Posted on 08/26/2014 4:23:29 PM PDT by dignitasnews
Justice Department officials today announced that Timothy DeFoggi, former director of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Cyber Security division was convicted for his role in a child pornography ring. DeFoggi, 56, was convicted of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, conspiracy to advertise and distribute child pornography, and accessing a computer with intent to view child pornography in connection with his membership in a child pornography website by a federal jury in Nebraska\, according to an official statement by officials with the FBI's Omaha Division.
DeFoggi is the sixth individual associated with the child porn ring to be convicted in an ongoing investigation centering on three websites. According to testimony, former HHS Cyber Security Director Timothy DeFoggi, formerly of Germantown, Maryland, registered as a member of he site in March of 2012. He was still listed as a member and active participant when the FBI took down the site in December of that year. According to testimony, DeFoggi accesses and solicited child pornography from fellow site members and exchanged private messages in which he expressed desires to violently rape and murder young children. Transcripts also indicated he discussed meeting a fellow site member in person to carry out their mutual fantasies to rape and murder underage children.
DeFoggi is scheduled to be sentenced on November 7, 2014. His lawyer, John S Berry Jr. said the case raised many "interesting and complex issues" and he and DeFoggi will discuss whether to move for a new trial. Berry also indicated that Fourth Amendment right's were possibly violated in relation to the searches of his home and personal computer.
He went on to say that, "there was quite a bit of searching by the government, and one of the issues is whether those searches were in fact legal," questioning whether certain obtained evidence was admissible.
If convicted DeFoggi could face 20 years to life in prison on the charge of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, the most serious of the charges. The official Department of Justice press release may be found on the DOJ website. The initial detention order may be viewed on the Government Printing Office website.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg of the District of Nebraska and Special Agent in Charge Thomas R. Metz of the FBI’s Omaha Division made the announcement on former US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Cyber Security division director Timothy DeFoggi's conviction on multiple child pornography charges.
By Dignitas News Service
Sources:
DepartmentOfJustice GovermentPrintingOffice NBCWashington
Let us wish he gets sent to Gen Pop.
Like soetoro’s poem?
Democrat, right?
He’ll get a raise and a promotion. Possibly the VP nomination in ‘16!
Must be an Obama appointee as they didn’t mention who appointed him.
Isn’t he now cleared for the new Military? He is a ‘protected class’.
There have been numerous Democrats this year alone to go down in kiddie porn charges. One in Obama’s home state of Illinois.
WTF is wrong with people these days? He worked for the federal govt AND he was a member of a child porn club? And his lawyer is worried about his 4th amendment rights? What about the children’s rights that he victimized when he looked at the porn? God help us.
Any time someone is about to leak or blow a whistle, somehow MAGICALLY kidporn files appear on a computer someplace.
That’s the Chicago Way - the Plumbers are at work again.
A man who is supposed to protect is wasting his time doing something both idle and disappointingly inappropriate. Go figure.
True evil as true evil does.
Thats actually a very good point RightOnTheBorder. I read through the DOJ statement and youre absolutely right. They list him as the former “acting director” but at no point do they say if and when he was terminated. Im gonna follow up on that my friend. Good call.
Another example of the waste, fraud and abuse of government employees...at HHS this time. And as Cyber-Security chief no less...pretty telling of the lack of qualifications of this latest creep. makes one wonder how many viruses snuck in to any number of government systems simply by accessing a site like that, let alone the profoundly disgusting and criminal exploitation of the most vulnerable. Security clearances mean a whole lot less than they used to anymore. I hope he goes into the general population..
Unfreakinbelievable
"This chart, from the HHS fiscal 2014 'Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees' related to the 'Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund,' shows that during 2013 Timothy DeFoggi was in charge of operating-system security on all of HHS computers"
Indeed, well said. And completely concur on the latter point, although (once again, the doings of the left) from what I understand in fed prison and many states, they no longer put pedophiles in gen pop, as it creates an “undo danger” to them....I would not call it an “undo danger” I would call it justice.
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