Naked Justice

I remember laughing about John Ashcroft putting drapes over the statues in the Justice Dept so that a naked woman would not be in the background in his many announcements made in the lobby. Still, it wasn't until I read this article that I found out:

In the past, snagging a photo of the attorney general in front of the statues has been somewhat of a sport for photographers.

When former Attorney General Edwin Meese released a report on pornography in the 1980s, photographers dived to the floor to capture the image of him raising the report in the air, with the partially nude female statue behind him.

I suppose being a high-level mucky muck in DC might cause you to lose your sense of humor or taste for irony.