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"FBI: Awans Security Clearances “Forged;” Granted Access to Congressional Intel Despite Falsified Vetting"
1 posted on 01/22/2018 8:51:12 AM PST by bitt
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3 posted on 01/22/2018 8:54:20 AM PST by Diogenesis
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Prove it.

Else, fake news.


4 posted on 01/22/2018 8:56:07 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust Sessions. The Great Awakening is at hand...MAGA!)
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I think if they keep scratching they will find that a lot of people working around Hillary did not have proper credentials to handle secrets.

Huma never did get any security clearances, or at least that is what Hitlery bragged about when she said that every time the guy came to request Huma's presence for training he would get rebuffed with some lame excuse that seemed to work every time.

Think about that a minute. No wonder Huma was so inept at passing secrets around and backing secrets up on her husbands laptop. She did not know it was not correct procedure because her boss got her out of getting the proper security clearance training.

The big question would be - did Hitlery have any kind of security clearance?

5 posted on 01/22/2018 8:57:22 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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Members of the FBI and Justice Department’s top brass at their Washington D.C.headquarters and other field offices are now using burner phones to stay under the radar of federal investigators and lawmakers, according to FBI insiders.

Criminals with access to FBI files... are the Clinton's still running their 'crime and rape' family? Hey George Stephanopoulos - is it time to get the old team back together to bully innocent citizens?

6 posted on 01/22/2018 8:58:41 AM PST by GOPJ ( How dare Democrats put the country at risk for the sake of a bunch of illegals. Treason.)
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i totally screwed this post up - asked to have it deleted

supposed to be about burner phones.


7 posted on 01/22/2018 8:59:15 AM PST by bitt (We dont need an electric chair, we need electric bleachers.)
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Members of the FBI and Justice Department’s top brass at their Washington D.C.headquarters and other field offices are now using burner phones

Our government has gone the way of "Breaking Bad". Make a phone call, snap your flip phone in half and toss it in the trash. That removes a lot of the uncertainty of "Am I being tracked?". But, as Heisenberg would say, "You can never be completely sure."

8 posted on 01/22/2018 8:59:17 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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link points to different story ?


9 posted on 01/22/2018 9:00:35 AM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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Wow!!


10 posted on 01/22/2018 9:00:51 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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WHOLIPHUK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


12 posted on 01/22/2018 9:05:37 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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No worries. I’m sure IG Horowitz is right on the case. I expect we will see a full report sometime in 2022.


16 posted on 01/22/2018 9:13:46 AM PST by lodi90
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Members of the FBI and Justice Department’s top brass at their Washington D.C.headquarters and other field offices are now using burner phones to stay under the radar of federal investigators...

Just like in the "Sopranos" or "Breaking Bad". Great. The FBI is a taxpayer funded criminal enterprise.

17 posted on 01/22/2018 9:15:36 AM PST by Flick Lives
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here’s ONE story:
Top FBI, DOJ Officials Use Drug-Cartel-Style Burner Phones to Dodge Federal Investigators, Lawmakers

https://truepundit.com/top-fbi-doj-officials-use-drug-cartel-style-burner-phones-dodge-federal-investigators-lawmakers/

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there are also stories out today about many many clearances being forged...this is a flashback
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FBI: Awans Security Clearances “Forged;” Granted Access to Congressional Intel Despite Falsified Vetting
September 12, 2017 by Investigative Bureau

http://archive.is/XsiuJ#selection-741.0-747.20

Federal law enforcement agents working the Imran Awan and Hina Alvi fraud probe said the couple, along with other members of the family, were never properly vetted for Congressional security clearances.
Instead the clearances, which provided the Awans access to dozens of Congressional Democrats computer networks and IT systems, were likely approved absent each individual background file getting “fully investigated.”
“I seriously doubt they could have passed a full background (check),” one FBI insider said. “These clearances were pushed through.”

FBI insiders used the word “forged” to describe the process of what happened to the Awan files. Federal law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case divulged:
Either someone with clout in Congress, or higher, made sure the Awans received their security clearances despite glaring problems or the investigators pushed their files through for approval as part of a systemic breakdown.
Many assertions in the Awan-linked applications and files could not be verified by subsequent FBI vetting as part of the criminal case now pending against Imran and Hina. The files are problematic, FBI sources said.
The FBI did not conduct the background checks on members of the Awan family who were granted security clearances in Congress..
A former FBI section chief and security clearance expert said this type of malfeasance is commonplace in D.C.
The Inspector General found widespread fraud in firms conducting Congressional and government background checks, often cutting corners to approve files without vetting the applicants.
This type of overt government malfeasance regarding security clearances is very common, according to former FBI section chief Michael F. McMahon. As an agent, McMahon was the FBI’s key whistle blower on the troublesome gaps plaguing the federal system rubber stamps security clearances for unqualified applicants.
“I do not know agency or agencies that performed background investigations on Awan and cohorts,” McMahon said. “The FBI is the bellwether or gold standard by which vetting, background checks, name checks are conducted throughout the intelligence community.”
But McMahon said the FBI does not conduct background checks for Congressional aides like the Awan-linked family, even though the personnel are granted access to classified intelligence. Instead the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is tasked with providing security clearances for such employees and hires subcontractors to do the work. The results can be quite haphazard, McMahon said.

Federal agents with knowledge of the Awan investigation echo McMahon: The FBI did not work the cases which provided the Awans access to a treasure trove of government intelligence, including the emails of over two dozens Democratic member of Congress.
This is not something new in Washington, D.C.
According to a 2014 audit by the U.S. Office of the Inspector General, which oversees OPM, thousands of background clearances for Congress and elsewhere in government were forged, or pushed through without more than a few minutes of investigation.
Among many failures, the IG found OPM had no way or verifying if all components of each applicant’s security clearance file had been vetted. One company, USIS which likely conducted the majority of Awan background sweeps for Congress, was caught forcing through thousands of security clearance cases without having examined their contents, the report shows. One USIS investigator approved over 15,000 case files in one month “with most of these occurring within minutes of each other on multiple days,” according to the report. USIS conducted clearance sweeps for OPM until late 2014 when the businesses folded.

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18 posted on 01/22/2018 9:16:44 AM PST by bitt (We dont need an electric chair, we need electric bleachers.)
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I proposed this MONTHS ago.

CIA/FBI budgets need to be cut in HALF.

Their ability to investigate and collect information in general gives them great power, and temptation to political abuse.

They have proven they HAVE abused that power.

It is time to teach these agencies a lesson.


19 posted on 01/22/2018 9:20:15 AM PST by PGR88
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There are no verifiable facts in this article. Might be true, might not be true. Who can tell?


21 posted on 01/22/2018 9:26:03 AM PST by dead
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Democrats are Democrats first.

Being an American is way down on their list.

Remember, these are your friends, neighbors and relatives, and they think WAY different than you do.


22 posted on 01/22/2018 9:28:25 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Simply just carelessness. No big deal. 🐂💩
24 posted on 01/22/2018 9:42:26 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Fire every one of them.


26 posted on 01/22/2018 10:08:32 AM PST by Professional
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Clearances can’t be forged - if the agencies with the data use the p[roper system to check the clearances. One doesn’t carry a document saying he has a clearance with x-access - it’s all kept in a classified system and is supposed to be checked by local Security manager prior to granting access.


29 posted on 01/22/2018 10:41:00 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives......;-))
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Forged security clearances? That’s not even possible; a security clearance isn’t like a driver’s license; it’s a process. One cannot “forge” a security clearance, per se, but I suppose it is possible to forge the documents and processes required to obtain a security clearance, including: an SF-86 (National Security Questionnaire); initial interview of the candidate; interview of candidate’s friends, family and associates; in some cases, a polygraph report; and final granting/issuance of security clearance by an appropriate authority. Furthermore, any person issued a security clearance will have his or her clearance recorded in one (or all) of several different systems, all of which show name, SSN, the date the background check was completed, date of issuance and, in some cases, date the polygraph was completed and passed.

It takes about a year on average for someone with a very clean personal history to obtain a TS collateral clearance; for SCI access, even longer. If the Awans had “forged” security clearances, some security officer had to forge a lot of paperwork in a hurry and enter it into official systems for them to get access to classified information, which tells me there’s a helluva lot more going on than meets the eye. Furthermore, they worked for various Democrat members of Congress and committees for quite a while - and no one ever questioned their clearances?


30 posted on 01/22/2018 12:32:55 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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Debbie Wasserman is still not in jail?


32 posted on 01/22/2018 1:16:43 PM PST by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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