A Homeland Security official realized belatedly that awarding an employee dressed as a Rasta with "darkened makeup" the best costume award at the office Halloween party and then posing happily in a picture with him wasn't the best idea in the world.

The official apologized and took care to note that the employee was not in "blackface" makeup, but was wearing makeup that was darker than his skin. Conveniently, the incriminating photos have been destroyed. However, something tells me this guy wasn't walking around with just a spray tan. Just a hunch.