White House staffer tweeting

Nate Rawlings has a Time article about a White House wonk caught tweeting:

The National Security Council staffer who was fired for tweeting under a pseudonym was caught after a group of the President’s advisors used a counterintelligence-style sting worthy of a John le Carré spy novel.
Stung by leaked internal information and disparaging comments posted on the Twitter account @NacSecWonk, some Obama Administration officials tried to identify the person behind the tweets by letting harmless but false information slip and seeing if it would pop up in a tweet, according to an article in the Washington Post. Last week, Jofi Joseph, the nonproliferation director of the National Security Council, was fired for exhibiting poor judgment while working in an office that handles sensitive secrets about national security.
It’s not clear whether the sting led directly to Joseph being identified as the person behind the Twitter account. But, in a statement, Joseph said: “I deeply regret violating the trust and confidence placed in me.”

Rico says the guy definitely qualifies for stupid politician for the day...