"Let the dollars soar"

Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft cashes in as Homeland Security lobbyist

Of the many cronies, chums and political appointees that have come and gone through the Bush Administration's revolving door, former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft was one of those who practically disappeared from the news after he resigned from his position in November 2004. Unlike former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, who was fired by Bush, or Richard Clarke, the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism -- both of whom spilt the beans about the administration's shortcomings in best-selling books -- Ashcroft moved quietly on.