Pentagon Ignores Staff Child Porn

The US Department of Defense has reportedly refused to investigate hundreds of purchases of child pornography by its personnel.

According to documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the Pentagon identified over 260 employees who purchased child porn in 2006, The Upshot news blog reported on Friday.

The purchases were uncovered in a larger civilian investigation conducted by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). An investigative arm of the United States Department of Defense then cross-checked the names against military databases to generate the list of Defense Department employees.'

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