Politech archive on U.S. v. Larry Benedict: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=canandaigua
Photo essay: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/larry-benedict-investigation.html --- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49083,00.html A Look at Pedophile Interaction By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2:00 a.m. Dec. 13, 2001 PST (Part 3 of a series. In the previous installment, federal and state police raided Larry Benedict's home and accused him of trading electronic child porn with Mikel Bolander.) CANANDAIGUA, New York -- If a federal prosecutor ever wanted to offer a disquieting example of a child pornographer, it would be Mikel James Bolander. Bolander, 37, is a convicted, self-confessed pedophile who dabbles in child porn. He is incarcerated in the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a federal prison in San Diego. Court documents paint Bolander as the archetype of a sex offender -- a distressed soul who can't stop himself from running afoul of the law. A magistrate judge once dubbed Bolander "a deeply troubled man who has been unable, despite opportunities at treatment and supervision, to control his pedophilia." Bolander, according to the federal government, was caught trading illegal diskettes and tape backups with Larry Benedict, a Xerox engineer who lives in New York state. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
