Well, I guess tits are evil after all! They most come from the south or something.
--- bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > warning to Off-world/offworld impersonators: the FBI > is gunning for > you > > ************** > > Recruits Sought for Porn Squad > > By Barton Gellman > Washington Post Staff Writer > Tuesday, September 20, 2005; A21 > > > > The FBI is joining the Bush administration's War on > Porn. And it's > looking for a few good agents. > > Early last month, the bureau's Washington Field > Office began > recruiting for a new anti-obscenity squad. Attached > to the job > posting was a July 29 Electronic Communication from > FBI headquarters > to all 56 field offices, describing the initiative > as "one of the > top priorities" of Attorney General Alberto R. > Gonzales and, by > extension, of "the Director." That would be FBI > Director Robert S. > Mueller III. > > Mischievous commentary began propagating around the > water coolers at > 601 Fourth St. NW and its satellites, where the > FBI's second-largest > field office concentrates on national security, > high-technology > crimes and public corruption. > > The new squad will divert eight agents, a supervisor > and assorted > support staff to gather evidence against > "manufacturers and > purveyors" of pornography -- not the kind exploiting > children, but > the kind that depicts, and is marketed to, > consenting adults. > > "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." > > Federal obscenity prosecutions, which have been out > of style since > Attorney General Edwin Meese III in the Reagan > administration made > pornography a signature issue in the 1980s, do > "encounter many legal > issues, including First Amendment claims," the FBI > headquarters memo > noted. > > Applicants for the porn squad should therefore have > a stomach for > the kind of material that tends to be most offensive > to local > juries. Community standards -- along with a prurient > purpose and > absence of artistic merit -- define criminal > obscenity under current > Supreme Court doctrine. > > "Based on a review of past successful cases in a > variety of > jurisdictions," the memo said, the best odds of > conviction come with > pornography that "includes bestiality, urination, > defecation, as > well as sadistic and masochistic behavior." No word > on the universe > of other kinks that helps make porn a > multibillion-dollar industry. > > Popular acceptance of hard-core pornography has come > a long way, > with some of its stars becoming mainstream > celebrities and their > products -- once confined to seedy shops and > theaters -- > being "purveyed" by upscale hotels and most home > cable and satellite > television systems. Explicit sexual entertainment is > a profit center > for companies including General Motors Corp. and > Rupert Murdoch's > News Corp. (the two major owners of DirecTV), Time > Warner Inc. and > the Sheraton, Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt hotel > chains. > > But 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." > > Public corruption, officially, is fourth on the > FBI's priority list, > after protecting the United States from terrorist > attack, foreign > espionage and cyber-based attacks. Just below those > priorities are > civil rights, organized crime, white-collar crime > and "significant > violent crime." The guidance from headquarters does > not mention > where pornography fits in. > > "The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of > Investigation's > top priority remains fighting the war on terrorism," > said Justice > Department press secretary Brian Roehrkasse. > "However, it is not our > sole priority. In fact, Congress has directed the > department to > focus on other priorities, such as obscenity." > > At the FBI's field office, spokeswoman Debra > Weierman expressed > disappointment that some of her colleagues find > grist for humor in > the new campaign. "The adult obscenity squad . . . > stems from an > attorney general mandate, funded by Congress," she > said. "The > personnel assigned to this initiative take the > responsibility of > this assignment very seriously and are dedicated to > the success of > this program." > > © 2005 The Washington Post Company > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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