Ashcroft Reflects on War on Terrorism

NPR | By Melissa Block

Published October 2, 2006 at 4:00 PM EDT

In <em>Never Again,</em> former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft breaks his silence about the Patriot Act, the execution of Timothy McVeigh, and the domestic-surveillance program. — In *Never Again,* former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft breaks his silence about the Patriot Act, the execution of Timothy McVeigh, and the domestic-surveillance program.

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