Top U.S. Airbase Commander Ran Child Porn Ring, Risked U.S. Security

Is it time we completely disband the government?

Because if they can’t even sniff this out from occurring WITHIN their own ranks in the military, what purpose are they really serving?

In an absolutely stunning story, a man has now pled guilty to running the Porno Ring and is currently serving a 17 year sentence.

David Frodsham was a top civilian commander at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan when Army commanders ordered him home after investigating multiple complaints of sexual harassment. https://t.co/SuGpVu4Ogb

— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) March 29, 2022

That part of the story actually broke a few years ago, so if this sounds familiar that’s why.

What’s new is the report that MANY red flags were missed along the way.

Missed….or intentionally ignored is my question.

From ABC13:

Frodsham pleaded guilty to sex abuse charges in 2016 and is serving a 17-year sentence. But records reviewed by the AP show that the U.S. Army and the state of Arizona missed or ignored multiple red flags over more than a decade, which allowed Frodsham to allegedly abuse his adopted son and other children for years, all the while putting national security at risk.

Here’s more on the missed red flags:

Records show the U.S. Army and the state of Arizona missed or ignored red flags for over a decade that allowed David Frodsham to abuse his adopted son and other children. https://t.co/HUi84B7qlR

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 29, 2022

US Army accused of missing glaring red flags regarding Bagram Airbase commander David Frodsham who raped his adopted sons.
The army ignored advice to fire him.
In 2016 Frodsham was arrested for leading a child sex abuse ring that included abuse of his sonshttps://t.co/tLPUsfGRp7

— Joseph Schwartz (@JJS4Tweet) March 31, 2022

Here are more details from the AP:

But when Frodsham returned to his home station in fall 2015, he rejoined the Network Enterprise Technology Command, the Army’s information technology service provider, where he had served as director of personnel for a global command of 15,000 soldiers and civilians, according to his Army resume.

By spring of the following year, he was arrested in Arizona for leading a child sex abuse ring that included an Army sergeant who was posting child pornography to the internet. Among the victims was one of Frodsham’s adopted sons

Frodsham pleaded guilty to sex abuse charges in 2016 and is serving a 17-year sentence. But records reviewed by the AP show that the U.S. Army and the state of Arizona missed or ignored multiple red flags over more than a decade, which allowed Frodsham to allegedly abuse his adopted son and other children for years, all the while putting national security at risk.

The state permitted Frodsham and his wife, Barbara, to foster, adopt and retain custody of their many children despite nearly 20 complaints, and attempted complaints, of abuse, neglect, maltreatment and licensing violations. Meanwhile, the Army gave Frodsham security clearances and sensitive jobs at a time when his illicit sexual practices made him vulnerable to blackmail.

“He would have been an obvious target of foreign intelligence services because of his role and his location,” said Frank Figliuzzi, the former assistant director of counterintelligence for the FBI. “Fort Huachuca is one of the more sensitive installations in the continental United States. People with security issues should not be there.” In addition to NETCOM, where Frodsham worked, Fort Huachuca is home to the Army’s Intelligence and Security Command, according to its website.

Public relations officials at Fort Huachuca confirmed that Frodsham was a program manager for NETCOM before he was arrested on child sex abuse charges. They declined to say whether Frodsham was disciplined after returning from Afghanistan, or whether the Army ever considered him a security risk.

Frodsham, former Sgt. Randall Bischak and a third man not associated with the Army are all serving prison terms for the roles they played in the child sex abuse ring. But the investigation is continuing because Sierra Vista police believe additional men took part.

Now, the criminal investigation is spilling over into civil court, where two of Frodsham’s adopted sons have filed separate lawsuits against the state for licensing David and Barbara Frodsham as foster parents in a home where they say they were physically and sexually abused throughout their lives.

A third adopted son filed suit Tuesday in Arizona state court in Cochise County, said attorney Lynne Cadigan, who represents all three. In the latest complaint, 19-year-old Trever Frodsham says case workers missed or overlooked numerous signs that David and Barbara Frodsham were unfit parents. These included a 2002 sex abuse complaint filed with local police by one of the Frodshams’ biological daughters against an older biological brother, and the fact that David and Barbara Frodsham were themselves victims of child sex abuse.

Trever’s allegations echo those featured in an earlier lawsuit filed by his older biological brother, Ryan Frodsham, and one filed by Neal Taylor, both of whom were also adopted into the Frodsham household.

In an interview with the AP, Ryan Frodsham said his adoptive father began sexually abusing him when he was 9 or 10 years old and the abuse continued into his teens, when David Frodsham began offering his son’s sexual services to other men. “Makes me throw up thinking about it,” Ryan said.

In his lawsuit, Ryan Frodsham said the state was informed that David and Barbara Frodsham were physically abusing their children “by slapping them in the face, pinching them, hitting them with a wooden spoon, putting hot sauce in their mouths, pulling them by the hair, bending their fingers back to inflict pain, forcing them to hold cans with their arms extended for long periods time,” and refusing to let them use the bathroom unless the door remained open. In his AP interview, Ryan said Barbara never sexually abused him but walked into the room where David was abusing him at least twice.

“She knew what was going on,” he said.

Is the Military corrupt?

Or just inept?

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – David Frodsham was arrested in #AZ for leading a child sex abuse ring that was posting child pornography online.

The Army gave Frodsham security clearances/sensitive jobs at a time when his illicit sexual practices made him vulnerable to blackmail. https://t.co/j4yuQjJW4m

— danielle hatfield (@dhatfield) March 29, 2022

Don't kid yourself the @USArmy knew all about David Frodsham like they know about the sexual harassment of women. They just refuse to do anything lest they upset the apple cart

— Jim (@jimmywhiz) March 29, 2022