Ashcroft turns into hired gun

WASHINGTON -- Less than a month after Oracle Corp. hired former Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft's lobbying firm, the Justice Department notified Oracle that an antitrust inquiry into its proposed $5.8 billion acquisition of a rival database software firm had been dropped.

The decision, announced Tuesday by the department, was no doubt welcome news for Ashcroft's budding lobbying and consulting career that began last May, just three months after he ended a tumultuous tenure as the nation's top law-enforcement officer.

The Justice Department said the case was decided on its merits.

As attorney general at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Ashcroft oversaw a sharp increase of domestic surveillance in the name of national security. Critics on both the left and right said some of his policies damaged civil liberties.

As a lobbyist and consultant, Ashcroft may now see his clients with national security interests benefit from the law enforcement and security policies he promoted while in office.


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