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Ashcroft firm lobbies for tech titans
March 21, 2006 eBay, Oracle among companies using former U.S. top cop John Ashcroft as a hired gun. TAGS: John Ashcroft, eBay Inc., Oracle Corp., Internet company, antitrust, lobbyist, attorney general, Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc.
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Unreal Tournament 2003 - John Ashcroft skin
Play as John Ashcroft using this skin for UT2003. TAGS: John Ashcroft, Unreal Tournament 2003
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Critics: Management, not IT money, is FBI problem
April 14, 2004 Experts dispute John Ashcroft's claims that deficient IT funding hurt the FBI's intelligence gathering before Sept. 11, saying a disregard for tech was really at fault. TAGS: John Ashcroft, bureau, Sept. 11, testimony, intelligence, attorney general, information technology, management, critic, agent, claim, agency, president
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Ashcroft resigns attorney general's post
November 10, 2004 His controversial tenure as top cop was marked by the revised Patriot Act and additional Internet surveillance. TAGS: John Ashcroft, attorney general, USA PATRIOT Act, tenure, surveillance, Sept. 11, terrorist attack, privacy, search, telecommunications, U.S.
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Ashcroft's new Internet antiporn gambit
March 8, 2004 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why the U.S. attorney general's office is about to step up its prosecution of anyone violating federal Internet obscenity statutes. TAGS: John Ashcroft, prosecution, porn, First Amendment, prosecutor, U.S.
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Ashcroft stumps for Patriot Act
August 20, 2003 The attorney general embarks on an unusual nationwide tour to drum up support for the controversial USA Patriot Act. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, John Ashcroft, attorney general, terrorist attack, police, law, speech
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Ashcroft says surveillance powers should stand
January 30, 2004 U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is warning Congress not to tinker with the Internet surveillance powers that the USA Patriot Act awarded to federal police. TAGS: John Ashcroft, USA PATRIOT Act, terrorist attack, police, attorney general, portion, bill, Republican, president, e-mail
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Why restraining Microsoft no longer matters
September 21, 2007 European regulators won a big court victory this week but CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Microsoft must fend off a bigger challenge. TAGS: John Ashcroft, antitrust, regulator, Europe, government, Microsoft Corp., president, IBM Corp., U.S., Google Inc.
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Justice Dept. takes P2P with 'grain of salt'
August 23, 2004 The recording industry, not federal prosecutors, should take lead in suing peer-to-peer pirates, a Justice Department official says. TAGS: Pirate Act, federal prosecutor, John Ashcroft, P2P, recording industry, grain, law, attorney general, RIAA, antitrust, U.S.
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Military worried about Web leaks
January 16, 2003 Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warns in a directive sent to military units that too much unclassified but worrisome material is popping up on the Web. TAGS: directive, John Ashcroft, al-Qaida, military, Sept. 11, scientist, agency, attack
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The Internet again in the political crosshairs
August 29, 2005 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains the inside story behind the government battle against the .xxx Internet domain. TAGS: crackdown, John Ashcroft, administration, Michael Powell, attorney general, president, VoIP, tax, chairman
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Is privacy making a comeback?
July 28, 2003 As the two-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks approach, CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh finds signs that Congress thinks it went too far in favor of surveillance. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, Sept. 11, John Ashcroft, amendment, privacy, entrepreneurial, law
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House panel approves copyright bill
April 1, 2004 A House of Representatives panel approves a sweeping new copyright bill that would boost penalties for peer-to-peer piracy and increase federal police powers against Internet copyright infringement. TAGS: subcommittee, John Ashcroft, penalty, copyright infringement, P2P, police, intellectual property, bill

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