Charles Rust-Tierney: Sick Puppy

If that name doesn't sound familiar, that's because the news has not exactly plastered his name the way they might do with a politician or Britney Spears. He's a former chapter president of the ACLU who was arrested on child pornography charges.

Well, there are a few details that have leaked about what exactly he'd been up to, and they make my headline seem downright tame and charitable:

Alexandria, Va. (WUSA) -- A public defender from Arlington now finds that he is the accused. Fifty-one year old Charles Rust-Tierney appeared in United States District Court in Alexandria Wednesday.

He’s accused of receiving and possessing child pornography, and investigators outlined what they say they found after searching his home.

They say Rust-Tierney had video showing, among other things, the sexual torture of infants and toddlers. The judge said she’d never heard of child pornography that vile and said because of that, Rust-Tierney would stay behind bars until his trial.

Rust-Tierney is a father himself and also a coach of Arlington-area youth little league and soccer teams. In court, dozens of his friends and family members voiced support for him. They say they have never suspected him of improper contact with kids.

So this creep was into videos showing the rape and torture of infants and toddlers. Wonderful stuff. Other reports indicate that he was into watching pre-pubescent girls getting sexually assaulted.

The media embargo on this story is quite curious. They went to town when Rep. Mark Foley sent inappropriate emails and he never actually was involved in sexual acts with the interns. It was the top story for days on end. He was forced to resign and the GOP took a big hit at the polls as a result of the handling of the scandal.

Here? Not so much. Why? Is it because the ACLU is involved?

The ACLU has supported the likes of NAMBLA on free speech grounds even though such groups encourage and support child endangerment, child abuse, and sexual assaults that are illegal in all states. Rust-Tierney was apparently into the most vile sort of child porn, and yet the media doesn't think much of the story, despite the fact that he and his organization was trying to push NAMBLA's agenda into the mainstream and he personally was involved in trying to prevent library filters from preventing objectionable material from being viewed.

And he apparently coached youth sports teams in his spare time. That is, before he was arrested on the child porn charges.

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