Mukasey vows to use all tools against terrorists _ including what critics call profiling

Attorney General Michael Mukasey says the Bush administration will do everything it can to make sure the government has what it needs to fight terrorists before a new president takes over in January.

But civil liberties advocates say, however, that should not include letting the FBI use terrorist profiles that potentially single out Muslims, Arabs and other racial and ethnic groups instead of relying on evidence of wrongdoing as the basis for investigating Americans.

Mukasey was to appear Wednesday morning at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing. Senators are expected to ask President George W. Bush's third attorney general about the proposed …