March 29, 200521 yr The front page of MSNBC.com, where this article was published, screams the headline, CHILD PORN! DALLAS, Texas - The national director of programs for the Boy Scouts of America has been charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, the U.S. Attorneys said Tuesday. In charges filed by federal prosecutors on March 21, Douglas S. Smith Jr. was accused of receiving images over the Internet in February of children engaging in oral sex, intercourse and other sexually explicit conduct. Sources in the U.S. Attorney's office told NBC that Smith, 61, was expected to plead guilty. Law enforcement officials indicated the pictures did not show boys who were with the Boy Scouts organization, said Gregg Shields, national spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America, which is based in the Dallas suburb of Irving. He said Smith "was not in a leadership position which involved working directly with youth." "We are dismayed and shocked to learn of this," Shields said in a statement. ?Smith was employed by the Boy Scouts for 39 years and we had no indication of prior criminal activity.? The statement said Smith was placed on paid administrative leave immediately after the organization learned that he was being investigated for a crime, and that Smith decided to retire shortly thereafter. Smith, reached Tuesday at his home in Colleyville, near Fort Worth, referred all questions to his attorney, Jack Strickland, who said: ?He?s not taking this well. I?ve got to tell you, this is a good man and I would hate to see the entirety of his life and the good things he?s done defined by one incident.? Smith was expected to appear in federal court Wednesday morning. The charges against him carry a sentence of five to 20 years. Smith is himself an Eagle Scout. The scouts have been under fire in recent years for refusing to allow gays, atheists or agnostics into the organization. ?That?s totally irrelevant to this,? Shields said.
March 29, 200521 yr The scouts have been under fire in recent years for refusing to allow gays, atheists or agnostics into the organization. Gays I can understand, but atheists and agnostics? C'mon. :plain Anyway, I hope this guy gets his ass beat severely in prison. Child exploitation is wrong. Sick bastard needs to be destroyed.
March 30, 200521 yr Kick big gay Al out of the scouts because he is gay but doesnt molest kids but allow the seemingly normal family man who isnt outwardly gay but takes naked pics of the kids. =Is gay but doesnt like to take pics of naked boys and poses no threat to youth. =Has sex with women only but also likes to attacks young girls.
March 30, 200521 yr The scouts have been under fire in recent years for refusing to allow gays, atheists or agnostics into the organization. Gays I can understand, but atheists and agnostics? C'mon. :plain Anyway, I hope this guy gets his ass beat severely in prison. Child exploitation is wrong. Sick bastard needs to be destroyed. 723797[/snapback] Because being moral but not being Christian is unacceptable to these people. Gandhi would have a tough time getting in.
March 30, 200521 yr Author Бой�каут берет мертвых людей? :shifty 723902[/snapback] In English please?
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