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BluegrassStateBlues

(881 posts)
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:52 PM Oct 2013

White House Official Fired for Tweeting Under Fake Name

A White House national security official was fired last week after being caught as the mystery Tweeter who has been tormenting the foreign policy community with insulting comments and revealing internal Obama administration information for over two years.

Jofi Joseph, a director in the non-proliferation section of the National Security Staff at the White House, has been surreptitiously tweeting under the moniker @natsecwonk, a Twitter feed famous inside Washington policy circles since it began in February, 2011 until it was shut down last week. Two administration officials confirmed that the mystery tweeter was Joseph, who has also worked at the State Department and on Capitol Hill for Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Joe Biden. Until recently, he was part of the administration's team working on negotiations with Iran.

During his time tweeting under the @natsecwonk name, Joseph openly criticized the policies of his White House bosses and often insulted their intellect and appearance. At different times, he insulted or criticized several top White House and State Department officials, including former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, Secretary of State John Kerry, and many many others.


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/22/white-house-official-fired-for-tweeting-under-fake-name1.html

Good riddance, asshole. Hope you never find another job in public service again.
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White House Official Fired for Tweeting Under Fake Name (Original Post) BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 OP
Nothing like biting the hand that feeds you. bunnies Oct 2013 #1
#dumbass klook Oct 2013 #2
Sounds like a new candidate for a position at Fake News. Lint Head Oct 2013 #3
Glad they got on to him, finally! thanks Bluegrass Cha Oct 2013 #4
buh bye now TeamPooka Oct 2013 #5
Fox News Contributor in 5....4....3.... (nt) jeff47 Oct 2013 #6
Cue Republican outrage at his firing in christx30 Oct 2013 #7

klook

(12,173 posts)
2. #dumbass
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 09:17 PM
Oct 2013

Can you imagine what would happen if somebody'd done this under the Cheney-[font size =-5]Bush[/font] administration? He'd be in legirons learning first-hand about "enhanced interrogation techniques" faster than you could say IOKIYAR.

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