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. (RELATED: FEMA Chief Gets Canned After Contradicting Noem On Future Of Agency)
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.”
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 15: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) building is seen on May 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
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.
A follow-up UAM review turned up another exchange on Aug. 28 in which the employee told the foreign contact, “but I can’t bring my phone inside my workplace, so I leave it in the car. Only chat here on FB Messenger while I’m working.”
In the same Aug. 28 exchange, the employee wrote, “I wish you were here sitting in my lap while I work,” and, “I want to hug your waist while I work and smell your hair, kiss your neck.”
A separate case involved an Environmental Protection Specialist in FEMA’s Environmental Historic Preservation office in Alabama. Monitoring showed the employee repeatedly accessed a pornography site on the agency’s unclassified network and engaged in explicit chats with multiple users.
Investigators later found the employee had made numerous sexual comments and even uploaded a pornographic image from a file labeled “work memes” to a user identified as “tooMessyForMe” during conversations on Aug. 30-31.
Two FEMA employees — whose duties included safeguarding the nation from terrorism and nuclear threats — were fired Tuesday after the internal probe confirmed they had accessed sexually explicit material at work, the New York Post reported.
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Both employees were based at FEMA’s remote Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center near Bluemont, Virginia — a hardened facility built to protect the country during national emergencies, terror attacks and even nuclear strikes. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Kristi Noem Cutting Thousands Of DEI, Wasteful Spending Contracts)
The Department of Homeland Security’s Insider Threat Operations Center led the probe and flagged at least one worker for accessing “deviant pornography,” including bestiality content, according to DHS officials who oversee FEMA.
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