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Homeland Security Press Aide Held, Charged
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
A Homeland Security Department official's arrest on felony charges of sexually preying on a detective posing as a 14-year-old girl is the latest in a series of security breaches at the department.
The massive department, which is charged with protecting the nation's security, has grappled in recent months with a mishandled anthrax scare at its headquarters and questions about the vulnerability of its intelligence-sharing system.
Now comes the arrest of Homeland Security's fourth-ranking spokesman, Brian J. Doyle, who allegedly provided the pseudo-victim with his government-issued office phone and cell phone numbers, showed off his department ID and may have used his official computer in chatting her up.
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