FBI ran website sharing thousands of child porn images

[abaris]

Yes, they kept a CP site running. And they only busted 137 or so offenders out of 100,000 which is basically nothing.

Yeah, they kept it running. The obvious populistic approach of taking it down immediately isn't always the wisest action, since it sends out a big fat warning to anyone involved, without serving any purpose other than satisfying the public. And how do you knwo these 100.000 are all American citizens? Things like this are usually international operations, taking years and leading to busts all over the world.