Comments on: DHS Deputy Press Secretary Caught in Teen Sex Sting

By: legion

legion — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:39:38 +0000

Frank, It's funny you think that's something only the left side does... Also, while it's admittedly a guess, it's one that is fairly well-based in psychology - sexual predation isn't something a person just wakes up one day and decides to 'try out', there's invariably a long history of interest, if not overt behavior. Doyle's rapid surrender and lack of public self-defense leads me to believe he knew what he was doing was morally reprehensible, even as he was doing it.

By: Frank DiSalle

Frank DiSalle — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:00:51 +0000

Jay Cline: In your example, the potential seller is trying to sell drugs. The crime is not selling drugs to a user of drugs. I think a charge of "attempting to..." would bracket his intention, without pretending that a minor was actually harmed. legion: I'm guessing that you're a liberal or democrat, or both, with that "penumbra - style" thinking going on... "If this happened, I'll bet X things happened also.. And [even better] it happened while his colleagues and superiors 'turned a blind eye'." Quite an imagination you've got there. Now that Katie Couric is going to NBC, they're going to need a fiction writer for the Today Show. Why not you?

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:33:06 +0000

Homeland Aide Faces Cyber-Sex Charges...

A spokesman for the Homeland Security Department was put on unpaid leave after being charged with us...

By: http://thefloridamasochist.blogspot.com/2006/04/knucklehead-of-day-award_05.html

http://thefloridamasochist.blogspot.com/2006/04/knucklehead-of-day-award_05.html — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:37:25 +0000

The Knucklehead of the Day award...

Today's winner is Brian J Doyle...

By: legion

legion — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:20:32 +0000

I read some things about this last night, and I don't recall which article it was, but at one point the cops basically said they were stunned at how quickly and openly he ID'd himself to the 'girl', including name, job, etc. With judgement like that, I gotta think there's some real 'close calls', and possibly other run-ins with the law, that those around him just turned a blind eye to. I guess we'll see as the case progresses, but my own unsupported speculation is that this guy's problems should have been noticed long ago...

By: Silflay Hraka

Silflay Hraka — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:15:58 +0000

Is a pedophile a pedophile if a teenager isn't a teenager?... Outside The Beltway raises a question about the recent arrest of Homeland Security Deputy Press Secretary Doyle. Doyle is charged with seven counts of" Use of a Computer to Seduce a Child", and sixteen counts of "Transmission of Harmful......

By: All Things Beautiful

All Things Beautiful — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:45:30 +0000

The Homeland Late Night Stalker...

Well that ought do do the image of the Homeland Security the world of good, the Deputy Press Secretary being charged with child porn....

By: Jay Cline

Jay Cline — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:40:27 +0000

James,

If someone sells drugs to a DEA agent, is he guilty of distributing?

By your logic, no, because unless the DEA has some unusual hiring practices that would then allow the DEA agent to distribute the drugs on the street, then the drugs were effectively taken off the streets and the seller is actually a hero.

No?

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:39:21 +0000

There was a run during the Clinton administration where several nominees in a row had either some criminal issue, hadn't paid taxes, or was a certifiable loon. It happens.

Meiers and Brownie were certainly bad choices; Kerik was mostly just a political nightmare. I'm not at all sure that it is reasonable to expect the Doyles of the world to be caught before they're caught, though.

By: legion

legion — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:04:47 +0000

Holy crap. From Brownie to Bernie Kerik to Harriet Meiers to this little stain. And he works for the people (DHS) who are supposed to be checking other people out to keep us safe?!? Is anyone in this administration legit?

By: Stop The ACLU

Stop The ACLU — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:39:08 +0000

Homeland Security Deputy Press Secretary arrested for soliciting 14 year old girl for sex...

We have no sympathy for scum like this. Liberals, moderates, and Conservatives are all disgusted with this as they should be. This is definitely the kind of news that gets your blood pressure up after reading it first thing in the morning.
Deputy Pr...

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:25:10 +0000

Deputy DHS Press Secretary arrested in child porn sting...

Via AP:
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-ol...

By: jonf

jonf — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:21:58 +0000

Of course, one would think a simple IQ test would have precluded tabbing someone so frigginâ�� stupid as to identify himself by job title while committing reprehensible crimes.

This is another case of the culture of incompetence that permeates Bush's approach towards personnel management.

You're doing a heckuva job, Doyley!

By: CAUCUS OF CORRUPTION: The Truth about the New Democratic Majority

CAUCUS OF CORRUPTION: The Truth about the New Democratic Majority — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

which DHS surely would have found doing a simple criminal background check. Regardless, even though it's a bad day for the Dept. of Homeland Security, it's a good day for children because this child predator is no longer out on the streets. HAT TIP:James Joyner