Homeland Security Official Busted in Sex Sting

Washington -- Sheriff's detectives in Polk County, Fla., never know what they're going to find when they fish for sexual predators by creating bogus profiles on adult Internet sites.
But they were stunned last month when they ran across a man representing himself as an official of the Department of Homeland Security -- complete with lapel pin and a government telephone number -- and looking to connect with a 14-year-old girl.
Prosecutors prepared Wednesday to extradite Brian Doyle -- a senior public information officer in the Homeland Security Department in Washington who faces 23 felony counts of using a computer to seduce a child and transmitting harmful materials to a minor.
Homeland security press secretary Russ Knocke said the department is cooperating fully with the criminal investigation in Florida, adding that Doyle's security clearance, employee badge and facility-access permissions have been suspended.
The sheriff's office, which serves an area in central Florida east of Tampa, alleges that Doyle, who turns 56 Friday, used the Internet to start conversations with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl about sexual activities he said the two would engage in.
Doyle also allegedly sent pornographic movies and nonsexual photos, including one of himself wearing a Homeland Security lapel pin and a lanyard that says "TSA." Doyle previously worked for the Transportation Security Administration, which is part of the Homeland Security Department.
Source: San Francisco Gate