Who is Ed Meese from Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s and what is their importance?

Ed Meese is the Attorney General under President Ronald Reagan. In the early part of the book, Meese is working on a report on the link between pornography and violence that comes to be known simply as the "Meese Report". Thompson believes the Meese report fails to establish a link between pornography and violence, but Meese still recommends restrictions on pornography in the report. Later, Meese is implicated in the Iran-Contra scandal as the person who ordered Oliver North to destroy evidence. When Meese is called to testify before the Senate, he deals easily with the Senate's counsel, but when he is questioned by the sitting senators themselves, he almost admits to committing perjury.