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DOJ: FBI digital counterintelligence weakened by focus on child porn
- bediger 16y agoWell, that explains why virtually anyone busted for "computer crime" gets a child porn charge, too. The article does not explain why the FBI has such an emphasis. That would be interesting in context.
- sixtofour 16y ago"The article does not explain why the FBI has such an emphasis." Could be arrest and conviction metrics tied to performance reviews. My uneducated guess is that it's much easier to follow IP addresses and arrest/convict domestic criminals than it is to arrest/convict members of the People's Liberation Army. That which gets tracked gets focus.
- pstuart 16y agoChild porn is the literal embodiment of a "think of the children!" tactic to erode civil rights without resistance.