Ashcroft, 1st AG to become a lobbyist....to "help" in homeland security.

Apologies if previously posted, didn't see it so here goes.
Splat!


"You want someone who knows the inner workings of homeland security because it's such a tangled mess," said Brian W. Ruttenbur, an industry analyst with Morgan Keegan, a brokerage firm. "Knowing somebody who understands the structure and can make introductions is invaluable. When you are a company you're focusing on making a product, and marketing it to government is very different."

After helping prosecute executives at Enron and WorldCom, Mr. Ashcroft also says he can counsel troubled companies on how to deal with government regulators and avoid the fate of Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that collapsed after it was indicted in the Enron scandal.

"They need someone who can take threatening circumstances and neutralize them," Mr. Ashcroft said. "I'll be a lightning rod for people facing serious challenges."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/politics/17ashcroft.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

:puke:

Did he do anything right as AG?