89 are indicted in online porn case

The Dallas Morning News ^ | March 19, 2002 | By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT / The Dallas Morning News

[MeekOneGOP]

WFAA TV Video
http://www.dallasnews.com/latestnews/stories/031902dnnatporncrackdown.7abe7.html

[MeekOneGOP]

fyi

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks Meek! I still cannot get over this happening and the lack of Freeper Rage. Maybe this will get them! I find this appalling to involved children! As you can tell, I am still on my soapbox about it!

[meandog]

Unfortunately, many liberals equate this to the Clinton culture "it is just about sex..."

Clergy members, Little League coaches and a teacher's aide are among the 89 people charged...

...wonder how many were boy scout leaders?

[PhiKapMom]

You have a point about boy scout leaders! This whole thing disgusts me like you cannot believe! And you are so right about the "Clinton culture!"

[MeekOneGOP]

Get 'em, Mom! You might want to check out the video link above too..........

[AlGone2001]

I still cannot get over this happening and the lack of Freeper Rage. Maybe this will get them!

I agree. Any suggestions on what we can do? I'm livid!

[Catspaw]

I heard on the tube today that there'll be more arrests, but so far it doesn't add up to the number of users in the US, much less internationally.

But what's this crap about charging these guys with only one count? EACH picture/video should be one count.

It's the usual exploitation of children by pedophiles. At least some are getting caught.

[Grampa Dave]

Wonder if this is one of the reasons so many so called posters on FR hate Ashcroft!

[motexva]

I'd be more enthusiastic about the arrests if these sickos had actually been producing child porn. But they were only passing it around. While I believe they deserve arrest and prosecution, I find it hard to believe that in this time of crisis, when we are on yellow terror alert with god knows how many terrorist cells still operating here, that Ashcroft committed the resources and agents to this bust. It just seems like there's more important things to attend to than a bunch of perverts passing dirty pictures around the internet.

It also amazes me that the DEA is busting terminal cancer patients daring to self-medicate themselves in California. I would rather see the DEA reassigned to anti-terrorist details.

I spoke about this with my teaching partner today, who is majoring in social work and has been working with sexually abused children. Even she couldn't believe that the DOJ was doing anything with this, when there's probably terrorists crawling out of the woodwork.

[The Green Goblin]

What's with Houston these days? Enron, child porn and insane mothers drowning their children. I'm glad I left Houston over ten years ago!

[MeekOneGOP]

Ooooohhhhhhh! I linked the ARTICLE and marked it as the video. There's a link on the article to the video, but........here's the link directly to the video......

WFAA TV Video
http://www.wfaa.com/popups/03-02/18wfaa020318_am_candyman.html

[MeekOneGOP]

ROFL!

[PhiKapMom]

I'm livid too! And I would expect everyone else on here to be also. If people get upset on here about the unborn which I think is legitimate, how about already born children being used in this manner!

I would like to start beating a drum so they would start listening -- people need to be up in arms that this is happening in this Country and around the world. They used a Yahoo group to ship this all around which is astounding! I am just glad that for whatever reason they got caught!

[Donna Lee Nardo]

It is my understanding that the investigation began in January of 2001 -- before 911. Any arrest of these pedophiles is good -- I would also like to see major arrests of those who make the tapes and take the photos. Harming children is a 911 everyday for those children victimized.

[PhiKapMom]

Wonder if this is one of the reasons so many so called posters on FR hate Ashcroft!

Very good point! Could it be why the silence on here? Does make you wonder!

[Grampa Dave]

Yes, it seems that many conservatives only worry about the fetus. Once it is born, it is fair game to the protected predators for whatever they want to do that innocent child!

Hang in there and keep fighting for what's right. This is the first positive step towards ending this violence against children since January 1993!

Help GW to gain control of the senate to get some conservative judges not the predator ACLU judges on our federal benches. Then you will see big changes as the predator ACLU and their like become targets for what they advocate re violence towards children and no justice to the predators!

[PhiKapMom]

Well as a Mother of three children, I for one, am glad that Attorney General Ashcroft is doing something about this. I find these people who are participating in this beneath my contempt! I would think that anyone dealing with sexually abused children would feel the same way.

DOJ is doing a very good job on terrorists but that doesn't mean that they, DEA, and the rest of Federal Law Enforcement have to concentrate solely on Terrorists and let other crimes go unpunished.

I give it up to Attorney General Ashcroft and the people at DOJ who broke this case! They have my full support!

[PhiKapMom]

Good point!

[Palladin]

Get it through your head--these ARE terrorists--domestic terrorists involved in the torture and brutalizing of children. What could be more vicious?

And you are a teacher? Lord help us!