CIA's Twitter feed reaches nadir with Tupac 'joke'

A 1993 file photo shows Tupac Shakur in a scene from Poetic Justice. Photo / Columbia Pictures / AP

Since joining Twitter a month ago, the CIA has acted like any brand or government body trying to shake off a stuffy reputation would and blasted its feed with dad jokes and hashtags.

A new low was reached last night though when it announced it would answer "5 of the top questions" from Twitter users using the annoying hashtag #twitterversary.

By "top questions" they obviously meant flippant, pop culture-related ones, a serious answer about an A-12 OXCART reconnaissance aircraft sitting uncomfortably amongst ones about Ellen DeGeneres, selfies and, bizarelly, Tupac Shakur.

"No, we don't know where Tupac is," the CIA tweeted, which some took offence to, given that the rapper is very clearly dead.

The tweet attracted over 93,000 retweets, a couple of hundred thousand short of its very first message: "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet."

Read the CIA's tweets below:

Thanks for making our first month on @Twitter great! Today we take 10 mins to answer 5 of the top questions you've asked. #twitterversary

No, we don't know your password, so we can't send it to you. #sorrynotsorry #twitterversary

YES, we are hiring. http://t.co/008Lvn9fWJ #twitterversary

Sorry for not following you back @TheEllenShow. But if you visit us maybe we can take a selfie? #twitterversary

We flew an A-12 OXCART, not a SR-71 BLACKBIRD. Ours flew higher & faster. But, more on that later. #twitterversary pic.twitter.com/jLSCsn9RYn

No, we don't know where Tupac is. #twitterversary

Meanwhile, Tupac's last words were revealed last month by a police officer who was called to the scene of the rapper's murder.. Yes, they're exactly what you'd expect.

- Independent