Patti, Chad and John Paul,

All of your points are very well taken and I certainly understand where you are coming from.

I'm sure that these Agents hate doing these inspections as much as we hate we threat of having them done. If they are truly dedicated agents they know damned well that all of this is politically motivated and achieves absolutely NOTHING against the war on Child Pornography, and, in fact, detracts from it. Everything I have heard about the inspection which have been conducted is that the Agents were polite and professional in each case. As I intend to be if they come and pay us a visit.

However, that being said, if I were to allow them to access my computer that has the 2257 database and then they walk out the door with a complete copy of those records, I have no idea in whose political hands they may end up. It just ain't going to happen.

As to where my records are stored, in an un-air conditioned warehouse, well, the warehouse simply doesn't have air-conditioning, only the front part of our offices do, and I don't have the space in the front offices for the number of filing cabinets required because of all of the cross referencing required under this stupid law. The warehouse has an evaporative cooler, or swamp cooler for those of you who knows what that it. I can't run it because of the amount of moisture it puts into the air causing the paper to get damp.

Are my records 100% accurate? Probably not only because I think it is physically impossible to comply with the standard as written. But they are as accurate as they can possibly be. As John-Paul said, with ever changing dynamic url's and in certain cases, dozens of websites changing HOURLY, how could they EVER be 100% accurate. You may be compliant one hour, and out of compliance the next hour.

For that reason, and not necessarily to make the Agents uncomfortable or grumpy or miserable, I am never going grant them access to the computer. or make their job easy.

I hate that the Agents have to be put into such a position, but if enough of them complain enough about this waste of time, perhaps some things will change on the political scene where this waste of agents time, our time and tax payer dollars is concerned.

Bill