National Security Employees Tied to Child Porn

More than 30 employees who work in sensitive national security organizations -- including the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -- have been investigated for allegedly buying and dowloading child pornography, according to a report in today's Boston Globe.

Some of the investigations have led to prosecutions, others have been dropped, and others have yet to be resolved -- sometimes after years of inquiries.

From the Globe report:

The number of offenders is a small percentage of the thousands of people working for sensitive Pentagon-related agencies. But the fact that offenders include people with access to government secrets puts national security agencies "at risk of blackmail, bribery, and threats, especially since these individuals typically have access to military installations,'' according to one report by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service from late 2009.

(Hat tip: Ed O'Keefe)