ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON D.C. – Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism, Dale Watson, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Michael Chertoff and United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Roscoe C. Howard will hold a news conference today, Tuesday April 30, 2002 at 2:30p.m. on a criminal matter.

WHAT: Attorney General News Conference

WHEN: TODAY, Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:30p.m.

WHERE: 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Main Justice 7th Floor Conference Room

NOTE: All media interested in covering the event should arrive no earlier than 1:30p.m. and may enter the Department through the main entrance on Pennsylvania Avenue.

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