"Authorities said Rust-Tierney used a computer in his 11-year-old son's bedroom to view the files, which included a six-minute video that depicted sexual torture of children, set to a song by the rock band Nine Inch Nails.
"The child pornography you purchased was of the most abhorrent kind," Ellis said. "I don't think five years is enough."
Rust-Tierney was arrested Feb. 23 after his Arlington home was searched by officers from Arlington police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The raid was part of a nationwide initiative -- Project Safe Childhood -- that was created in February 2006 by U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.
Authorities said Rust-Tierney used his home computer to purchase Internet access to commercial child pornography Web sites at least five times between March 2005 and October 2006, spending about $420. During one two-week span, he accessed more than 850 digital image and video files of child pornography on one site. Many of these files showed children under the age of 12 being forced to engage in sexual acts with adult males, authorities said.
A federal magistrate who declined to release him in March described the images she viewed as "the most perverted and nauseating and sickening type of child pornography" she had seen in 10 years on the bench.
Ellis also refused to release Rust-Tierney, saying he posed "a serious risk of harm to the community." The judge added that "the term 'child pornography' does not convey the depravity" of the images that were downloaded.
At today's hearing, Ellis said Rust-Tierney will be monitored for 10 years after his release from a minimum-security prison. He also will not be allowed to take a paid or volunteer job involving supervision of children or have any unsupervised contact with children during those 10 years.
Ellis said authorities found no evidence that Rust-Tierney had inappropriate contact with any children.
Several dozen supporters, including parents from the teams he coached, turned out for the hearing. Many sobbed as Rust-Tierney spoke to the judge.
Rust-Tierney was president of the ACLU's Virginia affiliate from 1993 to 2005. He had coached youth baseball, soccer and football teams since 2003, according to law enforcement officials. He once served as president of Arlington Little League.
Until his arrest, he had worked for 17 years as a public defender, representing mentally ill clients in the District.
(There are no heroes. There are only Jews posing as heroes.)
I wish you'd stop with this Jewish shit cos you're undermining other people's investigations and your non-Jewish-related contributions are usually pretty decent
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equineluvr ago
"Authorities said Rust-Tierney used a computer in his 11-year-old son's bedroom to view the files, which included a six-minute video that depicted sexual torture of children, set to a song by the rock band Nine Inch Nails.
"The child pornography you purchased was of the most abhorrent kind," Ellis said. "I don't think five years is enough."
Rust-Tierney was arrested Feb. 23 after his Arlington home was searched by officers from Arlington police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The raid was part of a nationwide initiative -- Project Safe Childhood -- that was created in February 2006 by U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.
Authorities said Rust-Tierney used his home computer to purchase Internet access to commercial child pornography Web sites at least five times between March 2005 and October 2006, spending about $420. During one two-week span, he accessed more than 850 digital image and video files of child pornography on one site. Many of these files showed children under the age of 12 being forced to engage in sexual acts with adult males, authorities said.
A federal magistrate who declined to release him in March described the images she viewed as "the most perverted and nauseating and sickening type of child pornography" she had seen in 10 years on the bench.
Ellis also refused to release Rust-Tierney, saying he posed "a serious risk of harm to the community." The judge added that "the term 'child pornography' does not convey the depravity" of the images that were downloaded.
At today's hearing, Ellis said Rust-Tierney will be monitored for 10 years after his release from a minimum-security prison. He also will not be allowed to take a paid or volunteer job involving supervision of children or have any unsupervised contact with children during those 10 years.
Ellis said authorities found no evidence that Rust-Tierney had inappropriate contact with any children.
Several dozen supporters, including parents from the teams he coached, turned out for the hearing. Many sobbed as Rust-Tierney spoke to the judge.
Rust-Tierney was president of the ACLU's Virginia affiliate from 1993 to 2005. He had coached youth baseball, soccer and football teams since 2003, according to law enforcement officials. He once served as president of Arlington Little League.
Until his arrest, he had worked for 17 years as a public defender, representing mentally ill clients in the District.
(There are no heroes. There are only Jews posing as heroes.)
The_Crux ago
He's not a Jew. Blonde hair blue eyed guy from Iowa. What's with labeling everything "Jew"? Is it to discredit investigations?
crazimal ago
If surname is Rust-Tierney, likelihood of Jewish heritage is very high.
If you don't know...
Rust - pretty Jewish
Hyphenated name in United States - pretty Jewish
Tierney - Jewish
Nothing against Jews personally but this is a very Jewish name fwiw.
And BTW plenty of pale blond jews are out there as well - just FYI to those stereotypers on the board
Mad_As_Hell ago
Tierney is very much an Irish surname http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Tierney
Rust is English/Scottish http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Rust
I wish you'd stop with this Jewish shit cos you're undermining other people's investigations and your non-Jewish-related contributions are usually pretty decent
EDIT: This comment is directed at @equineluvr