Why Are Pentagon Employees Purchasing Child Pornography On Defense Department Computers?

Pentagon To Investigate Hundreds Of Suspected Child Pornography Fans In Its Ranks -- Yahoo News/Upshot

In a reversal, the Pentagon says it will reopen hundreds of cases of alleged purchases of child pornography by Department of Defense employees that Pentagon officials previously declined to investigate, The Upshot has learned.

Earlier this month, The Upshot reported exclusively that in 2007, investigators for the Defense Criminal Investigative Service obtained a list of 264 military service members, civilian employees and contractors for the Department of Defense who had used credit cards or PayPal to purchase access to a child pornography website. But the DCIS, citing scarce resources, pursued only 52 of the names before closing the project -- known as Project Flicker -- in 2008. Since no further public information on the cases was made available, it appears that the other people on the list of suspected child-pornography patrons were able to continue their careers without any interruption that stemmed from the investigation.

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My Comment: Pentagon officials are not above the law. Investigate .... and if there is enough evidence .... prosecute.