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| James Gordon Meek | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 56–57) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation | Journalistt |
James Gordon Meek (born 1968) is an former ABC News producer and senior counterterrorism advisor of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security until his 2023 arrest by the FBI on charges related to the inter-state transport of videos depicting him raping a toddler, in addition to other evidence of sexual abuse of children ranging from infancy to teenhood. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). It was revealed the FBI had waited nearly two years after becoming aware of his possession of child pornography, some of which appears to feature himself molesting children, before they arrested him. During that time, he is alleged to have continued sexually harming children. Midway through his years-long crime spree, Meek had published a story highlighting a quote he attributed to an anonymous source that authorities did not care if powerful people had child sexual abuse images, because they are too valuable to arrest.@meekwire (April 6, 2018). (Tweet) https://x.com/meekwire/status/982231536698191874 – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Meek had worked on the 2021 documentary film 3212 Un-redacted which detailed the 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush in Niger., and investigated the death of Dave Sharrett II.
While his critics had labelled him a "military fanboy",
Investigation and Arrest
In March 2021, Dropbox had alerted authorities that Meek's account, named "James Meek" and matching his IP Address, had uploaded five videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.
First Search Warrant
After 13 months, a search warrant was obtained for Meek's Virginia home. It was raided on April 27 2022 by the FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force in DC.
The FBI seized an iPhone 8 named "Bone Machine" on which Meek had "expressed enthusiasm for the sexual abuse of children" and both sent and received images of child sexual abuse through Kik. Under the name "Pawny4", Meek and another man had exchanged photographs of their penises in 2020 and discussed raping a group of children in a CSAM photograph Meek had sent. During that conversation, Meek referenced he had raped a female toddler. The two men engaged in homosexual banter, and Meek sent a video depicting "an erect penis penetrating the anus of a female infant. Throughout the duration of the video, the infant can be heard loudly crying and screaming."
With another stranger, Meek had sent the same video of the infant being raped as well as a photo of a nude woman with two infants, and a photograph of a prepubescent girl on the beach with her chest exposed whom he fantasized about forcing to perform fellatio. Meek mused about raping an infant girl anally but still having access to rape her vaginally when she turned 3, and sent four more photos showing semen on the stomach of a young girl.
Meek claimed that he and a 21-year old woman discussed having a child together so that they could jointly partake in sexually abusing the infant when born.
The phone also contained more than 100 other CSAM images.
Following this raid, Meek "resigned very abruptly" from ABC News and public life. His lawyer Eugene Gorokhov claimed anonymous rumors were suggesting that the FBI raid had been seeking classified documents related to Meek's work as a journalist and national security advisor - however this was doubtful as new legislation had just passed the previous year which would've required Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to sign off on any raid seeking journalistic materials.
Described by Rolling Stone as a "52-year-old bear of a man the height of his powers and the pinnacle of his profession", Meek's flight sparked rumors he was "missing" and "disappeared" in media accounts, as his apartment had been vacated.The New American theorised that Meek may have commit suicide following the raid, and deemed plausible the "dark speculation" that he could've been arrested by the Biden Administration and taken to a CIA blacksite.
References
- David Ford (April 29, 2013). "ABC News Expands its Award-Winning Investigative Unit". ABC News. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ Operation Pineapple Express. Simon & Schuster. August 30, 2022. ISBN 9781668003534. Archived from the original on January 17, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
James Gordon Meek conducted a five-year investigation into the fratricidal death in Iraq of Army Pfc. David H. Sharrett II
- "Man Arrested for Transporting Images of Child Sexual Abuse". US Department of Justice. February 1, 2023.
- Johnson, Ted (February 1, 2023). "Former ABC News Producer Arrested On Charge Of Transporting Child Pornography". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- BEATRICE VERHOEVEN (July 28, 2022). "2022 News & Documentary Emmy Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary 3212 Un-Redacted ABC
- Kenigsberg, Ben (November 11, 2021). "'3212 Un-Redacted' Review: Trying to Solve a Mission's Mysteries". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ The New American, https://thenewamerican.com/journalist-disappeared-after-fbi-raided-his-home-seeking-classified-info/
- Keybase, Meekwire: Bone Machine, 7 September 2019.
- ^ https://www.foxnews.com/media/abc-news-reporter-james-gordon-meek-resigned-very-abruptly-following-alleged-fbi-raid-of-home
- https://nypost.com/2022/10/19/journalist-james-gordon-meek-missing-since-fbi-seized-classified-docs-in-home-raid-report/
- https://nypost.com/2022/10/19/journalist-james-gordon-meek-missing-since-fbi-seized-classified-docs-in-home-raid-report/
- https://www.thedailybeast.com/producer-james-gordon-meek-disappeared-after-fbi-raid-rolling-stone-reports
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