Posted on 05/07/2016 4:05:29 PM PDT by Theoria
The government’s cyber spying outfit has an ‘unbelievable’ child porn problem. But the NSA can’t—or won’t—say how often it finds such criminal images on its workers’ computers.
Two senior U.S. intelligence officials said recently that defense and intelligence employees have an “unbelievable” amount of child pornography on their work computers and devices, and that child porn has been found on the systems of the National Security Agency, the country’s biggest intelligence organization.
But the NSA, which is responsible for keeping tabs on its own computers as well as military and intelligence agency networks, cannot say just how many times employees have been found to posesses or share child pornography, or how many times such cases have been referred to law enforcement for investigation and potential criminal prosecution.
An agency spokesperson was unable to provide The Daily Beast with statistics to elaborate on comments by Kemp Ensor, the NSA’s director of security, who said at a public conference in Virginia on April 28 that he had seen child porn on agency systems. Despite the fact that NSA employees know they work inside the most powerful surveillance organization on the planet, it doesn’t stop some from engaging in criminal behavior. “What people do [at work] is amazing,” Ensor said.
His comments were first reported by Nextgov.
“NSA is a professional foreign-intelligence and information-assurance organization with a highly disciplined workforce, serving around the clock in some of the world’s most dangerous areas,” an NSA spokesperson said in a written statement. “We set high professional standards for our personnel and any violations of the law are appropriately reported.”
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This just in....Nerds are weird.
It is rumored they used to secretly assassinate high level peddlers of this smut ...
obama has fundamentally transformed the federal government.
:-(
A fish rots from the head ...
Nerds like Jerry Sandusky, who is as close to a typical example as any other pedophile.
Not surprised.
Seems like a good bet. There's also the nature of the work that they do and the possibility of a "nothing is off-limits" mindset arising. Who watches the watchers, etc.
I guess it was inevitable that /// TOP SECRET /// would be used to shield child pornography.
Well it sure doesn't shield State Department information!
I find this difficult to believe. My last two employers had programs that spotted illicit activities. Just knowing such programs were out there would stop most of this activity. HR would handle the rest.
Government computers are likely much more restrictive on what they can do and where they can access.
There are different levels of control.
Surveillance is ultimately checked by human beings. If a human investigator doesn't get interested, nothing will be done.
Remember that vast numbers of Obama appointees and hires have been sprinkled through every part of the government.
How much in the White House?
Also reflective of all the islamists in government.
Tool to keep the nerds on the reservation. Hire someone with a known predilection for this stuff, allow them enough leeway that they drop themselves in the muck, “discover” they have the stuff, hold over their heads to prevent whistleblowing. They have profiles they know what makes these guys tick. Sure bet they are a safe asset.
“But, but....I was SURE there was a secret message from al-Qaeda hidden in those pictures of little boys. Yeah, yeah, that’s why I had 4 gigabytes of that on my hard drive. Honest!”
I have a co-worker who has netflix shows running all day every day when between taking calls at the Help desk we work in. If every one was allowed to do this the amount of bandwidth needed would be huge!
Now at the NSA they must be ok with child porn. As others have suggested it is the child predators who are at the top just like in the White House. There was a reason that in the past the gov’t agencies would not hire gay people.
16 year of Clinton and Obama has its effects.
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