Born: May 9, 1942

Profession: Attorney

GW Bush Administration Position:

• U.S. Attorney General, 2001-2005
  

War crime charge(s):

• Complicity in the commission of a war crime – torture, ill-treatment of detainees. Approved 2002 and 2003 memos allowing use of "harsh interrogation techniques."

Primary Association:

• Chairman, The Ashcroft Group, LLC, lobbying/consulting firm in Washington, D.C
  
• professorship in the Schools of Law and Government at Regent University, “the nation’s academic center for Christian thought and action.”
  

• Distinguished professor, Robertson School of Government, Regent University
  1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

More Information:

• Ashcroft: Some forms of waterboarding may be legal
• Ashcroft willing to be waterboarded
• 6-22-09 Bush officials: Where are they now?
• 9-4-09 Ninth Circuit Court Rules on John Ashcroft
• 9-29-09 Profile: Jay S. Bybee
• 5-5-11 John Ashcroft to Advise Blackwater on Ethics 
   

Note:

• "Why are we talking about this in the White House? History will not judge this kindly." - Source