If not for the honor, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft would have just as soon declined an opportunity to interview with 60 Minutes. And that Ashcroft did when the CBS TV news show wanted to grill him about the Rob Black. Extreme Associates obscenity case.

Instead, Ashcroft assigned U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Mary Beth Buchanan to go before the cameras in a segment that has long been in the works. Meanwhile, Extreme has filed an appeal to dismiss the case with the Government presenting its side. The judge is now reviewing those arguments. Also look for the Details December issue with Tom Cruise on the cover. There will be be a comprehensive 8-page feature on Black, his case and his history in the business. Then Larry Flynt in the January issue of Hustler has an editorial on the Extreme case. Flynt urges porn consumers basically to get off their duffs and contact their congressmen and senators as to where they stand on the issue.