Fairfax County

State Dept. Official Charged With Soliciting Minor Allowed Bond

A State Department official who is charged with soliciting a minor will be out on bond while awaiting his trial.

Over the objection of prosecutors, a judge granted $25,000 bond for Daniel Rosen, a State Department counter-terrorism official accused of soliciting a child for sex. He was arrested Tuesday.

Rosen surrendered his passports and was ordered to have no contact with minors. He was also ordered to stay off the computer.

"We're pleased the judge under a presumption of innocence and gave him the benefit of the doubt," said his attorney, Chris Leibig. "He deserves it. "

Rosen was arrested "following a series of online exchanges'' with a detective assigned to the Fairfax County Police Department's Child Exploitation Unit, Fairfax County Police Department spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell said.

In a statement issued Tuesday night, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the department was aware that one of its employees had been arrested and charged but "for issues related to Department personnel and for privacy reasons'' could not identify the person or the charges.

"His security clearance will be suspended and he will be put on administrative leave while this proceeds to its end through any judicial process,'' Psaki said.

Rosen is charged with one count of "use of a communications device to solicit a juvenile.''

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