Child porn case dropped to prevent FBI disclosure. US prosecutors have dropped a case against a man accused of using a child porn site because the gov refused to disclose how it revealed his identity

Child porn case dropped to prevent FBI disclosure. US prosecutors have dropped a case against a man accused of using a child porn site because the gov refused to disclose how it revealed his identity ( bbc.com )

submitted 2017-03-06T15:52:08 by http404

10 comments

Insubordinate 2017-03-06T22:42:46

So what other evidence does the FBI have regarding pedophilia on TOR? They obviously have the IP addresses of offenders. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

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haggl 2017-03-06T20:00:23

Remember the 4Chan post that said the TOR exit nodes are compromised and owned by intelligence agencies? Maybe he wasn't LARPing after all.

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palmitespo910 2017-03-06T20:08:28

I took it very seriously for that very reason. I figured it was just a matter of time.

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TabiCatTwo 2017-03-06T19:00:58

But why keep monitoring the site if prosecution wasn't time goal.

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Chasnigga 2017-03-06T17:21:32

Coupled with what the 'DHS Insider' claims, I'm starting to think that the signs point to citizen journalists needing to do the lion's share of disclosing in order to get the outcome we want. Everything we find, everything that gets uncovered in these research sessions, has to be shared in as many forums and posted on as many platforms as possible. We have no allegiance to anything but the truth nor to anyone but the kids.

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palmitespo910 2017-03-06T20:07:48

That's what I have been doing for the past few weeks. When I come across a piece of information that is solid, I tweet it out. I have 600+ followers or something so at the very least it's being seen. I have also been making sure to find a way to shove the info into a trending topic. For example, I tweeted using the hashtag #AreWeStillAllowedTo when it was a trending topic.

It truly is up to us to get the information out there. We do have the numbers, but without knowledge of the movement it'll never gain the kind of power we need to take down the elite.

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peacebringer 2017-03-06T17:04:28

Such is going to happen.
Why does someone think TOR being compromised being the real bad news. That was going to get compromised sooner or later.

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Infopractical 2017-03-06T16:27:15

We didn't hear this first from the U.S. media.
Perhaps there is a valid reason for not making this the case in which methodology is revealed. Perhaps. But this is not an excuse that should be allowed to last for long.
Perhaps public attention can push the button on when the FBI gets to unload. When the march to raise awareness happens, a case like this should be included in information pamphlets.
Or, perhaps holding blackmail information is better for the deep state? This is a question the state is going to have to start answering soon.

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thelastcoldwarrior 2017-03-06T16:25:48

The real story here is that TOR has been completely compromised. That is bad news.

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cultivated_ignorance 2017-03-06T18:24:02

I wonder if this guy accessed TOR on a Windows machine, and it's actually Microsoft that's been compromised. There's just not enough information to go on.

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