] Two weeks after declaring his intention to run for ] president, Clark was still registered to represent a high ] tech contractor, Acxiom Corporation, giving him the rare ] distinction of seeking the White House while registered ] as a lobbyist. Shortly after Clark announced his ] candidacy, a company spokesman said the general no longer ] lobbied for Acxiom, but, according to the Senate Office ] of Public Records, Clark had not filed any termination ] papers. ] ] ] Clark has been lobbying for the firm since January 2, ] 2002; Acxiom has paid more than $830,000 for Clark to ] advance its agenda and meet with government officials. ] Clark also serves on the company's board of directors. ] ] ] According to federal disclosure records, Clark lobbied ] directly on "information transfers, airline security and ] homeland security issues," for Acxiom, which sought ] funding to do controversial informational background ] checks on passengers for airlines. Privacy advocates have ] criticized the program, called the Computer Assisted ] Passenger Pre-Screening System II, because of concerns ] that the data collected would be an overly invasive ] violation of individuals' rights to privacy. The public ] outcry has been so strong that there is a bi-partisan ] effort to create more oversight for the program to ] protect privacy interests if CAPPS II is implemented. So Clark helped lobby for CAPPS II. While he was a presidential candidate. So that's fun. The Buying of the President 2004 - Clark as lobbiest for CAPPS II |