Second Homeland Security official nabbed on child sex charges

Even worse-- he's the former head of Homeland Security's "Operation Predator," a task force that dealt with kiddie porn.

[Frank] Figueroa, once one of Florida’s highest-ranking federal law enforcement officers and the former head of a national program formed to target child sex predators, was arrested Oct. 25 at The Mall at Millenia in Orlando.

He was charged with exposure of sexual organs and disorderly conduct, which carry a potential punishment of more than a year behind bars.

Today he changed his plea from 'not guilty' to 'no contest.'

It's a great thing that these people are being caught, but isn't it a little strange that Homeland Security has a program to nab sex offenders when they've proven so inept on matters of actual national security, like the low standards of our ports and the disastrous response to Katrina? For that matter, in a week when child prostitution rings were reported on in Atlanta, is Homeland Security accomplishing anything? After all, Homeland Security didn't actually catch Doyle or Figueroa, did they? They just hired the pair. Maybe DHS should address their 'core competencies' before they try to tackle other areas. Someday they could even get something right.