KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Live to the Justice Department now, with Attorney General John Ashcroft talking about homeland security. Let's listen in.</s>JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL: ... Congress has disassembled a wall once constructed in the Congress that provided a barrier or a blockage that kept the kind of information from flowing freely that we need to have flowing.</s>QUESTION: Do you support Senator Lieberman's proposal for a blue ribbon 9/11 commission?</s>ASHCROFT: The administration has indicated that it endorses the idea of a commission to review and find out if there are additional ways that we can learn from what happened in 9/11 so as to improve our capacity to prevent terrorism.</s>QUESTION: General, you mentioned the indictment of a member of the FARC last March. I'm wondering if he's ever been arrested or extradited or if progress has been made in this issue?</s>ASHCROFT: Carlos Bolas, I believe, was apprehended in Suriname, and he remains in the custody of the United States pursuant to the indictments that were announced I believe last March regarding FARC. Thank you all very much.</s>PHILLIPS: Attorney General John Ashcroft speaking at the Justice Department there. Quick comments concerning homeland security. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
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