CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We're going to go live to -- again to Washington, D.C., is that correct? To check in with Attorney General John Ashcraft (sic) who was talking before the Council of Foreign Relations -- let's listen in.</s>JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL: ... and freedom." I would add that progress and pluralism, tolerance and freedom only flourish in the rule of law rather than the rule or reign of terror. In order to fight and to defeat terrorism the Department of Justice has added a new paradigm to that of prosecution, and that new priority is the priority of prevention. We are working to bridge gaps in our domestic law enforcement and security activities with greater cooperation and information sharing. We've broken down some of the artificial barriers separating needlessly our law enforcement and intelligence communities. Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have united in unprecedented cooperation, committed to a common goal. We have thought anew, and have acted anew in pursuit of this goal. It is necessary that we think anew and that we act anew. The industrialist tells us that your system is perfectly designed to give you what you're getting. If you want to get something different, do something different: Change your system. My grandfather's wisdom put it this way, "I've sawed this board off three time and it's still too short."</s>COSTELLO: We're going to step away from the Council on Foreign Relations where we have been listening to Attorney General John Ashcroft talk about the cooperation internationally in the war on terror.
Ashcroft Addresses Council on Foreign Relations