Navy’s Surveillance Information Suppressed.

A special agent of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service [NCIS] found evidence of internet activity involving child pornography and turned the information over to civilian authorities. A man was then arrested, convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography. A federal district court refused to suppress the evidence, and the Ninth Circuit reversed, stating: “We hold that the NCIS agent’s investigation constituted improper military enforcement of civilian laws and that the evidence collected as a result of that investigation should have been suppressed.” (United States of America v. Dreyer (Ninth Cir.; September 12, 2014) 767 F.3d 826.)