Adding to the list of jokes regarding Washington lately, Jofi Joseph, a member the White House National Security Staff, was removed from his NSC nuclear non-proliferation team after publicly bashing the foreign policy community and revealing secrets of the Obama administration for over two years on the social networking site, Twitter. Through the mysterious username: "@natsecwonk," he posted tweets insulting the intelligence and appearance of countless White House and State Department officials such as Secretary of State John Kerry, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes. Even riskier, though, were the multiple comments made doubting the official reports regarding the Attacks in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.
Joseph's actions are the epitome of unprofessional, therefore he was more than justly fired. While many people in the comments of this post tried to defend his protection under the First Amendment of the Constitution, it clearly has nothing to do with preventing the loss of his job. While he is legally allowed to express himself in whatever way he wants, his employer has an equal right to fire him if it's necessary for the general good. This is obviously even more true for government officials. With the majority of the nation currently displeased with the government at this time, it's not for the good for the overall well-being of the country to add fuel to the fire by spreading rumors that falsely claim corruption within the government. Bottom line is, you can't insult your boss and get away with it, not even the First Amendment can save you there.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/22/white-house-official-fired-for-tweeting-under-fake-name1.html
This is actually somewhat funny considering what subtweets are usually are on twitter. Subtweets are usually just drama or some random love lyrics. This guy's subtweets were much more serious than the usual and definitiely warranted his firing by his employer.
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