Channel 5 on the Senate chamber's internal television system typically provides senators with replays news programs, or fun-filled tutorials on parliamentary procedure…
But on the morning of Dec. 6, two Capitol Police officers noticed something quite different emanating from Channel 5 and making its way to all Senate offices: a pornographic movie. Officials at the Architect of the Capitol's office were alerted to the situation and quickly determined that an employee in the Senate Recording Studio had been dubbing a pornographic tape on taxpayer time.
"To add insult to injury, he pushed the wrong button and [the porn movie] went out over Channel 5," Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Alfonso Lenhardt confirmed in an interview.
Lenhardt said Architect officials "quickly pulled the plug"on the movie and apparently very few people made it into their offices early enough to catch the show. "To be exact, it was 7:05,"he noted. "Suffice it to say, there were not a lot of people who saw it." (…) "I abhor pornography in the workplace,"he said. "And we have strict policies against anyone who has pornography – or uses pornography – in the workplace."
When asked for the name of the movie in question, Lenhardt answered matter-of-factly, "I have no idea. I did not see the video so I couldn't speak to that."
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