A United States spy agency is apologizing for a tweet that jabbed at China over its treatment of American reporters who had traveled with President Barack Obama to cover the G20 meeting there.
“Classy as always China,” the Defense Intelligence Agency tweeted Saturday from its @DefenseIntel account.
The Pentagon-housed spy agency on Sunday apologized, tweeting: “Earlier today, a tweet regarding a news article was mistakenly posted from this account & does not represent the views of DIA. We apologize.”
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A United States spy agency is apologizing for a tweet that jabbed at China over its treatment of American reporters who had traveled with President Barack Obama to cover the G20 meeting there.
“Classy as always China,” the Defense Intelligence Agency tweeted Saturday from its @DefenseIntel account.
The Pentagon-housed spy agency on Sunday apologized, tweeting: “Earlier today, a tweet regarding a news article was mistakenly posted from this account & does not represent the views of DIA. We apologize.”
The initial tweet, which has since been deleted, included a link to a New York Times report about a dust-up over security protocols at the tarmac when Obama landed in China — and later, shouting matches between Chinese officials and Secret Service agents at the West Lake State House, where Obama met Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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