, presiding. Present: Senators Hatch, Grassley, Specter, Kyl, DeWine, Sessions, Craig, Cornyn, Leahy, Kennedy, Biden, Kohl, Feinstein, Feingold, Schumer, Durbin, and Edwards. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ORRIN G. HATCH, A U.S. Chairman HATCH. If we could have order. I apologize for my laryngitis. We welcome you, Mr. Attorney General. Before I make my introductory remarks concerning this hearing, I want to say a few words about former President Ronald Reagan. He took office during a difficult time in America's history and helped usher in an era of both peace and prosperity. And you really cannot do much better than that. As we face new challenges from terrorists both at home and abroad, we would do well to emulate President Reagan's unfailing qualities of dignity and courtesy as well as his reliance on traditional American values, including his remarkable ability to communicate a sense of confidence and optimism about the future of our country. As we work to thwart the new threat posed by terrorists, we must not forget the fact that our Nation has a history of defeating determined adversaries through the leadership of men like President Reagan and the perseverance of many citizens in many nations over a sustained period of time. We prevailed against fascism and communism and have made old enemies into new allies, and it took that type of leadership to do it. He was one of my closest friends. I think I am the only person he ever pre-primary endorsed, or at least up to that time, and we were very close. And so I wish Nancy and the children the very best, and I certainly send all of the sympathy, I am sure, of all of us to them. Now, as we work here today, today's oversight hearing will mark the seventh hearing at which our Committee will have an opportunity to explore the effectiveness and the preparedness of the Federal Government to prevent and respond to terrorism on American soil. |