Get your facts straight or keep it in politics
Quite a lot of people "on the right", e.g National Review, are quite critical of Ashcroft's wish list.
And, it's not a "right wing" wish list -- it's a bureacratic wish list. The FBI, et al were asking for these same things under Clinton (and probably under Reagan and Bush I, too). My guess is that the DoJ asked "what do you (FBI, CIA, INS, etc) need to combat terrorism" and put all their answers into this bill.
That still doesn't excuse Ashcroft for proposing this as the cure for terrorism (which it ain't).
Tony
