By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
!["If we had embedded a covert agent into al Qaeda close to [Osama] bin Laden, 9/11 might never have happened," says former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. (The Washington Times)](http://media.washtimes.com/media/image/2010/07/14/20100714-190706-pic-958339289_s101x67.jpg?3f8f75feaa16a88f2d94cdcab8953f23a5f589cd)
The first director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, said this week that terrorist groups can be targeted best with agents and informers — but such missions are fraught with prohibitive dangers and ethical dilemmas.
