Pentagon declined to investigate hundreds of purchases of child pornography

[cal04]

Pentagon declined to investigate hundreds of purchases of child pornography
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100903/us_yblog_upshot/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. As part of the probe, ICE investigators gained access to the names and credit card information of more than 5,000 Americans who had subscribed to websites offering images of child pornography. Many of those individuals provided military email addresses or physical addresses with Army or fleet ZIP codes when they purchased the subscriptions.

In a related inquiry, the Pentagon's Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) cross-checked the ICE list against military databases to come up with a list of Defense employees and contractors who appeared to be guilty of purchasing child pornography. The names included staffers for the secretary of defense, contractors for the ultra-secretive National Security Agency, and a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. But the DCIS opened investigations into only 20 percent of the individuals identified, and succeeded in prosecuting just a handful.

The Boston Globe first reported the Pentagon's role in Project Flicker in July, citing DCIS investigative reports (PDF) showing that at least 30 Defense Department employees were investigated.

Project Flicker investigative reports
(http://www.scribd.com/doc/36843411/Project-Flicker)

TOP SECRET: THE PENTAGON'S KIDDIE PORN PROBLEM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Obviously too many with "clearance" to fire.

[msongs]

2. or hundreds of dead kids killed by US weapons nt

[Solly Mack]

3. k/r

[LiberalFighter]

4. and they still have security clearances?

[JonBenet Ashcroft]

5. It's a prerequisite to GET security clearances. Think I'm kidding?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_child_prostitution_ring_allegations

http://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Cover-Up-Satanism-Murder-Nebraska/dp/0963215809/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283651273&sr=8-2