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| FBI raids office of D.C. CTO, Obama appointee |
| 2009-03-12 |
| A recurring theme. Federal agents this morning are searching the office Washington, D.C.'s Chief Technology Officer. The search is part of "an ongoing investigation," said a spokeswoman for the FBI's D.C. Field Office, Lindsay Gotwin, said. She declined to comment further on the raid of office, at 1 Judiciary Square. The outgoing Chief Technology Officer, Vivek Kundra, was appointed last week Chief Information Officer by the Obama administration. His last day at the city government office was February 4, a spokeswoman for D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, Leslie Kershaw, said. He was appointed to the Washington post in 2007. "We know the FBI is over there but that's all we know," said a staffer in the D.C. CTO's office, Mario Field, who was working from a separate location. Another source familiar with the raid said the FBI had sent all staffers other than senior executives home for the day. A White House spokesman had no immediate comment. D.C. mayor's spokeswoman Kershaw said, "Our office has been alerted of FBI's being at CTO office, but we cannot comment until it's over and we get more details." |
| Posted by:Omoter Speaking for Boskone7794 |
| #7 FBI spokeswoman Lindsay Godwin said, adding that the charges remain under seal, |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-12 17:33 |
#6 Headline at Fark (h/t Instapundit):Obama is not Jesus. Jesus could actually build a cabinet. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-03-12 16:05 |
| #5 I assume this adinistration alone could keep the FBI busy on corruption. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-03-12 15:39 |
| #4 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI raided the former office of Obama administration official Vivek Kundra in a corruption probe on Thursday but Kundra is not a target of the investigation, a spokeswoman for Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty said. The FBI was searching the offices of the District of Columbia's chief technology officer, a position formerly held by Kundra, as it investigates employees for corruption there, spokeswoman Mafara Hobson said. President Barack Obama named Kundra, 34, to be the federal government's chief information officer last week, responsible for overseeing the government's computer systems. Yusuf Acar, who works in the District's technology office, and another man, Sushil Bansal, were arrested as part of the investigation, FBI spokeswoman Lindsay Godwin said, adding that the charges remain under seal. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-03-12 13:12 |
| #3 I smell kiddie p0rn... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-03-12 12:18 |
| #2 I smell Crackberries, muzzies, and SPIES! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-12 12:17 |
| #1 2 arrested in FBI raid at Obama appointee's office March 12, 2009 - 12:00pm WASHINGTON - A D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee and contractor have been arrested in a federal bribery sting, sources tell WTOP. D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee Yusuf Acar and Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation President and CEO Sushil Bansal have been arrested, sources tell WTOP. Acar, 40, was taken into custody Thursday morning by FBI agents at his home in Northwest D.C. The FBI is now serving a search warrant at the office of D.C.'s Chief Technology Officer, WTOP has learned. "We are there as part of a continuing ongoing criminal investigation," FBI Washington Field Office spokesperson Katherine Schweit tells WTOP. Schweit would not comment on the details of the investigation. More than a dozen FBI agents - including evidence technicians - at the office, located at 1 Judiciary Square on 4th Street in Northwest, WTOP's Mark Segraves reports. Most of the employees have been told to go home. Other employees have been segregated into a waiting room. Segraves reports the FBI's search has expanded from 9th floor offices to 10th floor offices. A spokesman for D.C.'s U.S. Attorney tells WTOP he cannot discuss the investigation, as it is currently sealed. On March 5, President Barack Obama named D.C. Chief Technology Officer Vivek Kundra as the federal government's chief information officer. Kundra's last day was March 4. Kundra, who was in charge of technology in the District since 2007, has been a consultant to Obama since he won the election. (Copyright 2009 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.) WASHINGTON - A D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee and contractor have been arrested in a federal bribery sting, sources tell WTOP. D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee Yusuf Acar and Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation President and CEO Sushil Bansal have been arrested, sources tell WTOP. Acar, 40, was taken into custody Thursday morning by FBI agents at his home in Northwest D.C. The FBI is now serving a search warrant at the office of D.C.'s Chief Technology Officer, WTOP has learned. "We are there as part of a continuing ongoing criminal investigation," FBI Washington Field Office spokesperson Katherine Schweit tells WTOP. Schweit would not comment on the details of the investigation. More than a dozen FBI agents - including evidence technicians - at the office, located at 1 Judiciary Square on 4th Street in Northwest, WTOP's Mark Segraves reports. Most of the employees have been told to go home. Other employees have been segregated into a waiting room. Segraves reports the FBI's search has expanded from 9th floor offices to 10th floor offices. A spokesman for D.C.'s U.S. Attorney tells WTOP he cannot discuss the investigation, as it is currently sealed. On March 5, President Barack Obama named D.C. Chief Technology Officer Vivek Kundra as the federal government's chief information officer. Kundra's last day was March 4. Kundra, who was in charge of technology in the District since 2007, has been a consultant to Obama since he won the election. (Copyright 2009 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.) |
| Posted by: Omoter Speaking for Boskone7794 2009-03-12 12:09 |