*******MEDIA ADVISORY******* ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT AND ATF DIRECTOR TO ANNOUNCE NEW CRIMINAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE

The following press release was published by the US Department of Justice on June 24, 2004. It is reproduced in full below.

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Attorney General John Ashcroft, Deputy Attorney James Comey and Director Carl J. Truscott of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) will hold a news conference THURSDAY, JUNE 24th, at 10:30 A.M., to announce a new initiative aimed to combat violent crime.

WHO:Attorney General John Ashcroft Deputy Attorney General James Comey ATF Director Carl J. Truscott WHAT: News conference on new violent crime initiative WHEN:10:30 A.M. News Conference Media arrival BY 9:30 A.M. due to extra security measures WHERE:ATF Headquarters650 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington, D.C.

NOTE: Credentialed media should enter via the back entrance into ATF Headquarters. Turn east at 7th and I (“Eye”) Streets N.W., and walk into and through the first alley on your left. Only street and commercial parking lot parking is available. ALL media MUST PRESENT GOVERNMENT-ISSUED PHOTO ID (such as driver’s license) as well as VALID MEDIA CREDENTIALS. Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Wroe Jackson at (202) 514-2007. 04-435

Source: US Department of Justice