These are undiplomatic times, anyway, so what does it matter if it was an accident?
The Center for Strategic and International Studies responded via Twitter early Tuesday morning to a message from Amnesty International that shamed the United States over its “own human rights record” amid the developments in Ferguson, Mo. The tweet — now deleted, of course — is the one in the middle below, preserved for posterity by keeper of records and Mother of Ronan, Mia Farrow.
This is the tweet to @amnesty – since deleted by @CSIS pic.twitter.com/O29lPAUwsu
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) August 19, 2014
The only thing missing at the end was a “nerd.”
While this tweet could’ve marked an enlivening of the tame think-tank environment, CSIS did what any thinking organization in Washington, D.C. would do: Blame the intern.
At 1:52AM @CSIS directed an abhorrent tweet to @amnesty. It was a misuse of @CSIS by a CSIS intern. Our statement: http://t.co/OPZ7aUJ9dX
— CSIS (@CSIS) August 19, 2014
That statement said the intern “wrongly assumed” he was tweeting from his personal account. (It happens.)
“We at CSIS are embarrassed by this unfortunate situation and would like to put on record that this tweet does not reflect the views of anyone at CSIS or the institution as a whole,” the statement continued. “CSIS has apologized to Amnesty directly for this unacceptable breach of professional conduct.”
Looks like it’s a case of apology accepted.
Yes, indeed! RT @amnesty: .@CSIS and @amnesty have kissed and made up. Now back to defending human rights!
— CSIS (@CSIS) August 19, 2014
