Surreal estate

Alberto Gonzales (Chris Park/AP)

Asking price:
1.075 mil.
Details: Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales is bidding farewell to Washington, where his tenure under George W. Bush was racked by controversy, and moving his family closer to his job as teacher and administrator at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. They'll be leaving the five-bedroom, four-bathroom Colonial they bought in McLean Hamlet in 2005 for $1.05 million. Two-car garage, gorgeous views, finished basement, granite countertops -- and a sophisticated security system with video-monitored entrances, and a safe room off the master bedroom, behind a thick metal door.