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News from that same site..old but still shows that they were going after porn post 9/11
here's a new tone at the Justice Department
Attorney General John Ashhahahahaha has made it clear that he intends to enforce the federal obscenity laws. In November 2001, when Mr. Ashhahahahaha appointed career prosecutor Andrew Oosterbaan to serve as Chief of the Justice Department?s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), he emphasized that the new Section Chief "will diligently investigate and prosecute child exploitation and obscenity crimes."
In April this year, Mr. Ashhahahahaha revised the U.S. Attorneys' Manual to eliminate a "lockout provision" that had kept prosecutors from CEOS from investigating obscenity cases without first receiving permission from the local United States Attorney.
In May, Mr. Ashhahahahaha described pornography as "steps down a path to the degradation and, too often, the real abuse of predominantly women and children." He said, "The Department of Justice is dedicated to prosecuting those who illegally distribute adult obscenity materials and child pornography. These prosecutions are a priority for this Department, and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and the 94 United States Attorneys across the country stand committed to enforce the federal statutes in this area... Those who illegally distribute obscene material will be prosecuted aggressively."
In early June, the Attorney General met with all representatives from United States Attorneys's offices around the country in an "obscenity law enforcement symposium" to develop "a national obscenity strategy for aggressive federal prosecutions" in obscenity cases.
In October, the U.S. Justice Department conducted its first obscenity law enforcement training session for federal prosecutors and investigators in more than a decade.
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