Was just wondering if you might know where to find video clips of Bush or Cheney or Ashcroft speaking about the patriot act and civil liberties. Thanks for your work.
http://www.whitehouse.gov is a good place for Bush speeches and video clips.
For instance, Bush spoke on April 19th and 20th, 2004, about the patriot act, and they're both on video available through the site. Here is the page for april news releases:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/#
And here are direct links to the .smil files for each (or you can click on the video links on the page above) They should be playable in Real Player.
President Bush: Information Sharing, Patriot Act Vital to Homeland Security
April 20th, 2004
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040420-2.v.smil
President Bush Calls for Renewing the USA PATRIOT Act
April 19th, 2004
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040419-4.v.smil
You can search on the site for things like "Patriot Act" and the name of the person you're looking for. So, though there isn't video, you can find some transcripts of interviews with Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft, and others, such as Condi Rice:
Transcript of Interview with C. Rice, Nov 10th 2003
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031114-14.html
One other place I was able to find some video clips, but you might not be able to. It is the Vanderbilt TV Archive, and is I believe only available through subscription.
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
Nightline, on September 4, 2003 did a program on the USAPATRIOT Act. This link below works for me, but probably won't if you aren't a subscriber to Vanderbilt. Perhaps you can request video from ABC?
Sep 4, 2003 Nightline
"The Patriot Act"
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/TV-NewsSearch/TVN-video-view.pl?RC=736934