the ashcroft lobbying group

* "BRITAIN has been secretly designing a new nuclear warhead in conjunction with the Americans, provoking a legal row over the proliferation of nuclear weapons. []
Developing a new weapon would also, according to expert advice from Cherie Booth’s Matrix chambers, be a material breach of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The office of Lord Goldsmith, the attorney-general, refused to comment on whether it had been asked for legal advice by No 10." (link)
via ron

* here is the NYT/Ashcroft interview that people are talking about today - concerned about ashcroft's lobbying group. i've covered the ashcroft group before here and here- the NYT leaves out some important information, like for example, the chalabi connection, and the deep connection to Cheney (and Steve Forbes, Dan Quayle, Spencer Abraham, Phyllis Schlafly, Jesse Helms and Rudy Giuliani)

incidentally i was talking to a family member recently who doesnt particularly follow american politics (probably more than most americans), and i mentioned ashcroft and he laughed and said 'oh - he's that guy that sings about soaring eagles!' - how's that for some name recognition!