Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) introduced legislation on Tuesday meant to halt the use of Department of Defense (DOD) computer networks by users for sharing or procuring pornographic images of children.
The End National Defense Network Abuse (END Network Abuse) was introduced in the wake of in[sic] an investigation called "Project Flicker" carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This investigation identified over 5,000 individuals, including many affiliated with DOD, who were subscribed to child porn websites.
The Pentagon's Defense Criminal Investigative Service subsequently identified hundreds of DOD-affiliated individuals as suspects involved in accessing child pornography, several of whom used government devices to view and share the images.
Why does this require a new law?
(Score: 5, Interesting) by NotSanguine on Tuesday July 09 2019, @10:43AM
Is that (from TFS):
Note that this is nothing new. A cursory web search turned up these links, going as far back as 2010:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/24/pentagon-us-staff-downloaded-child-pornography [theguardian.com]
https://www.topsecretwriters.com/2013/01/why-was-pentagon-child-pornography-investigation-halted/ [topsecretwriters.com]
http://blackbag.gawker.com/uh-did-we-finish-looking-into-those-1-700-pentagon-chi-1609060355 [gawker.com]
https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/operation-flicker-child-pornography-found-at-high-levels-of-government/# [theblackvault.com]
https://anonhq.com/the-child-porn-pentagon-nsa-cia-link-they-dont-want-you-to-know/ [anonhq.com]
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nsa-silent-on-spies-child-porn-problem [thedailybeast.com]
Note that the links above are all from 2010-2017.
However, TFA [thehill.com] states that:
If this is true, where are the indictments around this? Maybe some convictions, too?
Perhaps I've been living in a cave, but I haven't heard about any of these new cases.
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