Jan 10, 2013

SSA Employee Arrested For Accessing Child Porn At Work

     From the Seattle Times:
A 49-year-old employee of the Social Security Administration (SSA) has been arrested and charged with accessing child pornography at work, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Thomas Joseph Barrett, of Lynnwood, was arrested at the SSA’s Official of Disability Adjudication, where he worked as a senior case technician. He is expected to appear before a U.S. Magistrate in Seattle this afternoon.
The complaint alleges that Barrett had viewed child pornography on his work computer in November 2012, and had looked up news stories about the penalties for possessing or distributing child porn. The crime carries a penalty of up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

How is this possible?!?! In our FO, we can't even access gmail or facebook!

Anonymous said...

Let me clarify my above comment by saying I thought these restrictions were agency-wide...

Anonymous said...

hard to block the deep web sites where most of that vile stuff lives since it isn't indexed (and thusly isn't flagged as inapp by whatever software SSA uses)

and I can access gmail, even attachments. just can't use talk

Anonymous said...

Gee, Charles, sometimes even some of the stuff on this site is blocked.