Earlier today a Secret Service Agent monitoring Fox News tweeted about it on the official Twitter account of the United States Secret Service. The tweet was promptly deleted minutes later but not before one of their 18,000 plus followers managed to get a screengrab:
An apology has been issued in a statement released to CBS News
Edwin M. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge at the Secret Service Office of Government and Public Affairs, said the tweet was the result of someone not understanding that the account was public.
"An employee with access to the Secret Service's Twitter account, who mistakenly believed they were on their personal account, posted an unapproved and inappropriate tweet," said Donovan.
"The tweet contained no vulgarity, security or pertinent agency information," he continued. "The tweet did not reflect the views of the U.S. Secret Service and it was immediately removed. We apologize for this mistake, and the user no longer has access to our official account."
Added Donovan: "Policies and practices which would have prevented this were not followed and will be reinforced for all account users. We will ensure existing policies are strictly adhered to in order to prevent this mistake from being repeated, and we are conducting appropriate internal follow-up."
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Secret Service recently joined twitter on May 9, 2011.
Via Buzzfeed
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