Pentagon workers found to have downloaded child pornography

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/24/pentagon-us-staff-downloaded-child-pornography

Dozens of staff and contractors with high-level security clearance put at risk of blackmail by their sex crimes

Dozens of Pentagon staff and contractors with high-level security clearance have been found by US federal investigators to have downloaded child pornography.

A spokesman said the defence department takes such matters seriously but would not comment on specific cases.

The Pentagon concern is not just that crimes have been committed, though that alone would be grounds for dismissal, but that it makes those involved security risks.

One of those charged was a contractor who had security clearance at the National Security Agency, which eavesdrops on communications worldwide. He fled the US and is thought to be hiding in Libya.

Details about links between the Pentagon and child pornography were disclosed yesterday in the Boston Globe.


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[tishaLA]

1. Let's use Fox News logic now, shall we?

There are some bad apples at the Pentagon who are using our tax dollars for nefarious purposes. Therefore, the Pentagon should be defunded and shut down.

I think that was their anti-ACORN argument, anyhow, and it would have been even more effective if ACORN had actually engaged in malfeasance.

[Ishoutandscream2]

2. That's it!! We need to spend more money on defense!!

Err, what?

[jwirr]

3. Wouldn't this be a good time to clean house and put a new batch of

leaders in the place of the booooooosh appointees of the last term?

[w8liftinglady]

4. now I know why my dad was so burnt out...

career AF with NSA...sworn to silence.No wonder he drank like a fish...may he rest in peace.

[AnnieBW]

5. Why isn't this stuff blocked?

With most network security software, like BlueCoat, you can block out pr0n and other naughty sites. If you accidentally click on one, you get the "red screen of death." So, why the frak weren't the Pentagon network security guys blocking this?

Oh yeah, they were *contractors*.

[customerserviceguy]

6. From the article

"Another individual alleged to have been involved was working at the national reconnaissance office in Virginia, which operates the military's spy satellites. He was not charged but sent to a lower level job in a field office in New Mexico."

Hmm, learning lessons from the Catholic church, I see...

Also:

"A worker at a separate establishment also had pornographic images but the ages of those involved could not be determined and so it could not be established they were children."

I was curious if these images were from those "Barely Legal" websites that have young women who pretend to be much younger, or if they were from truly evil sites that clearly use small children. They're both nasty, but its a matter of degree, I guess.

[Ignis]

7. "Oh, we've re-assigned Father Feely to another parish."

:puke: