Saturday, August 12, 2006

Government Sponsored Corruption Marches On


Ellen Nakashima reports for the Washington Post:

Ashcroft Finds Private-Sector Niche

Ex-Attorney General Helps Firms Get Homeland Security Deals

Former U.S. attorney general John D. Ashcroft, whose tenure saw the creation of a burgeoning homeland security industry, has emerged as the highest-ranking former Bush administration official to lobby for and invest in companies in that field.

Nearly two years after he left the Justice Department for a glass-and-marble office tower six blocks away, Ashcroft is building a lucrative consulting company helping security and other firms find business with federal agencies. Federal spending on homeland security is expected to reach nearly $60 billion in fiscal 2007, according to the Office of Management and Budget....
Photo credit: John D. Ashcroft's firm has 30 lobbying and consulting clients. (Bas Czerwinski - AP)

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