Military adviser Adam Cobb arrested in US on child pornography [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: AAP

Military adviser Adam Cobb arrested in US on child pornography
AAP |
April 06, 2015 3:39PM


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Military adviser Dr Adam Cobb faces child pornography charges in the US. Source: News Corp Australia
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A leading Australian military adviser who worked for the federal government, the RAAF and Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove in East Timor has been arrested in the US on child pornography charges.

Dr Adam Cobb was in the US working as a research professor and director at the prestigious US Naval War College in Rhode Island. The 45-year-old was taken into custody on Friday in Portsmouth on a US federal warrant for receipt and distribution of child pornography.

Cobb allegedly uploaded images of child pornography to the social networking site, Tumblr. If convicted he faces 20 years’ jail in the US.

Cobb took up the position at the US Naval War College in June last year after holding senior military and government roles in Australia and the US, including a recent strategic policy and planning position at US Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida.


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