Prostitutes can protect America
 

SAN FRANCISCO (Wireless Flash) ? If George W. Bush really wants to protect America, he should create a ?Department for ?Ho-Land? Security.?

That?s the advice of San Francisco-based sex worker advocate Carol Leigh, who says cities can cut down on crime and terrorism by having prostitutes patrol the streets.

Leigh figures the presence of prostitutes can deter burglaries, drug dealing and other crimes that thrive on isolated streets.

It?s not a new idea. Leigh says law enforcement officials throughout history have used prostitutes as lookouts and informants.

In fact, today?s cops regularly pressure prostitutes into reporting crimes ? but Leigh says it?s a form of blackmail.

She believes America?s hookers would be more effective enforcers if their profession was decriminalized and they could walk the streets without being branded criminals.