This joke and others like it were directed to the invited recipients of a private email list, a list from which the recipients could opt out, by an avuncular old man who is apparently just getting his feet wet on the internet:
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Alex Kozinski
One of the maintenance tasks required to run this site is that, on occasion, we must sweep the spam filters in order that comments from worthy readers like you are not mistakenly deleted. That only happens once in a while, usually if you use a word that sets our automatic sensors on edge. Most of the spam comments are just that, spam comments.
But even spambots can amuse. Case in point, today we received the first of what will no doubt be many lists of exotic porn, which include this nugget:
interracial porn
japanese porn
lesbian porn
And so on and so forth. Play with funny pictures at your peril.
Since we’ve devoted a lot of attention to Judge Kozinski’s recent rough education in computer security, it’s only fair that we offer more details about the ugly background of the lawyer who tipped off the press, Cyrus Sanai. Overlawyered has the quotes from some orders decrying Sanai’s vexatious litigation. He’s no hero in this story.
Edited to add:
Also, John Katz of Underdog has links to filings (including the recusal order) from the obscenity case over which Judge Kozinksi was to preside.
Patrick capably documented and commented upon the strange case of Ninth Circuit judge Alex Kozinski, who shortly after he started a district court obscenity trial was discovered to have publicly accessible pornographic material on his personal server, and who later made some comments to the press minimizing those images. A few developments and comments:
Following up on yesterday’s entry on Judge Alex Kozinski, the man who “outed” the Judge’s not-so-secret porn stash has revealed himself as California attorney Cyrus Sanai. Patterico has the most details, but Sanai, who has a history of run-ins with the Judge, is relentlessly promoting himself at all the big legal blogs. We haven’t seen him yet, but we’re sure when he filters down to the snark blogs we’ll get a visit sometime after, say, Pam’s House Blend.
Sanai may be the living embodiment of the worst stereotypes of California lawyers, an arguably vexatious litigant who arguably abuses process and files frivolous motions to cause disruption to opponents. He has been smacked down as such by Judge Kozinski. But whatever Sanai is or isn’t, the matter raises a serious question about Judge Kozinski’s own judgment.
Why would a man who appears to be technically savvy, a man in a high position that requires him to maintain the appearance, to say nothing of the substance, of propriety, keep stuff like this (not not-safe-for-work but it could be disturbing to readers) on a server hooked up to the internet, as opposed to a hard drive? More to the point, why would a man whose job entails the risk of, indeed almost requires, making dangerous enemies do something so foolish? Why would a man who daily reads and argues about human stupidity (the root of most crime) himself abandon discretion so stupidly?
At best Kozinski’s conduct shows shocking carelessness, and at worst says something worse about his judgment and character. If you’re going to make waves, and Judge Kozinski’s job certainly requires that, make sure your anchor is a heavy one.
Yes, gentle readers, there is such a group. They hunt down and prosecute purveyors of obscene materials. And I am writing to urge the Obscenity Prosecution Task Force, the Department of Justice, and the Bush Administration, to hunt the most dangerous game of all: A federal judge. And not just any federal judge either, but perhaps the most dangerous judge of them all: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge the Honorable Alex Kozinski. He should be easy to find.
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