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Intellectually, you know better than to do something stupid like surf for porn while at work. Just the same, some people do it like the dozens of NSA, DARPA, DoD, and other Pentagon officials who possess security clearances, but allegedly purchased and downloaded child pornography over the Internet.


According to a report in The Boston Globe, the porn downloaders represent a “small percentage” of the Pentagon’s massive staff. It is however concerning since it puts the Pentagon “at risk of blackmail, bribery, and threats, especially since these individuals typically have access to military installations.’’

The knowing possession of child pornography is a federal felony. Accessing or purchasing porn on a government computer is beyond stupid as well as a misuse of government property. Some of the porn downloading was done by people who deal with the most sensitive intelligence and defense work. Two of the cases were contractors with top NSA secret clearances; their work involves eavesdropping on foreign communications. One of those contractors was indicted two years ago and fled the country. He’s believed to be hiding in Libya.

An Orange County man suspected of hacking computers was arrested on federal charges related to demands for explicit videos from women and teenage girls.


A man, claiming to be affiliated with an underground gang of hackers, was arrested on federal extortion charges that allege he hacked into dozens of computers, obtained personal data about people using the computers, and then demanded explicit videos from female victims in exchange for keeping their personal information private.

Luis Mijangos was arrested after a six-month FBI investigation into his involvement in computer hacking, identity theft and video nosiness. Mijangos infected more than 100 computers which were used by about 230 individuals, at least 44 of whom were juveniles.

Mijangos used peer-to-peer networks to infect computers with malware that he made appear as popular songs. Once his victim was infected, Mijangos sent instant messages to people in the victims’ address books. The malicious code in the IMs gave Mijangos control of those computers too.

Once he had control of a computer, he would search for intimate images or videos of young women in various states of undress or engaged in naughty acts with their partners. Mijangos contacted the female victims and threatened to send the explicit photos or videos to everyone in their contact lists unless they made additional videos for him. He also told the victims that because he controlled their computers, he would know if they attempted to contact the authorities. He told one victim that she did not want to “mess” with a team of hackers.

Substantiating the quote “The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting”, researchers have concluded to discard an accusation on pornography of a major & undesirable affect.

Kama Sutra – the Indian text dating back to 2nd or 3rd century is one of the most well known oldest “erotic arts”. Pornography – as called today, on becoming popular was banned by various laws until Supreme Court began limiting the censorship only to hard-core pornography (in 1950s and 1960s). Pornography had its first and major win following the release of the film Deep Throat and the controversy after it, resulting in First Amendment protections for porn. Since then pornography has been sky rocketing to become a multi billion dollar industry.