Friday, September 3, 2010

Pentagon declined to investigate hundreds of purchases of child pornography

A 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation into the purchase of child pornography online turned up more than 250 civilian and military employees of the Defense Department -- including some with the highest available security clearance -- who used credit cards or PayPal to purchase images of children in sexual situations. But the Pentagon investigated only a handful of the cases, Defense Department records show.

The cases turned up during a 2006 ICE inquiry, called Project Flicker, which targeted overseas processing of child-porn payments. Read more.
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Friday, July 9, 2010

ESPN analyst arrested for child pornography

When is somebody going to show me a mugshot of a convicted child porn viewer who doesn't look completely insane?

Jeremy Green, an analyst for ESPN, has been arrested on charges of child pornography in Connecticut.

The man, pictured to the left in crazy-style, was charged not only with possession of child pornography, but also narcotics and drug paraphernalia.

An ESPN spokesperson told the Associated Press that he had worked at the network, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company (ironic much?), since 2005 as a sports analyst.
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