WH staffer unmasked, fired for anonymous, insulting tweets

WH staffer unmasked, fired for anonymous, insulting tweets

CBSNews (Hidden Byline) — (CBS News) A White House official is the person behind hundreds of anonymous tweets attacking the Obama administration. Jof... Read Article

Jofi Joseph was fired last week, and now, he's apologizing...For two years, Joseph, a national security staffer, lived a kind of double life working on Iran policy and other issues,.."Look, (Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.) is an ass, but he's on to something here with the @hillaryclinton whitewash of accountability for Benghazi."


http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/10/23/obama-white-house-twitter-jofi-joseph/3168757/

President Obama's staff has unmasked and fired a national security official who tweeted critical comments under a pseudonym.

Jofi Joseph, tweeting under the handle @natsecwonk, once wrote: "I'm a fan of Obama, but his continuing reliance and dependence upon a vacuous cipher like Valerie Jarrett concerns me."

Foreign Policy reports that Joseph "is under investigation by the Justice Department for his alleged social media activities -- both as @NatSecWonk and also possibly as @DCHobbyist, a Twitter account devoted largely to the exploits of North American escorts."

 "has also worked at the State Department and on Capitol Hill for Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and (Vice President) Joe Biden. Until recently, he was part of the administration's team working on negotiations with Iran."

Of course, Joseph also insulted Republicans on his mystery Twitter feed: "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 .... "