Politech: FC: Canadian commodore keelhauled for off-duty Penthouse.com visits

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

This has created a stir in Canada. News coverage:

Globe and Mail article
Jun. 21, 2001 05:48 ET
http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/Commentary/20010621/COWENT21.html

Canadian Commodore faces net porn keelhauling
Jun. 21, 2001 04:35 ET
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19864.html

Public weighs in on Navy Commodore's web porn admission
Jun. 20, 2001 19:15 ET
http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/06/20/porn010620

Colleagues defend naval officer
Jun. 20, 2001 05:48 ET
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/C/20010620/wporn1?tf=RT/fullstory.html&cf=RT/config-neutral&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&slug=wporn1&date=20010620&archive=RTGAM&site=Front&ad

Globe and Mail article
Jun. 20, 2001 05:48 ET
http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/National/20010620/UPORNN.html

Globe and Mail article
Jun. 20, 2001 05:48 ET
http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/Commentary/20010620/COPORN.html

Navy commander relieved of duty over Internet porn
Jun. 19, 2001 05:48 ET
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/C/20010619/wnavycmdr?tf=RT/fullstory.html&cf=RT/config-neutral&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&slug=wnavycmdr&date=20010619&archive=RTGAM&site=Fr

Navy officer disciplined for accessing Internet porn
Jun. 18, 2001 19:15 ET
http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/06/18/navy_porn010618

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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:58:50 -0700
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>, freematt () coil com (Matthew Gaylor),
        farber () cis upenn edu (Dave Farber)
From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com>
Subject: view "Penthouse-like" online matl while off-duty; loose your
 command

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010619/od/navy_dc_1.html

Navy Commander Steers True Course on Sex Site

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Use of a government computer to view
sex sites and a guilty conscience have led to the suspension from duty of
the commander of the Canadian Forces' Pacific fleet.

The military said on Monday that Commodore Eric Lerhe was temporarily
relieved of command after he admitted to looking at ''Penthouse-like''
Internet sites during his off-duty hours in his own quarters, but using a
Navy-owned laptop computer.

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