Homeland official arrested in online sex sting

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Agency's deputy press secretary held for soliciting for a child on Internet

MIAMI - The deputy press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday for using the Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl, authorities said.

Brian J. Doyle, 55, of Silver Spring, Md., was arrested on seven charges of use of a computer to seduce a child and 16 counts of transmission of harmful material to a minor. The charges were issued out of Polk County, Fla.

Doyle had a sexually explicit conversation with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl whose profile he saw on the Internet on March 14, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

The girl was an undercover Polk County Sheriff’s computer crimes detective, the sheriff’s office said.

Doyle sent the girl pornographic movie clips and had sexually explicit conversations via the Internet, the statement said.

During other online conversations, Doyle revealed his name, that he worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and offered his office and government issued cell phone numbers, the sheriff’s office said.

Doyle used the Internet to send hard-core pornographic movie clips to the girl and used the AOL Instant Messenger chat service to have explicit sexual conversations with her, the sheriff's office said.

Doyle also sent photos of himself to the girl, but authorities said they were not sexually explicit.

On several occasions, Doyle instructed her to perform a sexual act while thinking of him and described explicit activities he wanted to have with her, investigators said.

Homeland Security press secretary Russ Knocke in Washington said he could not comment on the details of the investigation. “We take these allegations very seriously, and we will cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation,” Knocke said.

Doyle was expected to be placed on administrative leave Wednesday morning.

“We will go after child predators, no matter where they live, to protect our innocent children,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, in a statement from his office.

“This investigation shows that the long arm of the law can reach anyone, anywhere, anytime, who tries to harm our youth,” Judd said. “There is no question that Doyle believed that he was having these disgusting, obscene discussions, online and on the phone, with a young girl. His conduct is vile and inexcusable.”
 
Well that certainly puts a new spin on homeland security. :|
 
During other online conversations, Doyle revealed his name, that he worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and offered his office and government issued cell phone numbers, the sheriff’s office said.

Seriously!! How can anyone be so damn stupid??? He just randomly gives out his information like that knowing he is working for the gov't. :tsk:
 
What a sick legacy he will leave his family - if he has one any more!!!
 
U2Girl1978 said:
I really don't get it. Why do these higher ups think that they can get away with anything? It really amazes me that people can be so damn stupid. :|

well it really has nothing to do with him being a higher up... plenty of janitors and toilet scrubbers get caught doing this type of shit, too. perverts know no class system.
 
nbcrusader said:
The internet just makes stupid people stupid faster.

Exactly.

While it's certainly disturbing that the internet has made it easier for child predators to look for victims, it's also worth bearing in mind that it makes it a LOT easier for them to be caught, too. You can't do anything on the internet that can't be traced by someone who knows what they're doing.

I myself was solicited online as a 14 year-old, eventually ended up calling the cops, they had one of their officers stand over my shoulder while I showed them the whole message history and talked to the guy. He asked me something about getting together (he made no bones about hiding what he was after) and it was the smoking gun that got the guy arrested. Turns out he had thousands of child porn images and videos on his computer. And he was a coach of a 12-14 year old boys' soccer team in the city. :yikes:

I have no sympathy for anyone who tries this kind of filthy shit. I don't support the death penalty, but sometimes I feel like making an exception for people who commit crimes on children. :mad:
 
Headache in a Suitcase said:


well it really has nothing to do with him being a higher up... plenty of janitors and toilet scrubbers get caught doing this type of shit, too. perverts know no class system.

True, except this guy arrogantly bragged about who he was.
 
I was solicited as an early teen as well...didn't have the wits about me to call the cops. I just ended up blocking the people and staying away from the internet for awhile. Creeps :yuck:
 
Makes me feel REAL safe with that type of person guarding the Homeland - what an Ass-Clown!!!
 
Headache in a Suitcase said:


well it really has nothing to do with him being a higher up... plenty of janitors and toilet scrubbers get caught doing this type of shit, too. perverts know no class system.

Oh I know that. Don't these perverts realize that they are going to get caught? Do they watch the news? How can they believe that they can get away with this stuff.

And this homeland security guy just tells "the little kid" that he works for the gov't? Did he think just because he worked for homeland security that he would get away with it and noone would believe the other person?

God this makes me so aggravated that we have these kinds of people around.
 
Dateline on NBC about a month or so ago did a whole episode on online child predators. The sting was down in Southern California. They busted a guy there that was also a fed. gov't official. It is all sick and very disturbing. My 12 yr old niece has an AIM acct. She saved her login information on my computer. I am tempted to go on there and start monitoring her contacts.
 
While this kind of stuff is certainly disturbing, what worries me more as a parent is the prospect of some creep online who wouldn't "make no bones about what they're after," as Dave put it, but instead pretends to be another kid, or some "friendly" adult, who just wants to meet up, or exchange pictures etc., for some innocuous reason. It's different from teaching your kids not to get into some "friendly" stranger's car, because people you meet online just don't seem like "strangers" once you've interacted with them enough. We've already had some talks with our oldest son, who will soon be old enough to enjoy interacting with other kids online, about keeping in mind that no matter how appealing they may sound, you can never really be sure if people you meet online are who and what they say they are. And for sure that just like with any "real-world" people he knows, familiarity should never be a reason to play along with anything that makes him feel uncomfortable online.

I know it doesn't happen often, but it's still a scary thing, and certainly not something I ever had to think about growing up. Children are so trusting--their self-protective instincts generally don't kick in until something that actually frightens them happens, and sometimes that's too late. Which means it's up to parents to anticipate all the scenarios that could happen, and drill it into their heads until you're confident that they'd instinctively know what to do based on that. :sigh: And it seems like those scenarios just keep multiplying all the time.
 
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