White House national security official has been
dismissed after tweeting insults about the
administration using a fake name.
A White House source said this official no longer
works for the administration of President Barack
Obama, but declined to give details.
The Daily Beast news website reported that Jofi
Joseph, 40, who worked on nuclear non-
proliferation in the National Security Council,
was let go after being identified as the author of
messages sent under the name ”NatSecWonk”.
Tweets sent under this account assailed both
the Obama administration and Republicans, as
well as conservative political commentators,
The Daily Beast said.
The comments targeted a close friend and
adviser of the president, Valerie Jarrett, foreign
policy speech writer Ben Rhodes and even
Secretary of State John Kerry.
“I’m a fan of Obama, but his continuing reliance
and dependence upon a vacuous cipher like
Valerie Jarrett concerns me,” he once tweeted.
He also targeted Republicans.
“So when will someone do us the favor of
getting rid of Sarah Palin and the rest of her
white trash family? What utter useless garbage
…. ,” he tweeted last October.
Another news website, Politico, said it had
received an email statement from Mr Joseph.
“It has been a privilege to serve in this
administration and I deeply regret violating the
trust and confidence placed in me,” Mr Joseph
was quoted as saying in the email.
“What started out as an intended parody
account of DC culture developed over time into
a series of inappropriate and mean-spirited
comments. I bear complete responsibility for
this affair and I sincerely apologise to everyone
I insulted,” he wrote, according to Politico.
The White House issued no official statement.
The Twitter account ”NatSecWonk” was no
longer active as of late Tuesday. [AFP]
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