[SandfleaCSC]

Hmmmm...let's recap shall we? The FBI sold an illegal service to foreign nationals for over three years and now will help put them behind bars in another country. Something about this just don't sound quite right.

[curmudgeonII]

It's probably a good thing to get after these kiddie porn types, but I would think that the FBI has its hands full with trying to take care of this country's problems first, instead of getting after crime in a different hemisphere.

[SamAdams76]

Not that I don't want to see pedophiles prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law but I feel a little uncomfortable about this kind of prosecution. What if a pedophile obtained my ISP sign-on and posed as me to open an account with a pedophile site? Most pedophiles probably don't want to use their real names so there must be some kind of black market out there for legit sign-on IDs and passwords, just as there is a black market for calling card numbers and credit card numbers.

Furthermore, if somebody in the government wanted to "ruin" a political enemy, all they would have to do is break into that persons home and "plant" child porn on their computer. Then an anonymous tip will bring the cops crashing their door down and how could you possibly defend yourself against that?

[Jubal Harshaw]

It's bad enough that our taxes are used to enforce another country's laws. The real problem IMHO is the unstated tit-for-tat. The FBI did this for the Yard; what does the FBI get in return? Foreign police officers in the US who conduct searches unencumbered by the 4th Amendment? Police operations in the US that will never be subjected to Congressional oversight? What?

[Vidalia]

"...Anyone who subscribed to the sites and viewed images faces a jail term of up to five years."

They'll get a slap on the bummy and sent home after writing a letter promising not to do it again.

What do you expect the Brits to do after the Horrid Sentencing they gave to the teenaged Ripper/Vampire?
...and THIS freak will serve at least 12 years...(what, maybe 14 or 15?)

"Nationalist-Socialism is dangerous to children and all living things!"

Gee, where have we heard something similar to that before...?

[Servant of the Nine]

The line between a 'Sting' and 'Entrapment' is way too thin for our law enforcement people to be walking. This kind of stuff needs to be stopped, even if it does make catching perverts harder.

So9

[AAABEST]

So The FBI has a stock of kiddie porn pictures that they look at themselves, then entice "take a look" at them and when they do they arrest them.

If the act of viewing a kiddie porn picture is a crime we should arrest every single person who does it, including the pervert FBI agents.

[Crazymonarch]

If the FBI acquires a kiddy porn site its next responsibility is to close it down,surely they can track website traffic instead...lets see 7000 x 10-15 dollars,where did that go its certainly illegal proceeds.

[muawiyah]

Truly amazing how many folks we can surface who defend the right to look at kiddie porn.

Is someone taking down these names and matching names, etc.?

[Aquinasfan]

Great news.

[Sandy]

The FBI has raided hundreds of homes of subscribers in the US but has found difficulty in mounting prosecutions because the American definition of possessing indecent internet pornography is much laxer than that in British law.

Hmmmm. I'll bet this means the feds are only using virtual kiddie porn, otherwise prosecuting wouldn't be a problem.

[Jorge]

.... 7,272 Britons who used their credit cards to access pictures of under-age children, some as young as a few months old, engaged in sex acts.

A "few months old, engaged in sex acts"?
UN-believable. What next? Fetus sex pictures?

[Freedom2specul8]

To just a portion of my ping list:

I thought you might want to check this out...

Is this a war between nappers and authorities or what? (pedophiles don't take revenge on our kids for authorities actions do they?

[Lancey Howard]

FBI's sting snares 7,000 paedophiles across Britain

Hahaha, in Britain?
That's like bragging about arresting five litterbugs in New York City.

[TheLooseThread]

I have to ask. How are these pictures generated? Are the parents involved? I can see runaway teens being involved without parents, but the article referred to "months old".

Is the FBI going after the producers and parents of these kids?

[gaelwolf]

Just curious...but why are the Brit cops announcing that they are going after these 7,000 people before they hit the streets? Could it be that they don't really want to find much?

All over the UK, you can bet that more than 7,000 hard drives are being formatted and/or replaced before the Bobbies show up at the door!

[GretchenEE]

bump

[chance33_98]

Seen any updates on this? Amazing how these huge sweeps make all the news then we never hear what happens to these people...