http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41164,00.html As the Porn Peril Turns by Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com) 2:00 a.m. Jan. 13, 2001 PST WASHINGTON -- The peril of online porn is why John Ashcroft should be the next attorney general, conservative organizations said on Friday. At a press conference organized to support Ashcroft's embattled nomination, the groups predicted that, among his other virtues, he would kick off a wave of Net-sex prosecutions. Beverly LaHaye of Concerned Women for America said that Ashcroft, unlike Attorney General Janet Reno, would enforce "laws against obscenity." Donna Rice-Hughes, the former Gary Hart gal pal turned antiporn activist, described herself as an "Internet safety advocate in support of John Ashcroft for attorney general." "The $1.5 billion online porn industry has continued to prosper with an anything-goes green light from the current Justice Department," said Rice-Hughes, who founded Enough is Enough. "When George W. won, the porn industry lost," said Rice-Hughes, who claimed that online prurience "exploits women, preys on men and invades the innocence of (America's) children." [...] http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41163,00.html DOJ Pushes Case Against MS by Declan McCullagh 9:45 a.m. Jan. 12, 2001 PST President-elect George W. Bush and his cabinet will soon decide what to do about the Microsoft antitrust case, a spokesman said on Friday. "The incoming administration and the incoming attorney general will review them and make any decisions as necessary," Ari Fleischer, Bush-Cheney transition spokesman, said in response to a question about Microsoft and other lawsuits the Clinton administration has filed. Fleischer, at the daily transition press conference, said he would not comment further on the Microsoft case. But he said that in general, Bush believes that the feds "too often engage in litigation to solve problems." "The president-elect will not rush to litigate the way some folks in Washington enjoy litigating," Fleischer said. [...]