Ashcroft Lobbies For Homeland Security Tech Companies

WASHINGTON -- Less than three months after registering as a lobbyist, former Attorney General John Ashcroft has banked at least $269,000 from just four clients and appears to be developing a practice centered on firms that want to capitalize on a government demand for homeland security technology that boomed under sometimes controversial policies he promoted while in office. Three clients of Ashcroft's lobbying firm want his help in selling data or software with homeland security applications, according to government filings. Full story...

Posted by Editor at January 11, 2006 11:21 AM