Ashcroft: Bush is ‘the most respectful’ ever of civil liberties. [View All]

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Ashcroft: Bush is ‘the most respectful’ ever of civil liberties.

In a speech to Missouri Republicans yesterday, former attorney general John Ashcroft defended President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program and his record on civil liberties, declaring that Bush is “among the most respectful of all leaders ever” when it comes to “respecting the civil liberties and rights of individuals.” Bush “respects liberty so profoundly that he has protected it and has safeguarded civil liberties more than any other president in wartime that I know of,” Ashcroft said. Ashcroft’s comments come on the heels of Bush’s decision to allow the civil liberties oversight board to go vacant.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/10/ashcroft-bush-is-the-most-respectful-ever-of-civil-liberties/