Falling through the cracks at DHS.
By on Apr 7th, 2006 at 11:59 am
Falling through the cracks at DHS.
Brian Doyle, the DHS spokesman who was arrested earlier this week for seducing a minor over the internet, had misused company equipment to download pornography in his previous employment at Time magazine. Rep. Peter King (R-NY: “[I]f there was an incident at Time magazine, Homeland Security above all should have found it.â€
View Most Popular
Advertisement
What We're About
What We're Fighting For
What We're Fighting Against
Featured
Subscribe to the Progress Report
Topic CloudView topics sorted by popularity
Afghanistan
Bachmann
Beck
Boehner
Bush
Business
Cheney
Civil Rights
Congress
Corporate Ethics
Dobbs
Education
Election
Energy
Environment
Ethics
Fox News
Gingrich
Glenn Beck
Global Warming
Guantanamo
Health Care
Immigration
International Relations
Justice
LGBT
Lieberman
Limbaugh
Media
Military
O'Reilly
Obama
Palin
Pelosi
Politics
Race
Radical Right
Religion
Steele
Stimulus
Tea Parties
Technology
Terrorism
Veterans
Women's Rights
Visit Our Affiliated Sites
Reports
In-depth studies on select topics
Got a hot tip?
Have a hot news tip? We'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to send us the latest.
ArchivesBlog Roll
So much for his pathetic claim that recent deaths led to depression, and that the depression is to blame for his “actions.”
April 7th, 2006 at 12:03 pmYes, of course, IF they’d asked. But it’s all one great big holier-than-thou club, and if you’re in the club, no matter what you have done or will do, it’s fine,… it’s a holy act probably. Humping for Jesus, isn’t that how the crook Ralph Reed laid it out?
April 7th, 2006 at 12:04 pmMy bet is that he has not been vetted at all.
Isn’t this typical of the Bush administration hiring practices all the way around.
Incompetent all the way around, and endangering our lives and the lives of our children.
Jay Leno had a good one last night, how is going to save us from HLS. If Bin Laden was a little girl, we’d have him by now. NSA should listen to HLS phone calls.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:11 pmTime Magazine was probably so anxious to see this guy leave that they didn’t mention his little child porn problem.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:11 pmIsn’t this typical of the Bush administration hiring practices, doesn’t matter which agencies or position.
Incompetent all the way around, and endangering our lives and the lives of our children.
Jay Leno had a good one last night, how is going to save us from HLS. If Bin Laden was a little girl, we’d have him by now. NSA should listen to HLS phone calls.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:12 pm[I]f there was an incident at Time magazine, Homeland Security above all should have found it.†11:59 am
that would presume that the purpose of HSD was something other than busting employee unions, wouldn’t it, Pete, you shitwhistle?
April 7th, 2006 at 12:15 pmI am in NO WAY defending this man, but what he did at Time was a violation of company policy, not the breaking of a law. And downloading “regular” pornography is not currently against the law. Yes, he does have a problem, but the KNOWN illegal actions occured while he was employed at the DHS. BushCo needs to be spying on their own employees, as there seems to be no lack of evildoers there.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:15 pmAt least with Bill Frist, you only had to hide your kittens.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:15 pmDiddlers, thieves, liars, just a few of the groups welcome in BushCo.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:17 pmPlease stop using the word ’seduction’.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:19 pmWhen a 55-year old man sends porn to a 14-year old girl it’s not seduction it’s grooming for child molestation.
Amen, Shawn.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:22 pmThanks Shawn – how could anyone even think of a 14 year old as sexual – that is so sick – they are babies!!!
April 7th, 2006 at 12:25 pmIf one troll comments on the way girls dress these days I will hurl!! There is NEVER a time when an adult should be talking to a child about sex unless it is a guardian, and that is only when giving them “the talk”
April 7th, 2006 at 12:28 pmSeducing a minor??? Where you drop on your head as a baby? I mean I gotta ask. Usually you all here at ThinkProgress are on the cutting edge but a 14 year old is a child and is not an object of desire unless you are a complete evil doer. Adults seduce adults. Pedophiles rape children. Brian Doyle’s arguemnt sounds alot like Carlie Brusia’s murderer’s excuse as to why he kidnapped her as she was walking home from a slumber party: “I was going through a divorce.”
Carlie was raped and strangled. Her body was left for days under a tree to rot.
CHILDREN ARE NOT CONSENTING ADULTS. They are innocent and deserve protection from every adult in their life.
April 7th, 2006 at 12:37 pmIs that the way the law actually reads – seduction of a minor?
April 7th, 2006 at 12:42 pmmaybe this is why they’ve been supponeaing all those ISPs?
April 7th, 2006 at 12:42 pmPerverts. Thugs. Liars.
April 7th, 2006 at 1:52 pmWelcome to the Repulican’t Party.
DHS was a sham from the start – a nice place to install a few more cronies – all in the name of “security.” Background checks performed by Homeland Security? What a novel idea! Perverts in the party of family values? Shocked, I am shocked!
April 7th, 2006 at 3:21 pmWe should all feel secure and our children safe — Homeland Security is on the job.
Just like FEMA, who will protect us all in the event of a disaster — after all, now the man who suggested duct tape and plastic sheets is in charge. Tornadoes and hurricans, not to mention dirty bombs or even worse, will all be managed effectively.
We are really safe and secure from all harm with DHS and FEMA working for us.
The Bushies and the Right don’t beleive in “depression” or mental illness. If you can’t see it, it aint there.
April 7th, 2006 at 4:24 pmWhen the primary yardstick for job qualification is how much money he/she raised for the Bush-Cheney election, this is the government you get.
April 7th, 2006 at 7:35 pmI knew this guy had history. This is a pattern crime. It doesn’t just pop up. The Bush administration had an obligation to do a background check, especially for the Homeland Security. My God, what incompetence. This is shameful.
April 7th, 2006 at 10:22 pmDHS Child Sex Sting Official Is A Democrat
April 7th, 2006 at 11:18 pmI am in NO WAY defending this man, but what he did at Time was a violation of company policy, not the breaking of a law. And downloading “regular†pornography is not currently against the law. Yes, he does have a problem, but the KNOWN illegal actions occured while he was employed at the DHS. BushCo needs to be spying on their own employees, as there seems to be no lack of evildoers there.
Comment by Cyra Brown — April 7, 2006 @ 12:15 pm
Cyra the reason a background check is done is to determine if the individual is TRUSTWORTHY, ie does he do as he is supposed to.. The fact that he disregards the rules of his civilian employer should have been a RED FLAG that he would disregard the rules in a government job also, it does not imply which rules just he does not follow the rules and therefore should not be allowed to have a job where disregarding the rules copuld cause harm to the government and nation….even if he was not going to disregard the LAWS regarding pedofelia….
April 7th, 2006 at 11:36 pmIn the 1960s, a relative of mine could not get the highest security clearance for his defense industry job, even though he was an Ohio Republican, because he was married at the time to someone who had been previously married to a member of the American Communist Party (and had even cooperated with the FBI investigation of her ex-husband). Perhaps that was an extreme on the side of caution, but the current administration’s failure to do a proper vetting on someone who had been suspended from Time-Warner–hardly an obscure company–either shows a lack of real interest in “homeland security” or pure incompetence.
April 8th, 2006 at 7:30 am