At least eight prominent Pennsylvania officials — including the current head of the state police, Pennsylvania’s top environmental regulator, and a former spokesman for Gov. Tom Corbett — were among the commonwealth employees who sent or received hundreds of sexually explicit photos, videos and messages from state email accounts between 2008 and 2012, according to documents made available Thursday by the state Attorney General’s Office.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane initially fought the release of the names of Pennsylvania officials who sent or received porn via the state email system. (AP file photo)
Following a court battle and public record requests from The Inquirer and other news organizations, Attorney General Kathleen Kane‘s office released the names of the eight recipients and showed reporters some of the pornographic material that it said traveled over state-owned computers during work hours.
The recipients include Frank Noonan, the current state police commissioner; E. Christopher Abruzzo, secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, and Kevin Harley, who had been Corbett’s top spokesman both when Corbett was attorney general and after he became governor.
None could immediately be reached for comment.
Jay Pagni, Corbett’s spokesman, said only: “The images described in these news accounts are unacceptable and have no place in the work environment. It is (the governor’s) expectation of those who work for him that they perform with the utmost professionalism and are guided by high ethical standards beyond reproach.”
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