Where will we be without John Ashcroft, his German shepherd’s mug ... The Nation is more determined than ever before to hold the powerful to account. In just the last month, we’ve published ...

They also provoked jokes about and criticism of the deeply religious Ashcroft. The 12-foot-6 aluminum statues were installed shortly after the building opened in the 1930s. With a change in ...

The cover-up is over at the U.S. Justice Department. After more than three years of being blocked by large blue drapes, two Art Deco aluminum statues of semi-nude figures in the building’s Great ...

A pair of risque Art Deco statues at the US Justice Department have been quietly put back on show, three years after a mysterious cover-up ... during the tenure of former Attorney General John ...

Because the female statue, the Spirit of Justice ... representing the ideals of justice and law. Erected before Ashcroft was even born. Endured through some 13 presidents and numerous wars ...

For aesthetic reasons the drapes were occasionally hung in front of the statues before ... 11, Ashcroft has been photographed several times in front of the female statue that represents the ...

The drapes, installed in 2002 at a cost of $8,000, allowed then-Attorney General John Ashcroft to speak in the ... 6-inch aluminum statues were installed after the building opened in the 1930s.