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LOS ANGELES Pop diva Christina Aguilera Wednesday threatened to take legal action against the distributors of an online porn video purported to include sexually explicit images of the singer.

"It has recently come to our attention that certain pornographic Web sites are posting sexually explicit photographs and video footage on the Internet fraudulently representing that it is Christina,'' Aguilera's Web site said in a notice dubbed its "official statement on Adult Tape Rumor.''

"Christina's legal representatives have contacted the Web site hosts, and Christina plans to vigorously pursue all necessary action against the individuals responsible, including if necessary, initiating criminal proceedings,'' her Web site (http://www.Christina-A.com) said.
The video has reported to have been making the rounds on the Web via e-mail and on several adult sites, showing the back of a woman who is purportedly Aguilera.

Several celebrities including actress Alyssa Milano of the TV series ``Charmed'' have gone to court to halt the appearance of what turned out to be doctored images and staged videos featuring look-alikes.

News source: Internet Report

Auditing the Auditor

Grassley, who requested the TIGTA report on IRS inventory, called the findings "shocking."

"In just the last three years alone, the IRS is missing approximately 2,300 computers," he wrote.

The TIGTA report, which also found that the IRS lost one firearm and had five stolen in the same three-year-period, said "although the IRS has established procedures to control its inventory of computers, firearms and other sensitive items, it has experienced longstanding difficulties in maintaining reliable and accurate inventory information."

Data Dangers?

Grassley criticized the agency for poor inventory controls going back as far as 1983, and says the loss of computers and their data may put sensitive information at risk.

"Because of the lack of information it is unknown to what extent, if any, taxpayer information may be inappropriately released," Grassley wrote.

Issued in late November, the TIGTA report states "the IRS reported that, to its knowledge, no missing computers contained classified data or had an internal secure modem installed."

Mathis told NewsFactor that none of the computers in question have compromised taxpayer information.

Finders Keepers

Mathis told NewsFactor that of the 2,300 missing computers mentioned in the report, 1,597 had been accounted for and reported back to TIGTA.

She said the IRS is implementing TIGTA recommendations and that they should be in place by the end of the month, adding that the agency is confident it will eventually be able to account for nearly all of the computers.

"We think most are just accounting issues," she said of the lost computers. "We think we'll eventually account for almost all of them."

Holding Up Funding

Still, Grassley harshly criticizes the IRS, pointing out that a taxpayer would be held accountable for missing receipts.

"Sadly, all this from the IRS -- an agency that requires taxpayers to show every receipt -- [which] can't find 2,300 computers," the Senator wrote. "The IRS wouldn't accept from a taxpayer the non-answer it has given regarding the missing 2,300 computers."

"It is my view that serious consideration should be given to placing a limitation on the IRS budget until there is real improvement -- not real promises -- in inventory management," Grassley wrote.