GOP hopes for more porn prosecutions; Bush to weigh MS case
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Sat Jan 13 05:52:59 PST 2001
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As the Porn Peril Turns
by Declan McCullagh (declan at 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."
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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.
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