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AP reports that a federal appeals court has overturned a civilian's conviction for possessing and distributing child pornography because he was found out by a military investigator who used a high-powered software program in 2010 to search computers throughout the state of Washington. When the program picked up two child porn images and a video, the agent contacted the FBI, which tracked down the suspect's name and address. The naval office then got in touch with local police, who obtained a search warrant. The Department of Homeland Security later got a federal search warrant, and the suspect was charged in federal court.
When the search was challenged, the government argued that the search was justified because there are military bases in the greater Seattle area, and it's a crime for military members to distribute child pornography. Those actions, the three-judge panel said, violated the Posse Comitatus Act, the 1878 law that prohibits the U.S. military from taking part in civilian law enforcement activities. The ruling said the search was so sweeping, it shows "a profound lack of regard for the important limitations on the role of the military in our civilian society." It noted "abundant evidence" that the Navy frequently hacks into civilian computers to search for evidence of child pornography and turn it over to the police if the computer owner has no relation to the military. "This is, literally, the militarization of the police," says defense attorney Erik Levin. "They have enough funding that they can go out and stray from the core mission of national security and get into local law enforcement."
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Thursday September 18 2014, @03:17AM
Talking to a friend that works on this I can tel ya that...yeah they do give it away for free, in fact most of the CP websites they bust are simply recycling videos and pics they got for free from Pedos who trade it with other pedos. What will really piss you off? Almost nobody is bothering to even attempt to bust the actual producers, you know the ones actually raping kids? Yeah that usually means crossing jurisdictions and so there won't be any glory for Mr prosecutor so they won't authorize shit that leaves their jurisdiction.
This is why my friend is trying to get another job, he says the whole thing has become a sick farce. instead of actually going out there and trying to protect kids from the real monsters they spend all their time busting social retards and porn junkies passing around shit that is as much as 50 years old, he likened it to busting some junkie on a street corner with a nickle bag and giving him life while ignoring the drug cartel bringing the loads because "that is just too much work, not enough glory".
And the really fucking scary part? Prosecutors are so fucking hungry for busting pedos so they can use the "think of the children" tagline on their election campaign they have tried to continue after people after its shown they have a virus accessing content faster than any human [digitaljournal.com] because "he could have come up with the virus himself as an excuse"...riiight. this is why I still argue we need to throw out these laws and start over as they were badly written, vague as hell, and as they stand now your 1x1px example, hell even shit that nobody in their right mind would consider CP like Japanese manga and dirty cartoons like Tijuana Bibles, can get you as much time as actually raping a child. I don't care how much you are for protecting kids, I have 2 so I can relate but that is fucked up and does NOTHING to actually protect any kids.
But if you want to see how little the ones actually making money off it have to fear the law you can go to Wikileaks and read an article by an actual CP website owner, I think its called "confessions of a CP producer" or something like that where he lays out step by step how his operation works because "what are you gonna do about it?", hell he even brags about picking some poor bastard at random that visits one of his legit sites and using the virus trick to fill his PC full of CP and then dropping a dime on him because he thinks that's funny and he likes how he can make the cops jump like trained dogs. Reading his article you get the feeling he is the kind that would enjoy throwing kittens off an overpass but as he says "cops will never touch me" because he lives in one country, the servers in another, and his money goes through 3 or 4 countries before it ever gets to him so law enforcement will never bother. Its depressing but after reading it you'll see he's right, the only "busts" you see are some nobody looking at the shit while he rakes in the cash.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday September 18 2014, @06:49AM
What will really piss you off? Almost nobody is bothering to even attempt to bust the actual producers, you know the ones actually raping kids?
I Don't think you are looking very closely or paying much attention. These guys get arrested all the time.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/optometrist-arrested-child-molestation-allegations/nhPLD/ [kirotv.com]
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/man-accused-using-hidden-camera-record-young-girl/nhPnp/ [kirotv.com]
http://abc7chicago.com/news/police-man-tried-to-sexually-assault-girl-14-walking-to-school/313499/ [abc7chicago.com]
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/09/17/former-sheriffs-deputy-gets-50-years-for-abusing-child-filming-attack/ [cbslocal.com]
These are just big news items I found in 5 minutes, without even looking at at Police blotter columns in 3000 newspapers around the country. These creeps get arrested all the time.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 18 2014, @07:05AM
> These creeps get arrested all the time.
Proportionally not so much.
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Thursday September 18 2014, @09:57AM
And in damned near every one of them the victim came forward so the extent of the "investigation" was to go and pick him up. And when was the last time you saw one of the pros, the guys making millions a month off it busted? Thought so. again they are ignoring the whales and getting the guppies.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.