Republican politico wants "P2P child predator" smackdown! [fs]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Subject: Rep. Pitts lauds action against P2P child predators; but "we 
need	 more"
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 16:13:35 -0400

News from Congressman Joe Pitts

Sixteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Contact: Derek Karchner, 202 225-2411
For Immediate Release
May 17, 2004

Rep. Pitts lauds action against P2P child predators; but "we need more"

Says his bill would help parents be proactive, stopping harm to kids
before it's done

Washington-Congressman Joe Pitts (R, PA-16) today commended law
enforcement efforts to combat the growing dangers of child pornography
traded over Peer-to-Peer file sharing networks.  But, he said, "we need
more."

"This action should be commended," said Congressman Pitts.  "It's not
easy to find these criminals.  And these agencies have worked hard to
smoke them out. But Friday's announcement is a disturbing confirmation
that Peer-to-Peer programs are being manipulated.  They are becoming an
ever more dangerous platform used by child predators - some convicted
child molesters - to attack kids.

"I think we need more.  The only real tools we have against Peer-to-Peer
child predators are reactive, employed after the harm has been done.
Those tools are an important part of our strategy.  We should continue
to use those tools, and prosecute these people aggressively.

"But parents need the ability to protect their kids before they are
harmed by these perverts.  My bill, HR 2885 would give parents these
tools and help them prevent this from happening in the first place,"
said Congressman Pitts.

On Friday, The Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, and the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC)
Task Forces announced a national law enforcement initiative aimed at
combating the growing volume of illegal child pornography distributed
through peer-to-peer (P2P) file trafficking computer networks.

The law enforcement operation, which began in the Fall of 2003, has
resulted in of hundreds of searches nationwide, the identification of
thousands of computers used to access the child pornography, and the
arrest of more than 65 individuals.

More information on the initiative can be found at <
http://www.usdoj.gov <http://www.usdoj.gov> >.

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