Terri
06-06-2003, 12:21 AM
Ashcroft vs. the Chicken Littles -- Again
Michelle Malkin
Townhall
June 5, 2003
Squawk, squawk, squawk. The nation's leading liberal editorial writers were in full wing-flapping mode over Attorney General John Ashcroft again this week. The latest object of consternation: an internal Justice Department report regarding the post-September 11 detention of 762 aliens -- nearly all of them here illegally -- while they were investigated for possible ties to terrorism.
Yes, the extensive report highlights a few significant civil liberties concerns. But as has been typical of the anti-Ashcroft Chicken Littles, the newspaper editorial attacks are rife with false claims, exaggerations and foolish belittlement of the continuing national security threats posed by lax immigration enforcement.
The Los Angeles Times indignantly claimed that the feds "held most (detainees) for months without charges."
More Squawking this way! (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/mm20030606.shtml)
Michelle Malkin
Townhall
June 5, 2003
Squawk, squawk, squawk. The nation's leading liberal editorial writers were in full wing-flapping mode over Attorney General John Ashcroft again this week. The latest object of consternation: an internal Justice Department report regarding the post-September 11 detention of 762 aliens -- nearly all of them here illegally -- while they were investigated for possible ties to terrorism.
Yes, the extensive report highlights a few significant civil liberties concerns. But as has been typical of the anti-Ashcroft Chicken Littles, the newspaper editorial attacks are rife with false claims, exaggerations and foolish belittlement of the continuing national security threats posed by lax immigration enforcement.
The Los Angeles Times indignantly claimed that the feds "held most (detainees) for months without charges."
More Squawking this way! (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/mm20030606.shtml)