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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 2005 1:45 PM

The FBI is joining the Bush Administration's "War on Porn." The intelligence agency has sent out a memo asking for agents to join the anti-porn squad. This time, they're targeting legal pornography that is marketed to adults, a tactic that hasn't been attempted with any strength since the days of Attorney General Ed Meese under President Reagan in the 1980s.

But [Attorney General Alberto] Gonzales endorses the rationale of predecessor Meese: that adult pornography is a threat to families and children. Christian conservatives, long skeptical of Gonzales, greeted the pornography initiative with what the Family Research Council called "a growing sense of confidence in our new attorney general."

Congress began funding the obscenity initiative in fiscal 2005 and specified that the FBI must devote 10 agents to adult pornography. The bureau decided to create a dedicated squad only in the Washington Field Office. "All other field offices may investigate obscenity cases pursuant to this initiative if resources are available," the directive from headquarters said. "Field offices should not, however, divert resources from higher priority matters, such as public corruption."

You'd think that maybe, just maybe, the government would have better things to do with its time, money, and investigative resources.

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Subrosa

San Francisco, CA

July 2004

SEP 20, 2005 03:29 PM

Keith said:
Wouldn't it be funny if someone defended this? Here?

*casts an expectant glance towards the usual suspects*

azathoth42

Dallas, TX

September 2004

SEP 20, 2005 03:33 PM

The crusade against legal porn has the same argument as the war on drugs:

Pinup style magazines and websites (Hmmm...) only lead to more deviant things. Today, Playboy or SG, tomorrow prowling playgrounds for 8 year old boys.

Next theyll be trying to sue Judas Priest for putting satanic messages on their albums.

Or making comic book companies conform to a strict code of conduct in depictions of violence and gore.

Or killing women who don't cover their body in a burka.

acetracer

Hollywood, FL

January 2004

SEP 20, 2005 03:35 PM

MrStitches said:
Anyone else find it weird that shit porn is one of their main targets?

I don't know what you're talking about. Girls pee perfume and shit strawberries, or so I was told.

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

SEP 20, 2005 03:37 PM

I wrote about this on my blog today. There are some great quotes from the agents in this article.

"I guess this means we've won the war on terror," said one exasperated FBI agent, speaking on the condition of anonymity because poking fun at headquarters is not regarded as career-enhancing. "We must not need any more resources for espionage."

Among friends and trusted colleagues, an experienced national security analyst said, "it's a running joke for us."

A few of the printable samples:

"Things I Don't Want On My Résumé, Volume Four."

"I already gave at home."

"Honestly, most of the guys would have to recuse themselves."

daniofthedead

Philadelphia, PA

June 2004

SEP 20, 2005 03:39 PM

hahah fuck this administration, how many years left

GramNegative

I'm lost

October 2004

SEP 20, 2005 03:49 PM

"includes bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior."

Bestial-defecation is not on the list: feel free to pass around videos of your dog shiting in your neighbors yard.
Note that masochism is on the list, so videos of people voting for this douche bag administration are prohibited

Bev_Antain

Italy

February 2004

SEP 20, 2005 03:50 PM

So much for the land of the free

padriec

North Brunswick, NJ

November 2004

SEP 20, 2005 03:55 PM

asinine said:
really, when did this administration win the rights to continuously decide whats right for families? it just boggles me that these idiots are constantly pushing constitutional boundries under the guise of family protection.

does the FBI need to be investigating LEGAL issues with a dedicated squad?

when 3.5 million more americans voted for Bush than they did for Kerry. that is the truly scary thing, this is the will of the majority of americans.