Also, North Korea threatens war over U.S.-South Korea troop exercises.
View full sizeThe Pentagon is seen from Air Force One soon after take off from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on May 29, 2007.From The Washington Post:
Federal investigators have identified about 20 Pentagon employees and contractors who allegedly bought and downloaded online child pornography and in some cases used their government-issued computers to view the illegal material.
On Friday, the Defense Department's inspector general's office released a 94-page report that says some of those involved possessed top-secret security clearances and worked for such divisions as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Security Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office. Those agencies deal with some of the government's most sensitive intelligence and defense work.
The government auditors released the report -- with some names and other information redacted -- after the pornography investigation was first reported by the Boston Globe.
» Read the full story: Probe links 20 defense workers to online child pornography
» Pentagon workers tied to child porn; security agencies left at risk [Boston Globe]
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