News with an Internet twist—DHS deputy press secretary busted in child-sex net sting. Which is necessarily glossing a bit—for one thing, there were no actual children involved, just a detective with a thing for role-playing, as it were. Still, not a flattering situation for Mr. Doyle.

There are a lot of tricky questions here, but one thing is, or should be, clear: it’s not a good idea to start off a chat with a purported 14-year-old girl by declaring that you work for Homeland Security, as the real 14-year-old won’t much care, and on the flip side the undercover agent will be telling his buddies about this for weeks.

May your Friday be wholly without criminal charges.

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