Harboring Criminals

Daniel Rosen, a senior State Department counterterrorism official already facing a charge of soliciting a minor girl for sex, was arrested again in Washington, DC, on Sunday, this time accused of secretly videotaping two dozen women while they undressed in their homes.

Police say they found evidence of 40 separate incidents over the past six months when Rosen used his cellphone to film the women, including through pulled curtains or shades. They wouldn’t say whether Rosen had specially modified his phone’s camera or had stepped close to the windows to take the footage.

  Daily Beast

Perhaps it was advised by his lawyers: It will go better for you if we can claim you can’t help yourself; it’s a clinical condition.

[Police] said they had no information that Rosen’s alleged acts were in any way connected to his work at the State Department, where he is the director of counterterrorism programs and policy.

Oh, hey! Another possible defense: national security.

Public records and reports reviewed by The Daily Beast show that at least 22 current and former local, state, and federal employees have been convicted of crimes ranging from distributing child pornography to conscience-shocking acts of violence against infants. The crimes have occurred over the past decade, with many of the cases coming in the past four years. Experts say the numbers are likely far higher and may not be thoroughly documented by law enforcement agencies across the United States.

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Cases of violent child abuse in the United States have mirrored recent revelations from an organized abuse ring in the United Kingdom featuring senior members of the British government. Shocking cases of crimes against children went unreported or covered up for decades. As The Daily Beast reported Friday, the potential key witness in the ring, who was himself allegedly a victim as a schoolboy, fled Britain and now lives in the United States.

  Daily Beast

If you want the sordid accounting in the State Department, CIA ,Homeland Security, and others, read the article. Most of it seems to be crimes against children. Big men, securing the nation against its enemies. Caveat lector: it includes examples like this, and worse:

Also in 2014, the former acting director of cyber security at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was convicted for his participation in a child porn ring that included images so violent and disturbing that even veteran investigators said they were shocked by what they saw.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.