Originally Posted by irateplatypus

::sighs::

if you care to read his actual remarks: http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/200...remarkshov.htm

you'll see that you all have been duped by the maze-like wording of the article. it is the second-hand account of one of the Attorney General's subordinates, not official DOJ policy that guides this irresponsible journalist's words.

the real deal: prosecution of obscene pornagraphic materials is a priority of the DOJ, but FARRRRRR from its most pressing. it is one of the top priorities of the Obscenity Prosecution Task Force, not the whole justice system. that's their job, they aren't heavily involved in stopping drug trafficing, corruption, or anti-terrorism measures... they're a splinter in the tree of the Department of Justice whose focus is on combating material judged to be obscene.

please read the Attorney General's priorities, as presented in his own words, before you take a journalist's-account-of-what-an-interim-employee-said-about-his-bosses-priorities-a-month-ago-based-on-a-speech-delivered-last-winter as fact.