Ashcroft Finds Private-Sector Niche

[Judi Lynn]

Ashcroft Finds Private-Sector Niche
Ex-Attorney General Helps Firms Get Homeland Security Deals

By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 12, 2006; Page D01

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.

"It's a continuation of the aspiration I have that our nation have access to the best possible resources to fight terror, whether domestic or international," Ashcroft, founder of the Ashcroft Group LLC, said during a phone interview from his 150-acre cattle farm in rural Missouri, where he was spending a working vacation.

During his tenure, Ashcroft championed expanded federal powers to conduct surveillance in counterterrorism investigations. Now, he said, he wants the intelligence and law enforcement agencies to be aided by the tech world's "best of breed."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/11/AR2006081101846.html?nav=rss_politics



Let the eagle soar.....

[mcscajun]

1. The only "niche" I'd like to see him get involves an old line

"For the love of God, Montressor!"

http://www.usna.edu/EnglishDept/poeperplex/amontil.htm

[Judi Lynn]

2. These old Republicans never die, nor do they fade away!

Isn't this "Dulles" name awfully damned familiar in Washington since Eisenhower? Holy smokes!

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July 27, 2006 12:58 PM US Eastern Timezone
Attorney General John D. Ashcroft Joins Dulles Research Advisory Board in Equity Transaction
RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2006--Dulles Research LLC announced today that former U.S. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft has joined the Dulles Research Advisory Board.


In June 2006 The Ashcroft Group, LLC acquired an equity position in Dulles Research. Terms were not disclosed.

"Many organizations trumpet their capacity to bring new technologies to market to secure our country, and those of our allies. Dulles Research is a leading innovator in the threat detection space. The company has developed a powerfully effective analytic tool to safeguard a range of vulnerable arenas from transportation to financial transactions," Attorney General Ashcroft said.

"We're honored that Attorney General Ashcroft, and his team at The Ashcroft Group, LLC, have chosen to partner with us in the development of Dulles Research," Drew Eginton, founder and CEO of Dulles Research said. "We believe that this decision further validates the groundbreaking research and development we have undertaken."

Dulles Research is the emerging leader in the supply of critical network analysis technology. Through its proprietary software system, branded the Lucid Threat Management System(TM), the company is developing a system to identify, project dynamically, and optimally eliminate or manipulate illicit networks. These networks may be people, or objects (such as containers moving through the global shipping system). Applications include counter-terrorism, homeland security, and law enforcement.
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http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060727005705&newsLang=en

[Demeter]

4. There Aren't Enough Catacombs in the World for All the BushCo Bots

They are all staring at the pit and the pendulum, and getting VERY nervous.....

[leesa]

3. A yes, another anti-terror profiteer