WASHINGTON — A major federal investigation has identified dozens of members of the military and defense contractors, including some with top-level security clearances, as having obtained child pornography.
Among those implicated in the investigative findings were individuals tied to the National Reconnaissance Office and National Security Agency, which keep some of the nation's most heavily guarded secrets.
The Boston Globe first reported the results of the investigation on Friday after obtaining documents through the Freedom of Information Act. The Defense Department then released the documents, which outline only broad details of the cases.
Some of the individuals have been prosecuted while other cases remain in limbo or charges were dropped, with prosecutors lacking sufficient evidence.
In a Virginia case, a contractor working for the National Security Agency was indicted on child pornography charges but fled the country and is believed to be hiding in Libya.
It was impossible to determine how many individuals with ties to the Pentagon were either charged or suspected of receiving child pornography because the documents are heavily redacted, with most names and details about each case omitted.
The federal inquiry into military workers is part of a broader effort initiated in 2007 under the code name "Operation Flicker." That project had identified more than 5,000 individuals who subscribed to child pornography websites.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38383037/How unbelievably awful. What kind of contractors are employed?
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