Ireland - U.S. Seeks Extradition in Child Pornography Case - NYTimes.com The United States on Thursday asked Ireland to hand over a man who the F.B.I. says is the world's most prolific facilitator of child pornography. The American request asks Ireland to extradite the man, Eric Marques, 28, to face four charges of advertising and distributing child pornography, said a lawyer representing the Irish state in the Irish High Court. Mr. Marques is accused of using encryption technology to offer an anonymous hosting service for Web sites with a total of more than one million pornographic pictures, including images of rape and torture of children, an F.B.I. agent said. Mr. Marques, who holds both Irish and American citizenship, has not made a plea in court, but his lawyers have indicated that they plan to challenge the extradition.