Investigator's Report Shows Dozens of Defense Employees Picked Up in Child Porn Sting

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

Several dozen Pentagon officials and contractors have been accused of -- and in some cases were convicted of -- purchasing and downloading child pornography on government computers, the Department of Defense's inspector general's office disclosed in documents released Friday.

The investigation that led prosecutors to these government workers was actually part of a larger Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency sting called Operation Flicker, aimed at identifying individuals who paid money over the Internet to access child pornography overseas, according to the inspector general's office.

That sweep collected information on more than 5,000 people in 60 undercover stings involving 18 child porn websites. Among those were several dozen who worked for Pentagon intelligence services.

Offenders include people with highly sensitive security clearances who have the potential to blackmail the government using closely held military and intelligence secrets, according to the documents released. Some of the people involved have such high-level clearance, identifying characteristics about them were blacked out in the report.

Among those investigated are employees of the National Security Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other offices at the Defense Department.

"Some are in high-ranking positions, in positions of trust," John Sheehan, executive director of the exploited child division at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, told The Boston Globe, the first newspaper to report the IG's conclusions. The center has been consulted, which has reviewed 36 million images of alleged child pornography since 2002 at the request of law enforcement agencies, consulted the government as part of the investigation.

"There isn't a profile or stereotype, which makes it even more challenging for law enforcement," Sheehan said.
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And these are the people supposed to be protecting our country?!?

[pollyannaish]

You know, after the whole Scott Ritter thing, this doesn't surprise me a bit. I swear there are creepers everywhere.

 

I think one of the worst things about the internet is the access to pornography. This kind of stuff has always been around, but the fact that you don't have to work to get it makes it easier for people to make choices they might have not made if the risk was higher.

 

That of course, doesn't change THEM, but it does mean that the market for it is limited and the victims fewer.

 

And NO these people are not protecting our country. They are creating a HUGE risk. Just look at what Ritter became.