http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060405/...etary_arrested

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 appear in court Wednesday afternoon in Maryland and also to be placed on administrative leave.

"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."

White House press secretary Scott McClellan called it "a very serious matter."

"I know that the Department of Homeland Security have said they will cooperate fully in the investigation," McClellan said aboard Air Force One as the president was en route to Connecticut for a health care speech. "The individual who was arrested is someone who is a civil servant, and my understanding is that the Department of Homeland Security has placed that individual on administrative leave. These are very serious allegations."

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.

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.

Good grief.

I just hope they catch that awful man who was pretending to be a 14 year old girl. Even pedophiles are no longer safe, what a terrible world we live in... :roll:

I'm just wondering, of all the freaks out there pretending to be teenagers to trick real teenagers into meeting them as we are told they do in all those warning ads, how many of them are actually chatting up other grown ups pretending to be kids ?

[quote:d5f651bee6="Katcal"]I'm just wondering, of all the freaks out there pretending to be teenagers to trick real teenagers into meeting them as we are told they do in all those warning ads, how many of them are actually chatting up other grown ups pretending to be kids ?[/quote:d5f651bee6]

50%, even more. There's plenty of nasty people for everyone.

[quote:dda27e4ed8="Roman_K"][quote:dda27e4ed8="Katcal"]I'm just wondering, of all the freaks out there pretending to be teenagers to trick real teenagers into meeting them as we are told they do in all those warning ads, how many of them are actually chatting up other grown ups pretending to be kids ?[/quote:dda27e4ed8]

50%, even more. There's plenty of nasty people for everyone.[/quote:dda27e4ed8]

Yeah, but if you look on the bright side, that's that many kids that are safe while the freaks are chatting each other up by mistake...

[quote:e9eb4105f1="Katcal"][quote:e9eb4105f1="Roman_K"][quote:e9eb4105f1="Katcal"]I'm just wondering, of all the freaks out there pretending to be teenagers to trick real teenagers into meeting them as we are told they do in all those warning ads, how many of them are actually chatting up other grown ups pretending to be kids ?[/quote:e9eb4105f1]

50%, even more. There's plenty of nasty people for everyone.[/quote:e9eb4105f1]

Yeah, but if you look on the bright side, that's that many kids that are safe while the freaks are chatting each other up by mistake...[/quote:e9eb4105f1]

I see advantages in this, yes. On the other hand, there's so many of them that it's not all that felt.

Sometimes I think that it is an amazing thing that people fall for this type of thing..then I look around this board and wonder if people on here (this board) would fall for it...chances are they would.

It's good to have a bit of a wake up call. Thanks Garner.

It also always amazes me the people you see exploiting things like the internet. People who, if confronted in daily life, claim to despise such a thing. The fact is this is a guy who will be aware of what he has done wrong...and yet still that doesn't seem to be enough to stop him...

I wonder if they give the undercover detectives a course in modern netspeak to help them in their trying to be a 14 year old girl.

"Okay now, if you find something mildly amusing you type "LOLZ!!!11!!" "

[quote:45b4bcc66a="Bradthewonderllama"]I wonder if they give the undercover detectives a course in modern netspeak to help them in their trying to be a 14 year old girl.

"Okay now, if you find something mildly amusing you type "LOLZ!!!11!!" "[/quote:45b4bcc66a]
They should get special bonus pay for having to type like that... Unless they're naturally gifted, of course, some adults are.

How to talk like a 14-year-old girl 101

1. Include the word 'like' as mush as possible, like yeah, it was like totally like not cool like

2. The question mark is to be used as indiscriminately as possible? Preferably on statements? while completely missing on questions

3. Create random acronyms, abreviations and psuedonyms, if someone asks what the hell your talking about, belittle them and make them feel like and idiot for not knowing, YBD f n da UK

Follow these three simple rules and any overweight, bald 50 year old can instantly be passed as a teenage girl. I think even FBI agents can rap their head around this.

[quote:838e167167="Garner"]

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.
.[/quote:838e167167]

I wonder how jaded I am if my first thought is "How is someone that Almighty STUPID in an important security agency?"

[quote:1b4380976e="roisindubh211"][quote:1b4380976e="Garner"]

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.
.[/quote:1b4380976e]

I wonder how jaded I am if my first thought is "How is someone that Almighty STUPID in an important security agency?"[/quote:1b4380976e]

Rule one of high-ranking goverment positions: Skills and intellect aren't even in the criteria list.

What I am more worried of is that he might have hoped to use his position to indirectly intimidate his "victim". Maybe he hoped in case a teenager would accuse a high security agent of some sort, no one would believe them; or [i:3f7b2a39be]rather [/i:3f7b2a39be]he might have hoped that would be the teenager's train of thought. Like: "No one would have believed me if I had accused a policeman/ priest/ civil servant" or whatever.

[quote:4c929b98b3="Hsing"]What I am more worried of is that he might have hoped to use his position to indirectly intimidate his "victim". Maybe he hoped in case a teenager would accuse a high security agent of some sort, no one would believe them; or [i:4c929b98b3]rather [/i:4c929b98b3]he might have hoped that would be the teenager's train of thought. Like: "No one would have believed me if I had accused a policeman/ priest/ civil servant" or whatever.[/quote:4c929b98b3]

Hoped? I think that's exactly what he did. He placed himself in a position of authority on the "teen" in an attempt to influence her to both draw her to him and to prevent the chance of her reporting it. It's a horribly tried and tested method.

Hmm, I personally want to know how this paedophiles are so successful in getting what they want.

'Hello, my name is Sandra and I like Barbie. What are you wearing?'

People definitely need to be more aware.