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freshwest

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7. Look who is being employed to nab these guys (picture heavy):
Wed Dec 18, 2013, 05:32 PM
Dec 2013


Wounded Veterans Train to Combat Online Pedophiles

by Bobbie O'Brien - October 4, 2013

...The HERO Corps is an acronym for the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Corps. It is a pilot program that is training wounded veterans to track down online child sexual predators and pornographers.



Justin is one of 17 wounded veterans from Special Operations currently training at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. He’s learning computer forensic analysis and digital evidence collection to identify and rescue child victims of sexual abuse and online sexual exploitation.

“It’s just like being back in country. I mean, you’re using the same mindset to track one terrorist and moving to track a different terrorist because that’s how I view a pedophile or child pornographers,” Gaertner said.

The HERO Corps training is as rigorous as Gaertner’s Marine boot camp which required physical endurance, but this training requires mental toughness he said...


Much more at the link about this man. what he is doing and why he is doing it:

https://offthebase.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/wounded-veterans-train-to-combat-online-pedophiles/



An unusual path, that brings up conflicting emotions when one thinks on all of this. He and the others like him are working for the Departtment of Homeland Security. Those wounded from a foreign war helping those wounded here and around the world. They intend to build the peace from the ground up, it appears. What they have seen and are seeing now, is just the tip of the iceberg of humanity's ills.


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K&R n/t Feral Child Dec 2013 #1
I'm glad they caught him. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #2
What the hell is wrong with these Pervs? SoapBox Dec 2013 #3
I suspect it's hardwired. If there caught one or two times, they should be committed to a mental yurbud Dec 2013 #4
This is NOT news OldRedneck Dec 2013 #5
Put him under the jail shenmue Dec 2013 #6
Look who is being employed to nab these guys (picture heavy): freshwest Dec 2013 #7
What a moron... Historic NY Dec 2013 #8
is this different from the one who was an aide to a Republican Senator ? JI7 Dec 2013 #9
It's a different person. Berlin Expat Dec 2013 #10
He will soon find out what the Prison General population thinks PeoViejo Dec 2013 #11
Heh. Berlin Expat Dec 2013 #12
That's a tough sell that's for sure ... brett_jv Dec 2013 #18
I'm sure they'll be impressed that he speaks fluent Klingon and Entish. tanyev Dec 2013 #16
He will sound funny speaking Klingon PeoViejo Dec 2013 #17
The ones that are the most outspoken about other people's morality Swede Atlanta Dec 2013 #13
It's all a liberal conspiracy to frame him. n/t leftyladyfrommo Dec 2013 #14
Well, well, well ... TBF Dec 2013 #15
hornypastor was his email? BrotherIvan Dec 2013 #19
No way. Why, suicide would be an unpardonable sin. nt SDjack Dec 2013 #21
Oh shit, I keep getting my sins mixed up! BrotherIvan Dec 2013 #22
What a surprise. valerief Dec 2013 #20
Personal knowledge Beth Anne Schwanke Dec 2013 #23
Thank you for posting this personal information. Betsy Ross Dec 2013 #24
Thanks for the Berlin Expat Dec 2013 #25
It took courage to post this- it sounds like you've needed courage in your life before this, too NBachers Dec 2013 #26
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