No WONDER the man hates privacy laws
Ever wonder why John Ashcroft has so much angst against laws providing for the personal privacy of US Citizens? It's because they might prevent him from making money by "renting out" mailing lists full of people that thought they were signing up for his lame PAC. So he fights against them tooth and nail so that he can keep making money off of these rentals. Since he made $165,000 off of them in 1999/2000, it's not surprising he'd want to continue to make the big bucks and bugger the idea of privacy.
Unfortunately for John, the Federal Election Commission hasn't liked what he's DONE with the money he's made off of mailing list rentals. So our Attorney General has had difficulty complying with the law. Who'd a thunk it?
For more on the confusing story of our Attorney General, check out The Washington Post.