David Ellis
Military officials note that since media outlets started reporting the names and hometowns of departing servicemen, there has been a dramatic and disturbing increase in pornographic calls to the wives and families left behind. “That’s why we didn’t want the names published in the first place,” sighs a Pentagon spokesman.
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