Ashcroft Offered His Services to XM Before Being Hired by NAB, XM Says

[Zenlitened]

Imagine that. A republican and a hypocrite. :eyes:

Ashcroft Offered His Services to XM Before Being Hired by NAB, XM Says

By COREY BOLES (Wall Street Journal)
March 3, 2007 8:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, who sent a letter this week to his successor Alberto Gonzales blasting the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., approached XM in the days after the merger was announced offering the firm his consulting services, a spokesman for XM said Saturday.

The spokesman said XM declined Mr. Ashcroft's offer to work as a lobbyist for the company.


Mr. Ashcroft was subsequently hired by the National Association of Broadcasters, which is fiercely opposed to the merger.

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[onehandle]

1. F*ck the NAB and Ashcroft.

It's the NAB and the FCC's faults that Sirius and XM were put in this death struggle to start with.

Satellite radio has Plenty of competition out there. There is no reason that doesn't benefit the NAB that they shouldn't be allowed to merge.

[Ian David]

2. Sounds like a shake-down to me! n/t

[tanyev]

3. Mr. Ashcroft's esteemed opinions are now available to the highest bidder.

Sorry, that should be "esteemed".

[Thor_MN]

6. I think you meant "steaming"

as in the mist that arises from a fresh pile of dung on a cold morning...

[natrat]

4. my god they are all whores 24 hours a day

[UpInArms]

5. here's something stinky

Ashcroft, John Lobbyist - Ashcroft Group - Former Attorney General of the US, Office of the Attorney General

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/firmsum.asp?txtname=Ashcroft+Group&year=

Groups That Have Retained Ashcroft Group:

2005

Client
Total
Subsidiary (Lobbied For)

American Institute of CPAs
$34,000
-

ChoicePoint Inc
$15,000
-

Israel Aircraft Industries
$20,000
-

JASTEC Co
$20,000
LTU Technologies Inc

Oracle Corp
$220,000
-



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Groups That Have Retained Ashcroft Group:

2006

Client
Total
Subsidiary (Lobbied For)

Alanco Technologies Inc
$160,000
-

American Institute of CPAs
$80,000
-

ChoicePoint Inc
$200,000
-

Council on State Taxation
$40,000
-

DSNR Ltd
$180,000
-

Dulles Research Group
$0
-

eBay Inc
$60,000
-

Exegy Inc
$120,000
-

Israel Aircraft Industries
$200,000
-

LTU Technologies Inc
$60,000
-

Mittal Steel
$360,000
-

Nanodetex Corp
$0
-

Oracle Corp
$480,000
-

Trafficland Inc
$120,000
-

VeriSign Inc
$280,000
-



Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit the Center for Responsive Politics.

(added more info on edit)

[Octafish]

8. Dulles Research Group sounds nice.

In exchange for his services, good ol' Johnny Ashcan gets to sit on the board.

ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN D. ASHCROFT JOINS DULLES RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD IN EQUITY TRANSACTION

7/27/2006

Reston, VA -- 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™, 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.

SNIP...

ABOUT THE ASHCROFT GROUP, LLC. The Ashcroft Group, based in Washington, D.C., was formed in 2005 by former Attorney General John Ashcroft. It provides strategic advisory services to domestic and international corporations.

ABOUT DULLES RESEARCH LLC. Dulles Research was formed in 2005 to address strategic decision support requirements in the areas of counter-terrorism, homeland security, and commercial financial services. Eginton previously was a founder and the CEO of Marketswitch Corporation, sold in 2004 to Experian, the multi-national information systems and solutions provider, among other entrepreneurial software ventures he has led. Dulles Research also owns DullesOpen.com, an independent software vendor distributing Carolina™, the first utility to convert Base SAS® to Java or other higher-level languages. Dulles Research is privately held and based in Reston, Virginia.

CONTINUED...

http://www.dullesopen.com/news-attorneygen.htm

In happier days, after being warned off commercial aviation in July 2001 for his fishing weekends back home.

[UpInArms]

10. this from the piece of sh** that stood before the world

and declared anyone questioning this mal-administration "terrorists".

:puke:

ABOUT DULLES RESEARCH LLC. Dulles Research was formed in 2005 to address strategic decision support requirements in the areas of counter-terrorism, homeland security, and commercial financial services. Eginton previously was a founder and the CEO of Marketswitch Corporation, sold in 2004 to Experian, the multi-national information systems and solutions provider, among other entrepreneurial software ventures he has led. Dulles Research also owns DullesOpen.com, an independent software vendor distributing Carolina™, the first utility to convert Base SAS® to Java or other higher-level languages. Dulles Research is privately held and based in Reston, Virginia.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. He was for it before he was against it.

.

[hatrack]

9. The Whore Door just keeps on revolving!

:puke: on Ashcroft.

[Neshanic]

11. He forgets bad words are said on air. No drapes for this gig.

[Supersedeas]

12. Repig influence peddling -- who has top $$$$$, do we have access for you...