(CNN) A former naval intelligence officer and conservative talk radio host who promoted fringe conspiracy theories in radio appearances is now a senior adviser at the State Department Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance. A State Department Twitter account referred to Frank Wuco as an "AVC Senior Advisor" in a November 22 tweet about a trip to Romania's Ministry of National Defense. A CNN KFile review in December 2017, when Wuco was a White House senior adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, found he had repeatedly promoted several far-right conspiracy theories in radio appearances. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Wuco in 2016 suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "I don't think it's been our policy really to just start nuking countries," Wuco responded, the Post reports.

Source: CNN November 28, 2019 02:15 UTC