1.   City Councilwoman Laura Chick said the council needs to review whether the LAPD even should be investigating the distribution of online obscenity.

2.   Speaking at the International Computer Crime Conference in Manhattan, N.Y., Freeh warned that law enforcement agencies must overcome their technological limits and fight online obscenity.

3.   House Republicans charged Tuesday that the Justice Department is ignoring the growth in online obscenity cases in its focus on online child pornography.

4.   It also urged more money for law enforcement agencies to prosecute online obscenity and child pornography.