Get ready, set, change the channel.....Attorney General Ashcroft is embarking on a tour to plug the Victory Act:

Attorney General John Ashcroft is hitting the road to rally support for the Victory Act, which would further expand his powers to go after Al Qaeda and narcoterrorists, the Daily News has learned. Ashcroft will starting pushing the Vital Interdiction of Criminal Terrorist Organizations Act later this month in a 10-day, 20-state Victory tour that includes a stop in New York.

The new bill would:

• Clamp down on Arab hawala transactions, where cash exchanged in an honor system has been funneled to terrorists.

• Get business records without a court order in terrorism probes and delay notification.

• Track wireless communications with a roving warrant.

• Increase sentences for drug kingpins to 40 years in prison and $4 million in fines.

The bill will be introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT).

[Thanks to Patriot Watch for the link and heads-up] We'll have plenty more to say about this over the coming weeks.