Real pedophiles (around here at least) appear to be molesting relatives and neighbors rather than people online, which is definitely not a problem for federal police.
+1. I've been investigating these for about 15 years now (just did an
alleged victim interview yesterday). I can tell you that convictions,
even arrests, are hard to get without some very strong evidence. I
would imagine the FBI probably has a good case against this guy.
That said (yeah, anyone who reads my posts knew this was coming),
I find it interesting how fast this guy was arrested compared to the
perps against the teenager who testified on Capitol Hill a couple days
ago about how he was enticed by online predators, even molested by
some in person. He later turned over 1500 (yes, that's two 0's) names
to LE of people who contacted him over the last 5 years and there
has been ONE arrest to date. Likewise, I've seen some rather slow
responses myself to local cases --not the fed's fault, but the local LE.
I've also seen juries...well, I'm not going to get into spineless people
who don't have the guts to make the really tough decisions.
But, hey, I'm glad the one at DHS was arrested!