Bush Urges More Power for Law Enforcement in Anti-terror War

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Bush Urges More Power for Law Enforcement in Anti-terror War

US President George W. Bush urged Congress Wednesday to give law enforcement officials more power in investigating suspected terrorist activities and deny bail to terror suspects.

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US President George W. Bush urged Congress Wednesday to give law enforcement officials more power in investigating suspected terrorist activities and deny bail to terror suspects.

"For the sake of the American people, Congress should change the law and give law enforcement officials the same tools they have to fight terror that they have to fight other crimes," Bush said at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

In his speech delivered on the eve of the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Bush said there are "unreasonable obstacles to investigating and prosecuting terrorism -- obstacles that don't exist when law enforcement officials are going after embezzlers or drug traffickers."

Bush said Congress should give law enforcement authorities to issue administrative subpoenas without going to judges and deny bail to suspected terrorists. He also urged the application of the federal death penalty to some terrorist crimes.

"For two years, this nation has been on the offensive against global terror networks overseas and at home," he said. "We have taken unprecedented, effective measures to protect this homeland, yet our nation has more to do. We will never be complacent. We will defend our people and we will win this war."

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