Operation Ore

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In 2002, the UK police were given a list containing the names of over seven-thousand British citizens suspected of accessing child pornography. The evidence was provided by the FBI and was seized during the trial of two Texas-based pornographers operating a website, Landslide Inc. Thousands of men in Britain were arrested and charged, including high-profile musicians, Pete Townshend and Robert Del Naja. The evidence, however, was seriously flawed. Duncan was employed to analyse the computers of suspected offenders and found that most were guilty of little more than accessing legal pornography, or were victims of credit card fraud.

Operation Ore exposed Operation Ore is the UK's biggest ever IT crime investigation, but expert witness, Duncan Campbell, reveals that many prosecutions were founded on falsehoods. August 2005 Click here to read more Sex, lies and the missing videotape Two years ago, we revealed how thousands of British citizens were falsely branded "paedophiles". Now Duncan Campbell finds they were victims of crime themselves. April 2007 Click here to read more Operation Ore was based on flawed evidence from the start Britain’s biggest ever computer crime investigation, Operation Ore, was flawed by a catalogue of “discrepancies, errors and uncertainties” 4 April, 2011 Click here to read more		News reports about Operation Ore: Paedophile net: Did Operation Ore change British society? - BBC Magazine “The Duncan Campbell investigation was like a bolt from the blue." - Pete Townshend, The Sun Police face £750k bill for false Operation Ore charges - Telegraph Operation Ore - List of stories on the Guardian's website
Among the most high-profile of accused was The Who, guitarist Pete Townshend.
Who I am: the autobiography In 2012, The Who guitarist, Pete Townshend, published his autobiography. In the latter half, he deals with the subject of his arrest and subsequent caution for 'accessing child pornography.' In the book, he refers directly to Duncan's work as one of the forensics specialists on the case. Link to Who I Am: the autobiography		We’re terrified of fanatics, the internet, speed cameras. You just want to scream Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4572809/pete-townshend-the-who-guitarist-memoir.html#ixzz2DccJ21Xw