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-Lurid Crime Tales-

House IT Aides Fear Suspects in Hill Breach Are Blackmailing Members With Their Own Data

2017-05-25

[DailySignal] Congressional technology aides are baffled that data-theft allegations against four former House IT workers--who were banned from the congressional network--have largely been ignored, and they fear the integrity of sensitive high-level information.

Imran Awan and three relatives were colleagues until police banned them from computer networks at the House of Representatives after suspicion the brothers accessed congressional computers without permission.

Five Capitol Hill technology aides told The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group that members of Congress have displayed an inexplicable and intense loyalty toward the suspects who police say victimized them. The baffled aides wonder if the suspects are blackmailing representatives based on the contents of their emails and files, to which they had full access.
Would explain more than a few things.

Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#7 Exactly.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-05-25 15:09

#6 And if you hadn't read it...

Obama's CIO Vivek Kundra Previous Close Employees Arrested for Fraud, Bribery

Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-25 14:23

#5 OTOH, why would you risk sensitive information with Paks?

See Aneesh Chopra or Vivek Kundra.

Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-25 14:17

#4 I wanted to be sure individuals are not being singled out because of their nationalities or their religion.

OTOH, why would you risk sensitive information with Paks?

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-05-25 10:55

#3 I'm surprised someone called Fudge could even get elected.

Posted by: phil_b 2017-05-25 03:17

#2 House IT Aides Fear Suspects in Hill Breach Are Blackmailing Members With Their Own Data

Using the Hillary Clinton home-brew server (Obama & everybody in D.C. is involved) technique ?

Posted by: Besoeker 2017-05-25 02:53

#1 Somehow left out was that the Awans first began working as IT staff for this Member of Congress.

As far as 'inexplicable loyalty', it can probably be summed up with this:

[Rep. Gregory] Meeks said he isn’t convinced Alvi and Imran Awan, both of whom worked in his office at different times, are involved in the alleged procurement scam but that Alvi was dismissed because the investigation was interrupting the day-to-day functions of his office.

“As of right now, I don’t see a smoking gun,” Meeks said. “I have seen no evidence that they were doing anything that was nefarious.”

Meeks said he was hesitant to believe the accusations against Alvi, Imran Awan and the three other staffers, saying their background as Muslim Americans, some with ties to Pakistan, could make them easy targets for false charges.

“I wanted to be sure individuals are not being singled out because of their nationalities or their religion. We want to make sure everybody is entitled to due process,” Meeks said.

[Rep. Marcia]Fudge told Politico on Tuesday she would employ Imran Awan until he received “due process.”

“He needs to have a hearing. Due process is very simple. You don’t fire someone until you talk to them,” Fudge said.

Posted by: Pappy 2017-05-25 00:21

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