Posted on 06/20/2013 4:56:23 AM PDT by lowbridge
Working off clues from a blurry image of an 11-year-old girl wearing pajamas in the back of a car, federal agents scrambled to find the pedophile who posted the image on the Internet and asked how he should rape the little girl.
Determined Homeland Security agents in Washington, D.C., analyzed the photo for any possible clues that could lead them to the girls location. Agents were ultimately able to beat the odds and save the girl in an operation they called Sunflower.
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The suspect turned out to be only 16-years-old. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve 48 months in a juvenile facility.
As satisfying as the arrests in Operation Sunflower have been, today is obviously a day of mixed emotions because this operation is ultimately a tale of the perverse, pervasive and violent exploitation of children very young children to satisfy the dark pleasures of a group of twisted adults, Former ICE Director John Morton said.
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According to CNN, in the first six months of 2013, HSI agents have rescued 337 child victims, and theyve taken 964 alleged child predators off the street.
Why wasn't the FBI heading up this investigation instead of HSI?
“...They needed something to make themselves look useful....”
you beat me to the punch!! :)
“Why didn’t they just have the NSA look up the perp’s location?”
Probably because the NSA was way too busy looking up the locations of tea partiers, gun owners, church goers, and obama critics.
Soon I bet they will be using our cell phones to search for us if we happen to drink a little bit and drive, or if you don’t pay your taxes on time, or if you do anything illegal. It always starts with “saving the children” and then grows into more “crime fighting” tactics. I know their game; it won’t just stop here. This is just the beginning.
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