By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--February 25, 2015
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Fairfax County Police officials say Daniel Rosen was arrested by a county detective about noon at his Washington, D.C. home after he allegedly sought to arrange sex with a minor. The detective, a female officer working in the county's Child Exploitation Unit, had been posing as the minor in online exchanges with Rosen, police said. Rosen, who is the director of counterterrorism programs and policy at the State Department, was arrested and transported to the D.C. jail and charged with one count of Use of a Communications Device to Solicit a Juvenile. It was not immediately known if he was still incarcerated or had posted bail. County police said typically, employers are notified of an arrest like this, and the State Department was indeed notified in this case.
"We are aware that a State Department employee has been arrested and charges have been issued. For issues related to Department personnel and for privacy reasons, we are not able to confirm the identity of the individual or specific charges."So stop asking, it's none of your business. She did, however, promise that his "security clearance had been revoked." That's great news, until you start asking yourself why he had one in the first place. Given that we've all been debating NSA overreach and online spying in regards to ordinary, average, citizens, you'd think the powers-that-be would be a little more thorough when handing out the top secret bona fides - especially to people working in counterterrorism. Moreover, if Daniel Rosen was one of the top dogs at the State Department, and the feds couldn't spot his extracurricular activities, why should we believe that they're able to spot terrorists who are making moves half a world away? How did Fairfax County police have such an easy time catching this guy, when our government's intelligence machine couldn't? ...Or is it just that government has exempted its own employees from the scrutiny it apparently likes to place upon everyone else? UPDATE: From the LA Times:
It is unclear whether Rosen is alleged to have used personal or State Department-issued devices. Police did not say whether any search warrants had been served at his home or work.
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