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Homeland Security Deputy Press Secretary arrested


Brian J. Doyle


April 4, 2006
POLICE REPORT:
Deputy Press Secretary for U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Arrested on Polk County Charges

Brian J. Doyle, DOB 4/7/50, the Deputy Press Secretary for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Public Affairs
in Washington, D.C., was arrested this evening at his residence
in Silver Springs, Maryland, on 23 Polk County charges related to
the use of a computer to seduce a child and transmitting harmful
materials to a minor. Doyle's arrest is the result of a joint
investigation by the Polk County Sheriff s Office, working with
Florida?s 10th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Jerry Hill s
office, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector
General s Office.

The Investigation

On March 12, 2006, Doyle contacted a 14-year-old girl whose
profile was posted on the Internet, and initiated a sexually
explicit conversation with her. The girl was actually an
undercover Polk County Sheriff s Computer Crimes detective. Doyle
knew that the girl was 14 years old, and he told her who he was
and that he worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
During future online chats, Doyle gave the undercover detective
posing as a 14-year-old girl his office phone number and his
government-issued cell phone number, so that they could have
telephone conversations, in addition to their online chatting.
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 investigation
revealed that the phone numbers given to the detective were in
fact Doyle s, and that the AOL account used was registered to
Doyle. Doyle also sent photos of himself to the detective, which
were not sexually explicit but did serve to further positively
identify him.

The Conversations

On many occasions, Doyle instructed the victim, whom he believed
to be a 14-year-old girl, to perform a sexual act while thinking
of him, and described explicit and perverse sexual acts he wished
to have with her, in addition to sending her numerous obscene
.mpg files (digital movies). He also had sexually explicit
telephone conversations with a detective posing as a child on his
office line and cell phone. He attempted to seduce the girl
during their online chats, encouraging her to purchase a web cam
so that she could send graphic images of herself to him, and
promised her that he would likewise send nude photos of himself.
Many of the conversations he initiated with the victim are too
extraordinary and graphic for public release.

The Charges

On March 27, 2006, Tenth Judicial Circuit (FL) Judge Neil
Rodenberry viewed the pornographic movies in question and found
probable cause to believe the material sent over the Internet by
Doyle was Harmful to Minors, as defined by Florida State Statute
847.001(6). The next day, March 28th, 23 felony charges were
direct-filed by Assistant State Attorney Brad Copley and a
warrant for the arrest of Brian Doyle was signed by Judge J. Dale
Durrance. The charges are as follows: 7 counts Use of a Computer
to Seduce a Child, and 16 counts of Transmission of Harmful
Material to a Minor.

The Arrest

Brian Doyle was taken into custody at 7:45 p.m. this evening at
his residence by the Montgomery County Police Department and
booked into the Montgomery County Jail on the Polk County
charges, where he will await extradition to Polk County. Agents
with the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General s
Office, the U.S. Secret Service, the Montgomery County Police,
and the Polk County Sheriff?s Office also served a search warrant
at his residence, during which they seized his home computer and
other materials relative to this case.
We will go after child predators, no matter where they live, to
protect our innocent children, says Polk County Sheriff Grady
Judd. This investigation shows that the long arm of the law can
reach anyone, anywhere, anytime, who tries to harm our youth.
There is no question that Doyle believed that he was having these
disgusting, obscene discussions, on-line and on the phone, with a
young girl. His conduct is vile and inexcusable.

Source: Polk County Sheriff's Office

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Homeland Security Official Arrested
By MICHELLE SPITZER, Associated Press Writer
MIAMI - The deputy press secretary for the U.S. 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, was arrested at his residence in Maryland on
charges of use of a computer to seduce a child and transmission
of harmful material to a minor. The charges were issued out of
Polk County, Fla.

Doyle, of Silver Spring, Md., 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 Homeland Security Department and offered his
office and government issued cell phone numbers, 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.

Doyle later had a telephone conversation with an undercover
deputy posing as the teenager and encouraged her to purchase a
web camera to send graphic images of herself to him, the
sheriff's office said.

He was booked into Maryland's Montgomery County jail where he was
waiting to be extradited to Florida, the sheriff's office said.
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 the ongoing investigation," Knocke said.
Doyle, who is the fourth-ranking official in the department's
public affairs office, was expected to be placed on
administrative leave Wednesday morning.