MrLuvr said:
But, I don't think they are too concerned about the porn ones. Since they want to shut down porn sites anyway. The FBI probably couldn't be bothered with enforcing copyrights on those.
Well maybe not, there is a 'new fearless leader' who wants to save to world from smut!
....“Our number one priority in law enforcement is supposed to be fighting terrorism,” he says. “So what’s the latest initiative by Justice and the bureau? We’ve declared war on pornography.”
That’s right. At a time when the focus of every federal law enforcement agent is supposed to be keeping this country safe from terrorists, attorney general Alberto Gonzales is diverting time, agent and resources into a war on dirty books and movies.
Not child pornography mind you but the kind of titillation aimed at consenting adults who, the last time we checked, are supposed to be free to do what they want in the privacy of their homes.
According to a job posting that went up at the FBI’s national headquarters and in all 56 field offices, the bureau plans to assign eight field agents plus a supervisor and “all necessary resources” to a porn war that the posting calls “one of the top priorities” of AG Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller.
Agents joke about the posting and make comments like “I already gave at home” or “we have met the enemy and he is us” but the gallows humor does little to mask a growing morale problem within the bureau.
My friend shook his head: “We’re supposed to be taking down people who want to destroy this country and Alberto wants to turn us into a tittie squad?”
The “T&A Squad,” as it is known among agents, got its start under former attorney general John Ashcroft, a bible-thumping anti-pornography zealot who tried to prosecute a Missouri couple for selling a sex education video for adults. Ashcroft’s case was so laughable it took a jury of mostly middle-aged women less than 45 minutes to acquit the couple. The judge lectured the Justice Department for wasting the legal system’s time with such a “frivolous case.”
But Gonzales, armed with a mandate from the rabid right-wingers who control Congress and the White House, plans to push forward in a quest to rid the world of dirty movies and other sexy stuff.
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7420.shtml
