Lots of people have been inquiring as to Attorney General John Ashscroft's schedule for his Patriot and Victory Act Tour. Here is this week's schedule, along with location details and rules for attending:

Wednesday: Philadelphia and Cleveland
Thursday: Detroit and Des Moines

Looks like we all get a break Friday. No appearances.

[Thanks to Atrios for the link].

Update: TomPaine.Com's blog rips the Tour in Kiss My Act:

Kiss My Act: Somebody might want to revise Attorney General John Ashcroft's talking points before his next public statement. He's on a cross-country mission to sell the USA Patriot Act to the American people, and today said, in defense of the law, that "if we knew then what we know now, we would have passed the Patriot Act six months before Sept. 11 rather than six weeks after the attacks." Right. And maybe we would also have listened to alarms sounded by FBI field agents in Minnesota. And beefed up security at our airports. Good news for civil liberties advocates: If Ashcroft is on the defensive, we know the controversy over this legislation is only spreading.