Two employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) were fired after investigators found they had engaged in sexually explicit online conversations, or “sexting,” with foreign nationals, according to an internal probe.
A review by FEMA’s Insider Threat Program (ITP) flagged one IT Services Division worker — who held a top secret clearance — for logging into Facebook Messenger on the agency’s unclassified network and sexting with someone believed to be in the Philippines, records show.
Between Aug. 19 and 27, the employee allegedly exchanged multiple messages with the presumed Filipino national, documents obtained by the Daily Caller show. In one, he wrote, “I saw your post on a Philippine dating group here, so I messaged you,” and later referenced “Manila Philippines,” saying he hoped to visit in “November or December.”
Investigators found the messages were part of a broader pattern of explicit online communications, underscoring both the extent and frequency of the employee’s conduct. User Activity Monitoring (UAM) also showed that on Aug. 25 he searched Google Maps and Hotels.com for Cavite, a city in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines.
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