Saturday, October 08, 2005

URGENT NEWS: War Porn webmaster arrested

URGENT NEWS: War Porn webmaster arrested
I couldn't believe this.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, the web administrator of nowthatsfuckedup.com has been arrested by Polk County police on obscenity charges.

From an earlier posting:

I first read the War Porn story concerning Chris Wilson's nowthatsfuckedup website on Whatreallyhappened.com. They linked to a story on the East Bay Express.

This then led me to Just World News, a blog run by a war journalist and analyst, which had extensive material on the pornographic website.

Eventually CNN did a piece.

The BBC did a piece, which was short on content.

The Guardian ran an op/ed

Aljazeera's English website did a piece.

The New York Times played along. The NYT says they were not able to reach the website administrator. It may be he has gone underground for a while.

But there are fears that this may get swept under the rug. Some Iraqis I have spoken to no longer have faith in the US justice system as applied to Iraq.

Let's see how this plays out. So far, I applaud the Polk County officials. I hope no one comes around and calls it a violation of his first amendment rights.