National Aeronautics and ‘Space Administration Office of Inspector General Office of Investigations CJS-14-0309-S November 6, 2015 Johnson Space Center Houston, TX CASE CLOSURE: On July 24, 2014, BiQSRRaeunsanneNNIEROH NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG), Computer Crimes Division (CCD), johnson Space Center (JSC), was notified via e-mail by’ , NASA OIG CCD, that the NASA Security Operations Center (80C), reported a user (former SAIC employee suspected of improperly using NASA-owmned computer systems to access potential Child Sexual Research Center Exploitation (CSE) material via the Internet at SC On August 4,2024, seized [EMERY NASA-issued computer system, located at Building 7, in Room BH at JS. cresea afore IS ees On August 27, 2014, BSRARIQUE served an O1G subpoena to the Custodian of Records, Cox Communication Inc. The purpose of the subpoena was to determine the subscriber information of Cox’siresponse indicated that the used to connect to JSC Virtual Private Network home any persons living at! Internet Protocol (1P) address of] (VPN) with a login assigned to! was not assigned to| On April 1, 2015, SGOAIEY anal NASA OIG, JSC, conducted a non-custodial interview (under Garrity warnings) of} regarding (2M) use of the his NASA provided laptop computer. admitted to looking at photographic images of nude women while at work. and during working hours. [§@98H stated that he did not understand that the material he was viewing was considered pornography. When asked how {igi would identify pornographic ‘material, he stated that it “involved having sex.” [§UUBHW claimed that he did not think that pictures of nude people was considered pornography. When asked what it would be considered replied that it would be considered "art" BURUSY stated that he has read both the SAIC and NASA policies on acceptable computer use in the workplace. [Mii stated that he did not have a computer at home. On May 1, 2015, {QNO0Bs6428 conducted an analysis of the NASA computer system assigned to His review of the photographic images and video files on the machine revealed that there was not any child sexual exploitation (CSE) material on the machine. However, it was revealed that over 1000 photographic images in the JPEG and GIF format contained adult pornography or sexually explicit meterial involving adults. Many of the files were located in a folder created by the user, on the user's profile “Desktop” folder, indicating that they were accessible and in plain-view APPR: CLASSIFICATION: t WARNING | This document isthe property of the NASA Office of In mneral and is on FOROPFICIAL USEONLY —[sintayouragany, Contes nay stb talsed ony pry investigation nor may this document be distributed outside the receiving agency thout the specific prior authorization ofthe Assistant inspector General for $ Investigations.‘when the computer Desktop was visible, All of the files in question were located within the profile and subdirectories belonging to the user On May 21, 2015, NASA OIG submitted a Management Referral Letter (MRL) regarding their investigation to JSC, and requested response. response, on behalf of JSC management, was received by the Reporting “Agent (RA) via email on November 6, 2015. The response stated that the matter was referred to SAIC, who took “appropriate and immediate action,” and that{J@05988 was no longer an SAIC employee. Based on the above facts, itis recommended that this case be closed in the files of NASA OIG. Prepared by: ARERRSaDACES DISTR: File CLASSIFICATION: WARNING is docament isthe property ofthe NASA Office of Inspector General and ison FOROFFICIAL USE ONLY [nie yaurageoy, Comes may me cod any pry cde inrestiton 10r my this document be distributed outside the receiving egency without the E specific prior authorization ofthe Assistant Inspector General for favestigarions,