Brownshirts told: Policing Porn Is Not Part of Job Description

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[Zepps_News] Brownshirts told: " Policing Porn Is Not Part of

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*Policing Porn Is Not Part of Job Description*

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Montgomery Homeland Security Officers Reassigned After Library Incident

 

By Cameron W. Barr

Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, February 17, 2006; Page B08

 

Two uniformed men strolled into the main room of the Little Falls

library in Bethesda one day last week and demanded the attention of

all patrons using the computers. Then they made their announcement:

The viewing of Internet pornography was forbidden.

 

The men looked stern and wore baseball caps emblazoned with the words

" Homeland Security. " The bizarre scene unfolded Feb. 9, leaving some

residents confused and forcing county officials to explain how

employees assigned to protect county buildings against terrorists came

to see it as their job to police the viewing of pornography.

 

After the two men made their announcement, one of them challenged an

Internet user's choice of viewing material and asked him to step

outside, according to a witness. A librarian intervened, and the two

men went into the library's work area to discuss the matter. A police

officer arrived. In the end, no one had to step outside except the

uniformed men.

 

They were officers of the security division of Montgomery County's

Homeland Security Department, an unarmed force that patrols about 300

county buildings -- but is not responsible for enforcing obscenity laws.

 

In the post-9/11 era, even suburban counties have homeland security

departments. Montgomery County will not specify how many officers are

in the department's security division, citing security reasons. Its

annual budget, including salaries, is $3.6 million.

 

 

 

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602066.\

html

 

--

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talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court

order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about

chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order

before we do so "

-George W. Bush, April 20, 2004

 

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