Didn't see this article posted yet, so here ya go:
Ashcroft wants more powers
Story lead: "Attorney General John Ashcroft asked Congress Thursday for expanded powers to hold suspected terrorists indefinitely before trials and to let him seek the death penalty or life imprisonment for any terrorist act."
To make the always expected, cliche Nazi comparison, this reminds me of a certain Chancellor of Germany asking for "emergency powers" back in the day.
What do you guys think of Ashcroft?