on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 02:31:42PM -0400, Declan McCullagh (declan@well.com) wrote:
Attorney General John Ashcroft Prepared Remarks for the US Mayors Conference October 25, 2001
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Within days of the September 11 attacks, we launched this anti_terrorism offensive to prevent new attacks on our homeland. To date, our anti_terrorism offensive has arrested or detained nearly 1,000 individuals as part of the September 11 terrorism investigation. Those who violated the law remain in
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custody. Taking suspected terrorists in violation of the law off ^^^^^^^^ the streets and keeping them locked up is our clear strategy to prevent terrorism within our borders.
Conviction without trial? The following sentence also parses ambiguously. Is that "taking suspected terrorists, who are in violation of the law, off the streets...", or "taking, in violation of the law, suspected terrorists off the streets..."? Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]