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DHS Press Secretary Arrested on Child Seduction Charges

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Associated Press

 

 

MIAMI — A deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was charged with using a computer to seduce a child after authorities said he struck up sexual conversations with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old girl.

 

Brian J. Doyle, 55, the fourth-ranking official in the department's public affairs office, was expected to be placed on administrative leave Wednesday.

 

"He said last night that he was going to waive extradition. If he does that, we may have him back by the end of the week," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday. "He could get to court today and some lawyer may say 'no, you don't want to do that.' The bottom line is we don't know when he's coming back."

 

Authorities arrested Doyle on Tuesday at his Silver Spring, Md., home as he was online with the "girl." The undercover detective had called Doyle at work and said she got a Web camera, as he had asked her to do, and wanted to test it out, said Carrie Rodgers, Polk County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman.

 

"He said he would get on the computer when he got home from work so we knew he would be on," Rodgers said. "When (police) went to his door, he was on the computer in the middle of a conversation with the girl."

 

Doyle found the teenager's profile online and began having sexually explicit conversations with her on the Internet on March 14, the sheriff's office said in a statement.

 

He sent her pornographic movie clips, as well as non-sexual photos of himself, officials said. One of the photos, released by the sheriff's office, shows Doyle in what appears to be DHS headquarters. He is wearing a Homeland Security pin on his lapel and a lanyard that says "TSA."

 

The Transportation Security Administration is part of the Homeland Security Department.

 

During online conversations, Doyle revealed his name, who he worked for and offered his office and government-issued cell phone numbers, the sheriff's office said.

 

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.

 

He was booked into the Montgomery County Detention Center. Doyle also faces a charge of transmission of harmful material to a minor.

 

There was no immediate response to messages left on Doyle's government-issued cell phone and his e-mail, and he could not be reached by phone at the jail for comment.

 

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 this ongoing investigation," Knocke said.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190604,00.html

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QUOTE(Goldmember @ Apr 5, 2006 -> 08:17 AM)

 

They should nail his nuts to the floor. And then set him on fire.

 

His worthless attorney is trying to link his child perversion to depression. Talk about not being in the same ballpark.

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QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 6, 2006 -> 10:13 AM)
They should nail his nuts to the floor.  And then set him on fire.

 

His worthless attorney is trying to link his child perversion to depression.  Talk about not being in the same ballpark.

 

 

^^^^^^

 

 

Im in favor of a 12 gage vasectomy but that'll do nicely.

 

I despise people who prey on children.

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And the DHS hired him despite having a history of this kinda stuff...

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/07/homeland...=cnn_topstories

 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Department of Homeland Security spokesman charged with soliciting a minor over the Internet was disciplined in a previous job after an incident in which pornographic images were seen on an office computer, his friends and former co-workers said.

 

Brian Doyle resigned from his Homeland Security Department post Friday, his 56th birthday.

 

Doyle remains in a Maryland detention center where he awaits extradition to Polk County, Florida. There he is charged with seven counts of solicitation of a minor and 16 counts of transmitting pornographic material to a minor. An extradition hearing is scheduled for May 4. (Watch authorities take Doyle away in cuffs -- 3:18)

 

Friends and former co-workers say Doyle was disciplined by Time magazine after he allegedly used company computers to view adult pornography in the publication's Washington bureau office.

 

Time magazine and CNN are both owned by Time Warner.

 

Time began an investigation after an employee in the bureau complained after finding offensive photographs on her computer, sources said. The photos, which were not of juveniles, were traced to Doyle. The complaint was dropped after Doyle's colleagues signed a petition of support, the sources said.

 

Doyle received a formal warning and was required to undergo mental health counseling before returning to work, the sources said.

 

Sources disagree over whether Time suspended Doyle or whether he took a leave of absence after the incident.

 

Time magazine said only that it employed Doyle for 26 years and refused to comment further.

 

Doyle left Time in 2001 and went to the Transportation Security Administration before becoming deputy press secretary at the Department of Homeland Security.

 

The Time revelation has prompted the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee to schedule a May 18 hearing to scrutinize Homeland Security hiring practices, security clearances and other personnel issues.

 

Rep. Peter King, R-New York, said Doyle had access to sensitive information and could have left himself open to being blackmailed by terrorists, foreign governments or organized crime.

 

Homeland Security's failure to uncover the Time incident shows "serious deficiencies in the background clearance process at the Department of Homeland Security," King said.

 

Doyle has been "very, very depressed" after the deaths of his parents and two siblings, said his attorney Barry Hefland, who added that wants Doyle to undergo a psychiatric examination.

 

Police say that on March 12 Doyle had sexually explicit online conversations with and sent pornographic movie clips to a Polk County computer crimes detective posing as a 14-year-old girl. (Watch how youngsters make cash with webcams -- 2:49)

 

Doyle told the detective his name, his job and his phone numbers, including the one for his government-issued cell phone.

 

After his arrest Tuesday, Doyle was placed on administrative leave without pay and his security clearance was suspended.

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