[lbo-talk] Bush's Minions HARD at Work Again

BklynMagus magcomm at ix.netcom.com
Tue Apr 6 12:19:17 PDT 2004


Dear List:

Good to know that Bush is spending millions to keep us safe from porn while people starve and are homeless.

Administration wages war on pornography Obscenity: For the first time in 10 years, the U.S. government is spending millions to file charges across the country.

By Laura Sullivan Sun National Staff

April 6, 2004

WASHINGTON - Lam Nguyen's job is to sit for hours in a chilly, quiet room devoid of any color but gray and look at pornography. This job, which Nguyen does earnestly from 9 to 5, surrounded by a half-dozen other "computer forensic specialists" like him, has become the focal point of the Justice Department's operation to rid the world of porn.

In this field office in Washington, 32 prosecutors, investigators and a handful of FBI agents are spending millions of dollars to bring anti-obscenity cases to courthouses across the country for the first time in 10 years. Nothing is off limits, they warn, even soft-core cable programs such as HBO's long-running Real Sex or the adult movies widely offered in guestrooms of major hotel chains.

The rest of the article can be found at http:/www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.obscenity06apr06,0,567200.story?coll=bal-home-headlines



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