Porn Squad

No, that sounds too fun. Really, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' anti-obscenity task force should more appropriately be dubbed the "anti-porn squad." The WaPo notes that the effort -- based in the FBI's Washington Field Office --

will divert eight agents, a supervisor and assorted support staff to gather evidence against "manufacturers and purveyors" of pornography -- not the kind exploiting children, but the kind that depicts, and is marketed to, consenting adults.

After the Clinton era, surely this sort of thing must be history? Yet 80's retro is back in vogue -- John Roberts was, after all, one of Ed Meese's proteges. But don't toss your stash yet: recruitment for the effort is said to be lagging among agents who consider other duties, such as the war on terror, a bit more important.