Anti-Terrorism Fed Charged With Soliciting a Minor

Daniel Rosen, director of counterterrorism programs and policies at the U.S. State Department, has been arrested on a charge of soliciting a minor.

The Associated Press reported Lucy Caldwell, a spokeswoman with Fairfax County police in Virginia, as saying the 44-year-old Rosen was arrested around noon Tuesday at his home in Washington, D.C. Rosen was in custody with the D.C. Department of Corrections and was set for a hearing on Wednesday in D.C. Superior Court.

Caldwell said Rosen was arrested "following a series of online exchanges" with a detective assigned to the police department's Child Exploitation Unit.

Caldwell said the occupation listed for Rosen is "director of counterterrorism" for the State Department.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki says in a statement that the department is aware one of its employees was arrested and charged, but couldn't confirm who or the specific charges.

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