John David Ashcroft ( born May 9, 1942 ) is an American politician who served as the 79th U. S. Attorney General ( 2001-05 ), in the George W. Bush Administration.

In 1974, Ashcroft was narrowly defeated for election to that post by Jackson County County Executive George W. Lehr, who argued that Ashcroft, who is not an accountant, was not qualified to be the State Auditor.

* On March 30, 2000, with Senator Russ Feingold, Ashcroft convened the only Senate hearing on racial profiling, where he stated that racial profiling is unconstitutional and said that he supported the concept of legislation requiring that statistics be kept of police actions.

According to government filings, Oracle is one of the Ashcroft Group ’ s five clients that seek his help in selling data or software with security applications.

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

In 2003 John Gilmore sued United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and U. S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, arguing that requiring passengers to show identification before boarding domestic flights is tantamount to an internal passport, and is unconstitutional.

In a press briefing, John Ashcroft states that the FBI has sealed the building is working with the CDC to determine if this is a criminal or terrorist act.

John Gilmore has sued two US Attorneys General ( Ashcroft and Gonzales ), arguing that the requirement to present identification documents before boarding a plane is unconstitutional.

Lord Ashcroft Building is the seat of the Lord Ashcroft International Business School.

Arguments have been advanced by Neil Ashcroft and others that there is a melting point maximum in compressed hydrogen, but also that there may be a range of densities ( at pressures around ) where hydrogen may be a liquid metal, even at low temperatures.

The music video for " Bitter Sweet Symphony ", which received heavy rotation on MTV, focuses on Ashcroft lip-synching the song while walking down a busy London pavement, oblivious to what is going on around and refusing to change his stride or direction throughout.

On 7 July 2010 Ashcroft confirmed that the band " is over for good ", though some weeks later did not rule out another Verve reunion.

* Also notably Vernon Kay is a big fan of The Verve, and conducted his last interview on T4 with Richard Ashcroft.

* The Centre Point building is visible in the beginning of the music video for " Check the Meaning " by Richard Ashcroft.

He is also a regular on the digital radio sports show, " TalkSPORT " Other notable friends of his are, Mani of The Stone Roses, Richard Ashcroft of The Verve – for whom he dedicated a song, " Cast No Shadow ", the band members of the Chemical Brothers ,-Sex Pistols members John Lydon and Steve Jones the members of the rock band Kasabian, Andy Nicholson, boxer Ricky Hatton, Paul McCartney, Liverpool F. C footballer Jamie Carragher, Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, Ian Brown, John Squire, Lee Mavers, Jack Dee, Craig Cash, Kelly Jones and Johnny Depp ( who played slide guitar on the Oasis song Fade In-Out ).

Richard Paul Ashcroft ( born 11 September 1971 in Billinge, Wigan ) is an English musician and singer-songwriter.

Ashcroft is contractually obligated to record another album for Parlophone.

Ashcroft is currently working with a new band called RPA & The United Nations of Sound, who have released a promo single from the upcoming album called " Are You Ready?

Ashcroft is married to Kate Radley, a former member of Spiritualized.

Ashcroft is a Manchester United fan.

is dedicated to him, and it is believed that Ashcroft dedicated the title track of A Northern Soul to Gallagher as a response.

During an eight year split, Ashcroft dismissed talk of a reunion, saying: " You're more likely to get all four Beatles on stage.

During his solo career, Ashcroft expressed regret at having asked McCabe to return for the album instead of releasing it under his own name, saying: " Imagine being the guy that's written an album on his own, bottles it near the end, feels like there's unfinished business, rings Nick McCabe up who adds some guitars, puts it out as The Verve and the same problems arise again.

Evan Ashcroft, attended a vigil in support of Sheehan, saying " their son's memory would not be lost in the anti-war movement.

The Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 was draft legislation written by United States Department of Justice during the George W. Bush administration, under the tenure of United States Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Richard Ashcroft was so impressed with Oasis during the time, that he invited them to tour with his band The Verve as an opening act.

In 1999, he began working with Richard Ashcroft, of The Verve, during the recording sessions of Ashcroft's debut solo album, Alone With Everybody.

Out of respect, John Ashcroft suspended his campaign during the mourning period for Mel Carnahan.

The appreciation shown would later result in a support slot for Ashcroft, serving as the opening act for Coldplay during a European tour.

Ashcroft began playing gigs again in mid-2005, and, on 2 July at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, Coldplay invited him to perform with them during their set.

A contemporary art exhibition at the Lucy Mackintosh Gallery in Lausanne, Switzerland, with six British artists: Michael Ashcroft, Juan Bolivar, Andrew Grassie, Justin Hibbs, Alistair Hudson, and Peter Liversidge during April – May 2005.

The Drama company also nurtured the careers of stars – Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Sybil Thorndike, Edith Evans, Alec Guinness, Michael Redgrave, Maurice Evans, Ralph Richardson-and became famous for stylish productions under the artistic directorship of Tyrone Guthrie during the 1930s.

Southern Partisan received national attention in 2001 during the confirmation hearings of U. S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.

When pressed by Democratic Senators Joseph Biden and Ted Kennedy about the interview during his confirmation hearings, Ashcroft replied " I would rather be falsely accused of racism than to falsely accuse others.

Although in his first full season he helped the team finish sixth in the League, with low attendances the club had fallen into debt and had to sell many of their best players, with stars such as Tim Coleman, Bert Freeman, Jimmy Sharp, Jimmy Ashcroft and William Garbutt all leaving during 1908.

* In 2002, under John Ashcroft, curtains were installed blocking the statue from view during speeches.

In early January 2006, The New York Times, as part of their investigation into alleged domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency, reported that Comey, who was Acting Attorney General during the March 2004 surgical hospitalization of John Ashcroft, refused to " certify " the legality of central aspects of the NSA program at that time.

", Richard Ashcroft and Big Life Management commissioned Giorgio Testi for the promo – to be created out of live footage from a show at Shepherd ’ s Bush Empire.

Despite damning evidence that the Solicitor General's office was less than truthful with the Supreme Court about the Bush administration's torture policies and neglect of international treaties, more in-depth research shows that while some attorneys in the Bush administration like John Yoo and John Ashcroft knew about the torture taking place at Abu Ghraib, the U. S. Office of the Solicitor General, of which Paul Clement was a part, knew very little about the Bush administration's tactics for prisoner interrogation, and knew nothing about the atrocities of Abu Ghraib.

Ashcroft suspended all campaigning after the plane crash in light of the tragedy.

In 2009 a federal court of appeals in San Francisco found that Ashcroft could be sued and held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of material witness Abdullah al-Kidd – an American citizen arrested in March 2003 and held for 13 months in maximum security to be used as a witness in the trial of Sami Omar Al-Hussayen ( who himself was acquitted of all charges of supporting terrorism ).

On October 12, 2001, Attorney General ( AG ) John Ashcroft issued a policy memorandum on FOIA to all federal executive agencies.

The band made no live appearances for all of 1996, apart from a solo performance from Ashcroft supporting Oasis in New York.

Ashcroft had been adamant that The Verve would not reform, once remarking: " You're more likely to get all four Beatles on stage ".

In 1965, BBC 1 broadcast all three plays from John Barton and Peter Hall's The Wars of the Roses trilogy ( Henry VI, The Rise of Edward IV and Richard III ) with David Warner as Henry and Peggy Ashcroft as Margaret.

In 1965, BBC 1 broadcast all three plays from John Barton and Peter Hall's The Wars of the Roses trilogy ( Henry VI, The Rise of Edward IV and Richard III ) with David Warner as Henry and Peggy Ashcroft as Margaret.

In 1965, BBC 1 broadcast all three plays from John Barton and Peter Hall's The Wars of the Roses trilogy ( Henry VI, The Rise of Edward IV and Richard III ) with David Warner as Henry and Peggy Ashcroft as Margaret.

In 2009 a federal court of appeals found that former Attorney General John Ashcroft could be sued personally for wrongful detention by material witness Abdullah al-Kidd, an American citizen arrested in 2003 and held for 16 days in maximum security prisons to be used as a witness in the trial of Sami Omar Al-Hussayen ( who himself was acquitted of all charges of supporting terrorism ).

He has also donated his services to Cambridge University for 16 years and has helped out on occasion at the University of Bedfordshire where he is currently a Visiting Professor, Essex University where he is a Fellow in Entrepreneurship Studies and at Bath, Cranfield, Ashcroft, and Anglia Universities, all unpaid posts.

Under the authorization of Attorney General John Ashcroft, Chief Immigration Judge Michael Creppy told all immigration judges to close to the public and media all hearings associated with immigration that were thought to be related to the September 11 investigation.

US Attorney General John Ashcroft, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and FBI Director Robert Mueller are all named in the lawsuit.

On 16 February 2008, New Zealand Police announced all the medals had been recovered as a result of a NZ $ 300, 000 reward offered by Michael Ashcroft and Tom Sturgess.

On 16 February 2008 New Zealand Police announced all the medals had been recovered as a result of a NZ $ 300, 000 reward offered by Michael Ashcroft and Tom Sturgess.

On 16 February 2008 New Zealand Police announced all the medals had been recovered as a result of a NZ $ 300, 000 reward offered by Michael Ashcroft and Tom Sturgess.

On 16 February 2008 New Zealand Police announced all the medals had been recovered as a result of a NZ $ 300, 000 reward offered by Michael Ashcroft and Tom Sturgess.

Yale and nearby Emory City, in the vicinity of Hill's Bar, where the gold rush had begun, as well as all the major Canyon towns to Ashcroft, thronged with temporary residents and business of various kinds and legitimacies.

There was no fixed line up in the band originally and local musicians Martyn Campbell ( Richard Ashcroft, Rain ) Sean Payne ( Zutons ) Russel Pritchard ( Zutons ) and Robby Stevenson ( Hokum Clones ) all contributed to early shows.

Arsenal reached the 1905 – 06 and 1906 – 07 FA Cup semi-finals twice with Ashcroft in goal, and he also won three caps for England, playing in all three of England's British Home Championship matches of 1906 ( England won twice and lost once, sharing the 1905 – 06 championship with Scotland ).

In all, Ashcroft played 303 first-class games in eight seasons for Arsenal.

Ashcroft eventually signed for Tranmere Rovers, where he played for one more season before World War I intervened and all first-class football was halted ; he seems to have retired from playing football at that point.