{"article":{"id":10828,"heading":"John Milton On John Ashcroft","author":"Anon","created":"2001-09-26 22:29:06","modified":"2001-09-26 23:00:04","last_modified":"Thu, 27 Sep 2001 06:00:04","article":"<p>'The American people do not have the luxury of unlimited time in erecting the necessary defenses to future or further terrorist acts.'  <br>  <br>     - ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT <br>  <br>     Testifying to Senate Judiciary Committee <br><br> John Conyers of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told Ashcroft he and other Democrats were \"deeply troubled\" by the constitutional implications of some of his proposals.  <br><br> But John Milton said it best: <br><br> \"So spake the Fiend, and with necessity, <br>  <br> The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.\" <br>  <br>     -- Paradise Lost, Book IV<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"A Tale of Three Johns","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/09\/10828.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}