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First I think it's lame that WIRED puts words in Ashcroft's mouth...
"that hardcore sex sites would no longer be selling peeks at balloon-breasted babes."
Is not even what Ashcroft said...
This is what he really said... All he did was excuse the situation as it is and always has been. It has always been illegal in some states to show pornography and that is why we have disclaimers on our sites.
"I thank you for the question. I am concerned about obscenity and I'm concerned about obscenity as it relates to our children."
Who cares if you are concerned -- what are you going to do about it?
"The electronic data transmission revolution has revolutionized certain kinds
of criminal activity, and the technology involved in it makes it much more
difficult for limited law enforcement agencies, like small county prosecutors
and frequently local enforcement operations, to operate as effectively as they
might otherwise if the digital universe were not involved."
Blah we already knew this. Basically you are saying that you can't do anything about the situation.
"We pride ourselves on cooperating to enforce laws with state and local authorities"
We don't care about your pride. You wouldn't be in this position of power if you didn't have such a big ego anyway so that's moot.
"but particularly in areas where the federal government has the kind of technology and technological awareness related to cybercrime and its many manifestations in different areas."
See now this actually sounds like it could be a threat -- or just boasting. What "kind of technological awareness" is he talking about?
"We try to be especially accommodating to
local law enforcement to assist them, and I would think that would be an objective of ours in this respect."
"Try" is past tense here. Ok so basically he's saying this has been the case -- and still is the case. Nothing has changed. He doesn't even know what the objective is for sure -- he *thinks* that it's an objective -- which probably means he doesn't know for sure what the fuck the objective is.
Let me know when we get some real news.
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