Yes, I'm glad you are SURE he said SOMETHING. To date over 800 people have been detained in the immediate aftermath of WTC disaster. Many have been released without charges. Hundreds are still in custody in Manhattan (primarily immigration charges) but only 4 to 5 are considered significant material witnesses if not co-conspirators. My comments were in reference to AG statements on CNN but here is the best I could find on the web:
(Bloomberg, I think)FBI director Mueller during press conference with AG 9/13: He denied reports, however, that the FBI had made any arrests, instead saying that in the process of investigating, the agency had found people "out of status" who had been detained on immigration charges.
(SF Chronicle from Washington Post10/22): More than 150 people rounded up by law enforcement officials in the aftermath of the attacks remain in custody, but attention has focused on four suspects held in New York who the FBI believes are withholding valuable information.
The four key suspects, held in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center, are Zacarias Moussaoui, a French Moroccan detained in August after he sought lessons in Minnesota on how to fly commercial jetliners but not takeoffs or landings; Mohammed Jaweed Azmath and Ayub Ali Khan, Indians traveling with false passports who were detained the day after the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks with box cutters, hair dye and $5,000 in cash; and Nabil Al- Marabh, a former Boston cabdriver with alleged links to al Qaeda
Ashcroft search discovered (
www.ashcroftlied.com) basically liberal-rant:
Republicans Illegally Censor Critics of Ashcroft's Police State Plans from C-SPAN
25-Sep-01
Civil liberties
Speaking to the House Judiciary Committee last Monday, John Ashcroft demanded massive infringements on civil liberties. Ashcroft's demands included: indefinite detention of aliens, use of illegal evidence in trial, secret court authorization for wiretaps, access to users' Internet information without a court order and authority to review telephone voice-mail messages with only a search warrant. All of this was covered by TV cameras from C-SPAN and other networks. But when Democrats called civil liberties and free-speech advocates to testify from the ACLU and PFAW, "the committee?s Republican staff ordered camera crews to leave, including those of C-SPAN." This is outrageous! Call Tom DeLay (202-224-3121) and tell him to stop attacking - and censoring - our civil liberties. And call C-SPAN on the Democrats line at (202) 737-0001 to complain about accepting censorship by Republicans!
Our Civil Liberties May Depend on Bob Barr
25-Sep-01
Civil liberties
Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA) is a hyopcrite on sex and abortion, but he may be the only genuine conservative on civil liberties and limiting the powers of big government. He directly challenged John Ashcroft's efforts to rush through legislation eliminating key civil liberties. "Why is it necessary to rush this through? Does it have anything to do with the fact that the department has sought many of these authorities on numerous other occasions, has been unsuccessful in obtaining them, and now seeks to take advantage of what is obviously an emergency situation to obtain authorities that it has been unable to obtain previously?" In the Senate, the only genuine conservative seems to be Mike Dewine (R-OH). If your Senator or Representative is a conservative Republican, call them (202-224-3121) and tell them true conservatism means stopping John Ashcroft from taking away our freedom!
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