Texas A&M Employee in Federal Court over Child Pornography Charges

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3:52p, 11/21/23
Has this been discussed?

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Clinton Harnden from College Station appeared in a Houston Federal Courtroom Thursday morning. He is facing charges of receiving and possessing child pornography. Harnden was arrested by the FBI at his home in College Station on Nov. 11.
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During the court appearance, Harnden's lawyer discussed his employment with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, saying arrangements were made to allow Harnden to work from home and use vacation time while in custody. Sources at Texas A&M said as of Friday, Harnden had been utilizing vacation time since his arrest and had not been working remotely.
It's amazing to me in today's world what will get you immediately fired/suspended/canceled and yet this guy just takes some vacation time.
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3:58p, 11/21/23
He's running out his vacation time, and I think A&M wants you to know he isn't online or linked up with their computers.

When he's found guilty hopefully he'll get ****ed.
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In reply to Texas velvet maestro • 4:00p, 11/21/23
Right, because they probably have no access to the evidence being used against this guy and there's no way they could fire him for cause.

Why should he be extended this courtesy?
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In reply to CC09LawAg • 4:10p, 11/21/23
CC09LawAg said:
Right, because they probably have no access to the evidence being used against this guy and there's no way they could fire him for cause.

Why should he be extended this courtesy?
idk, you're the law guy. But I'm sure A&M's HR and legal has talked to the FBI and is doing whatever is least problematic.
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In reply to CC09LawAg • 4:25p, 11/21/23
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CC09LawAg said:
Right, because they probably have no access to the evidence being used against this guy and there's no way they could fire him for cause.

Why should he be extended this courtesy?
I mean I hope the guy gets life if guilty and certainly it looks that way. But this way he is forced to use up his vacation time instead of getting paid that amount if they just let him go right away. And he hasn't been tried yet, so I'm sure they're trying to be consistent with how they handle these things.
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4:26p, 11/21/23
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Holy ****…I'm shocked to see this. I went to middle and high school with this guy. Seemed totally normal. Good spirited, played sports, now seemed to have a happy wife and kids. What a weird world.
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4:27p, 11/21/23
Clinton Harnden.

First name checks out.

It's weird that in this country no one cares to apprehend child porn creators but the cops are all over those who are "possessors" as if that is the worse crime.
Yes, it is much easy for the lazy cops.

https://www.kbtx.com/2023/11/14/college-station-man-arrested-child-pornography-charges/

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Harnden's arrest affidavit says the FBI became aware of Harnden's possession of child sexual abuse material though evidence in a related case in Michigan. The affidavit alleges he received the material through conversations on the instant messaging applications Whatsapp and Wickr, as well as the social network Snapchat, and possessed multiple images depicting child sexual assault.

So what exactly happened here? Someone Whatsapped him some child porn and the cops rushed to arrest him? Female teachers sleep with their underage students all the time and everyone laughs about it. Pretty effed up.


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4:49p, 11/21/23
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**** him…
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In reply to ATX_AG_08 • 4:54p, 11/21/23
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a hungry lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
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4:58p, 11/21/23
Vision 2020 has taken Texas A&M from leader in agriculture, to leader in paying people not to work.
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5:13p, 11/21/23
https://www.currentrevolt.com/p/fbi-confirms-pizzagate-in-college

This may help provide some context. There are excerpts from the affidavits in that article.
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infinity ag
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In reply to Stat Monitor Repairman • 5:22p, 11/21/23
Stat Monitor Repairman said:
Vision 2020 has taken Texas A&M from leader in agriculture, to leader in paying people not to work.

We suck at Agriculture too. Purdue has beaten us.
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In reply to CC09LawAg • 5:27p, 11/21/23
CC09LawAg said:
https://www.currentrevolt.com/p/fbi-confirms-pizzagate-in-college

This may help provide some context. There are excerpts from the affidavits in that article.

Wow. If true, this guy is hard-core.
He seems to be mentally sick that he finds small children sexually attractive. He is a menace to society. Lock him up.
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In reply to infinity ag • 5:30p, 11/21/23
infinity ag said:
Stat Monitor Repairman said:
Vision 2020 has taken Texas A&M from leader in agriculture, to leader in paying people not to work.

We suck at Agriculture too. Purdue has beaten us.


You're pretty good at cloning and genetically modified foods, particularly cottonseed. Basically areas where we can play God.
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In reply to CC09LawAg • 5:44p, 11/21/23
CC09LawAg said:
https://www.currentrevolt.com/p/fbi-confirms-pizzagate-in-college

This may help provide some context. There are excerpts from the affidavits in that article.
unreal. the investigators must take ten showers a day after dealing w these fiends.
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In reply to Texas velvet maestro • 5:50p, 11/21/23
I honestly have no clue how people can track these people down for a living. I can't imagine the mental toll. Thankfully there are people out there up to the task.
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In reply to Texas velvet maestro • 9:06p, 11/21/23
Texas velvet maestro said:
CC09LawAg said:
https://www.currentrevolt.com/p/fbi-confirms-pizzagate-in-college

This may help provide some context. There are excerpts from the affidavits in that article.
unreal. the investigators must take ten showers a day after dealing w these fiends.


I couldn't finish reading the affidavit. That is the sickest **** I have ever read.
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9:18p, 11/21/23
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Make minor attraction a federal crime. Take it out of the states hands.

Death penalty for any part of it.

There's no place for that in society!
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In reply to Hungry Ojos • 9:43p, 11/21/23
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Hungry Ojos said:
Texas velvet maestro said:
CC09LawAg said:
https://www.currentrevolt.com/p/fbi-confirms-pizzagate-in-college

This may help provide some context. There are excerpts from the affidavits in that article.
unreal. the investigators must take ten showers a day after dealing w these fiends.


I couldn't finish reading the affidavit. That is the sickest **** I have ever read.
Why did I read that. I could kill this guy with my bare hands. Lord have mercy on those poor kids. We have fallen so far from God. We deserve what we get for allowing this to go on and be perpetuated by a sick portion of our society.
Today, unfortunately, many Americans have good reason to fear that they will be victimized if they are unable to protect themselves. And today, no less than in 1791, the Second Amendment guarantees their right to do so. - Justice Samuel Alito 2022
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9:48p, 11/21/23
How easy is it to plant child porn on someone?

Granted there are definitely some pedos out there but man piss off the wrong person and all of a sudden you got child pron on your computer.
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In reply to JB!98 • 10:01p, 11/21/23
It's pretty mind boggling to me that this isn't something that gets more attention from elected officials across party lines that everyone agrees should be completely eradicated with a scorched earth approach. There is no way anyone would complain about our tax dollars going towards this.

Makes you wonder why that is.
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In reply to The Real Napster • 10:06p, 11/21/23
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The Real Napster said:
How easy is it to plant child porn on someone?

Granted there are definitely some pedos out there but man piss off the wrong person and all of a sudden you got child pron on your computer.


My thoughts exactly based off the way it's worded. "Received and possessed"

Couldn't that just be an email someone sent?

Of course if he's guilty then throw away the key.

Edit: it was pointed out that the guy interacted with the sender repeatedly. Lock the loser up.
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In reply to Faustus • 10:19p, 11/21/23
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As an aside, and this isn't a euphemism, do you play the harmonica?
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In reply to Psych • 10:24p, 11/21/23
Read the affidavit. It is addressed there. He repeatedly interacted with the sender and engaged in seeking it out.
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In reply to CC09LawAg • 10:27p, 11/21/23
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CC09LawAg said:
Read the affidavit. It is addressed there. He repeatedly interacted with the sender and engaged in seeking it out.


Thanks for clarifying!
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In reply to The Real Napster • 10:28p, 11/21/23
The Real Napster said:
How easy is it to plant child porn on someone?

Granted there are definitely some pedos out there but man piss off the wrong person and all of a sudden you got child pron on your computer.
It can be done. and i wouldn't put it past certain factions in the gov.
but according to what I saw in that link he had a tumble account that corresponded with the other stuff.
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In reply to Hungry Ojos • 12:06a, 11/22/23
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Hungry Ojos said:
Texas velvet maestro said:
CC09LawAg said:
https://www.currentrevolt.com/p/fbi-confirms-pizzagate-in-college

This may help provide some context. There are excerpts from the affidavits in that article.
unreal. the investigators must take ten showers a day after dealing w these fiends.


I couldn't finish reading the affidavit. That is the sickest **** I have ever read.
Got to 14 A

need to vomit

WOODCHIPPER

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In reply to The Real Napster • 12:10a, 11/22/23
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The Real Napster said:
How easy is it to plant child porn on someone?

Granted there are definitely some pedos out there but man piss off the wrong person and all of a sudden you got child pron on your computer.
Then you demand a polygraph and voice stress analyzer.

You stand your ground and declare your innocence on everything holy. That's what I would do.

You speak publicly about it and look straight in to the camera.

This is what innocent people should do. It's telling to me when they don't.
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In reply to Urban Ag • 9:03a, 11/22/23
Urban Ag said:
The Real Napster said:
How easy is it to plant child porn on someone?

Granted there are definitely some pedos out there but man piss off the wrong person and all of a sudden you got child pron on your computer.
Then you demand a polygraph and voice stress analyzer.

You stand your ground and declare your innocence on everything holy. That's what I would do.

You speak publicly about it and look straight in to the camera.

This is what innocent people should do. It's telling to me when they don't.
Except it is way more prudent to engage a lawyer who will tell you to absolutely NOT do any of the things you suggest.

I agree with what you are saying from an emotional standpoint, but it would be incredibly unwise from a legal standpoint.

No good answer if falsely accused, but that does not appear to apply in this case.
"The absence of the word accountability is not the same as wanting no accountability" -unknown

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9:13a, 11/22/23
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I didn't want to be the first one here to post about it, mostly out of respect to his daughter and wife. I know the family. He always seemed normal.

I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, so I read the whole affidavit. If that stuff is true, he needs to do everything he can to prevent it from being aired out in court. Plead guilty, kill yourself, whatever. You don't want anyone to read out loud what he was doing to/around his daughter.

Really really disappointing.
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9:13a, 11/22/23
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I know this guy, both through work and personally. He and his wife came to my wedding. We would get together now and then, but I haven't seen him since early 2022. And EdP is right in the above post...he seemed perfectly normal.

This just makes me sick. His wife and her family are some of the best people I've ever met, and their daughter is adorable. She's heavily involved in dance, and it's horrifying that Clint was around all those dance kids.

Man....
Gig 'Em
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In reply to The Real Napster • 9:19a, 11/22/23
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The Real Napster said:
How easy is it to plant child porn on someone?

Granted there are definitely some pedos out there but man piss off the wrong person and all of a sudden you got child pron on your computer.


He encouraged her, told her what he wanted. Sent selfies and she identified him as an Aggie from his ring, he told her stories about what he himself did.

Oh, yeah, he also admitted to all of it to the federal investigator.

He didn't get hacked.
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In reply to Stat Monitor Repairman • 9:42a, 11/22/23
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Stat Monitor Repairman said:
Vision 2020 has taken Texas A&M from leader in agriculture, to leader in paying people not to work.
They owned him vacation time anyway. Actually they are not paying him right now. They're forcing him to use compensation he already earned.
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In reply to Gilligan • 9:45a, 11/22/23
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Gilligan said:
Make minor attraction a federal crime. Take it out of the states hands.

Death penalty for any part of it.

There's no place for that in society!
Absolutely agreed. I don't know how people convicted of this stuff don't get disappeared before trial. The people who produced it should lose a limb or their life since they essentially have destroyed the lives of others.
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In reply to infinity ag • 9:54a, 11/22/23
infinity ag said:
It's weird that in this country no one cares to apprehend child porn creators
This is pretty much the reason they arrest the users...to hopefully get to these guys. I am no fan of the FBI or any other federal agency, but just like in the drug or organized crime game, they start with the small fish in hopes they flip and lead them up the chain of command.
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