FBI PREOCUPPIED WITH WAR ON PORN:

[rodeodance]

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=914257&ct=1481565
CRIME --
FBI PREOCUPPIED WITH WAR ON PORN:

Since September 11, counterterrorism operations have been a top priority for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As a result, the Justice Department's Inspector General has found that the FBI is investigating only about half the criminal cases it did prior to September 11. Yet the drop has been "steepest in drug cases and extended to organized crime, bank robberies, civil rights, health care fraud, corporate fraud and public corruption ." Meanwhile, obscenity cases have increased, reflecting the Justice Department's new priorities to track down "manufacturers and purveyors" of consensual adult pornography.

[tompayne1]

1. the war on porn is the biggest crock i have ever seen

i mean it is just a moronic bone (haha) thrown to the far right.

[sarcasmo]

14. The Christian Taliban are pushing the anti porn issue big time.

This will not die. Once they get Roe V Wade over turned this will be their main focus.

[zbdent]

2. Clarence Thomas states that he wants to head the investigation

;)

[VaYallaDawg]

9. Too funny, zbdent!

Maybe we should send him a case of Coke (in cans, of course).

[mongo]

3. Gonzoles himself has said

That the prosecution of adult obscenity is a higher priority than CHILD PORN.

[meow2u3]

8. That's because Democrats prefer adult erotica

and rethugs like child porn.

[RedCloud]

4. track down "manufacturers and purveyors" of consensual adult pornography

Do they have any free samples of what it is we are not supposed to see or do?

I hate to think that if engaged in some form of sexual pleasure, I am also committing a crime...

[Demeter]

5. J. Edgar Hoover Lives!

And this campaign against porn proves it.

[bayou1982]

6. ironically....

Strange isn't it, that while it's not yet illegal for consenting adults (married or otherwise) to engage in sexual congress, there seems to be a drive to make its depiction illegal.

[newyawker99]

13. Hi bayou1982!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[bayou1982]

16. glad2b here

hi new yawker, thanks for greeting

[dmr]

7. Well, I have an obscentiy case for them

How about RICO on the GOP, starting with Rove, Delay, Abramanoff, Norquist, Scanlon, Reed, so on and so forth ...

[JPZenger]

10. In PA, local police nailing guys for sex with young girls

Local police in some areas of PA. have been rather aggressive in catching and prosecuting adults who are trying to have sex with young girls (such as 13 year olds) they meet over the internet. That is the type of crime that the FBI should be helping to fight.

[LibertyorDeath]

11. Scalia "Orgies are the way to ease social tensions"

Orgies are the way to ease social tensions, claims US judge

Oliver Burkeman in New York
Friday October 1, 2004
The Guardian

He is the conservative bastion of the US supreme court, a favourite of President Bush, and a hunting partner of the vice-president. He has argued vociferously against abortion rights, and in favour of anti-sodomy laws.

But it turns out that there is another side to Justice Antonin Scalia: he thinks Americans ought to be having more orgies.

Challenged about his views on sexual morality, Justice Scalia surprised his audience at Harvard University, telling them: "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1317386,00.html

[SharonAnn]

12. They were after prostitutes before 9-11. Pulled agents off counter-

terrorism.

[Porcupine]

15. Grub around meth labs or watch porn on the internet?

It's a no brainer.

Of course the FBI is concerned about adult pornography. Hell I'd love to trade my job for one that paid 60K a year with full benefits for one where the job description is "screen internet porn for obscenity."

Who's the idiot that's stupid enough to pay for it?