justin0469 Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/23/sec.porn/(CNN) -- As the country was sinking into its worst financial crisis in more than 70 years, Security and Exchange Commission employees and contractors cruised porn sites and viewed sexually explicit pictures using government computers, according to an agency report obtained by CNN. "During the past five years, the SEC OIG (Office of Inspector General) substantiated that 33 SEC employees and or contractors violated Commission rules and policies, as well as the government-wide Standards of Ethical Conduct, by viewing pornographic, sexually explicit or sexually suggestive images using government computer resources and official time," said a summary of the investigation by the inspector general's office. More than half of the workers made between $99,000 and $223,000. All the cases took place over the past five years. The inspector general's report includes specific examples of misuse by employees. A regional office staff accountant tried to access pornographic Web sites nearly 1,800 times, using her SEC laptop during a two-week period. She also had about 600 pornographic images saved on the hard drive of her laptop. Separately, a senior attorney at SEC headquarters admitted to downloading pornography up to eight hours a day, according to the investigation. "In fact, this attorney downloaded so much pornography to his government computer that he exhausted the available space on the computer hard drive and downloaded pornography to CDs or DVDs that he accumulated in boxes in his office," the inspector general's report said. "It is nothing short of disturbing that high-ranking officials within the SEC were spending more time looking at pornography than taking action to help stave off the events that brought our nation's economy to the brink of collapse," said Rep. Darrell Issa. The Republican is a ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. "This stunning report should make everyone question the wisdom of moving forward with plans to give regulators like the SEC even more widespread authority," he said. "Inexplicably, rather than exercise its existing regulatory enforcement authority, SEC officials were preoccupied with other distractions." The investigation came to light on the same day President Obama gave a speech in lower Manhattan, calling for reform in the finance industry. On Capitol Hill, the Senate is working on a reform bill that would set up regulatory oversight of the financial industry's practices with the goal of preventing another Wall Street meltdown like the one in 2008 that launched the U.S. recession. The bill includes an "early warning" system intended to spot signs of crisis, as well as a $50 billion liquidation fund created with money from banks and other finance industry corporations to ensure an orderly transition in closing down failing entities. It's approved by the Senate's Banking and Agricultural committees. The House passed its version of the bill in December. Edited April 23, 2010 by justin0469 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 It'll make you go blind and kill your economies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 To be fair...everyone with a computer was watching porn as the economy crashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarvismb Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 To be fair...everyone with a computer was watching porn as the economy crashed.</thread> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 How about making them payback all the money they earned while downloading porn and masturbating on the job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper_308 Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) One question? When can I turn my resume in?!? Six figures to watch porn, sign me up. Edited April 23, 2010 by Sniper_308 typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 It's awesome that it was a chick.What do you guys think she looks like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 A regional office staff accountant tried to access pornographic Web sites nearly 1,800 times, using her SEC laptop during a two-week period. She also had about 600 pornographic images saved on the hard drive of her laptop.Sweet little bald baby Jesus...... 1,800 sites in two weeks.... by a girl?!? That averages 125+ sites a day That's insane.... More than most guys.... Except maybe Red Barron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Sweet little bald baby Jesus...... 1,800 sites in two weeks.... by a girl?!? That averages 125+ sites a day That's insane.... More than most guys.... Except maybe Red Barronthe only thing I wonder is if the "accessing" of sites includes everytime a link to a new video or picture counts as one. If thats the case I find that pretty believable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper_308 Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 It's awesome that it was a chick.What do you guys think she looks like? Like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruelHouse Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Like this :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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