Jeff Jacoby: The thanks we owe John Ashcroft: "Such loathing of Ashcroft might be understandable if he had done something truly loathsome -- ordered an attack on a religious minority in Waco, Texas, say, and caused the deaths of 70 people. But there is nothing like that in Ashcroft's record. His tenure as attorney general hasn't been marred by scandal or coverup. He has presided over a sharp drop in violent crime and an even sharper increase in federal gun crime prosecutions. The civil rights laws have been vigorously enforced, and more than 500 corporate fraud defendants have been convicted. Above all, there has been no repeat of 9/11 on his watch.
Americans have been well served by their 79th attorney general. Under daunting circumstances, he performed with decency and fortitude. The nation is safer and stronger because he served, and all of us are in his debt."
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