The official "oops" recognition from the Secret Service

weatherbird:

“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,” Special Agent in Charge Edwin M. Donovan said in a statement to ABC News. “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.”

Yours truly captured a screen grab of the tweet seconds before it was deleted.

If you’re not following Weatherbird, you should be. :) They caught the original tweet.

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willtravel reblogged this from weatherbird and added:

Ha, so it was real. Best part: doesn’t sound like they were fired.
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thesmoo said: I don’t think there response matches the tweet, since it was traffic info. Or is the back up on 270 considered inappropriate? Which it is to commuters, but have they sat in it? Obviously a prepared statement for when something like this happens.
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attentionlapsed reblogged this from shortformblog and added:

best mistaken tweet ever
lorim reblogged this from shortformblog and added:

St. Louis represent! This Wash U grad is delighted to see the Post-Dispatch in action.
jankyphil reblogged this from shortformblog and added:

The sad thing about this is that the right is already claiming that the SS was watching FOX because Obama has ordered...
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denverpost reblogged this from weatherbird and added:

Well done, weatherbird!
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shortformblog reblogged this from weatherbird and added:

If you’re not following Weatherbird, you should be. :) They caught the original tweet.
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shortformblog said: Great catch! I can already tell you’re going to be a great follow! :)
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