A U.S. State Department official was arrested and charged Tuesday on suspicion of soliciting sex from a minor.
Daniel Rosen, 44, was arrested around noon at his Washington, D.C. home, Fairfax County, Virginia police told the Associated Press.
Rosen was arrested after exchanging messages online with a Fairfax County police detective working in the department’s Child Exploitation Unit, department spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell told the AP. Rosen was charged with one count of “use of a communications device to solicit a juvenile,” Caldwell said.
Caldwell told the AP that Rosen’s occupation was listed as “director of counterterrorism” for the State Department. Rosen has held that position for more than 6 years, according to his LinkedIn page.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement that the department was aware an employee, whom she declined to identify for privacy reasons, had been arrested and charged, according to the AP. She added that the employee would be put on administrative leave and have his security clearance suspended.
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Waiting to see how the right wingers pin this on Obama
It is amazing how a President is responsible for every action of all government employees… In this case, this guy was promoted to his current position in August of 2008, pre-Obama. But of course that does not make Bush responsible either. Sick people come in all parties, races, genders, religions, etc. But yes, they will first say Obama is at fault, and then say Obama wants to make pedophilia legal, etc.