โThe FBI is joining the Bush administrationโs War on Porn. And itโs looking for a few good agents.Early last month, the bureauโs 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 โone of the top prioritiesโ of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and, by extension, of โthe Director.โ That would be FBI Director Robert S. Mueller IIIโฆThe new squad will divert eight agents, a supervisor and assorted support staff to gather evidence against โmanufacturers and purveyorsโ of pornography โ not the kind exploiting children, but the kind that depicts, and is marketed to, consenting adults. โI guess this means weโve won the war on terror,โ said one exasperated FBI agentโฆโ
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