[illiac]

Watergate II?

[Gaffer]

Thieves with White House passes is my guess.

[unixfox]

Other offices hit—many of which handle information dealing with issues of national security, though nothing of a sensitive nature was reportedly taken—include those of Reps. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., and Jon Runyan, R-N.J.; the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security; and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

They can't even secure their own offices, why should we expect them to secure the border or the whole country for that matter.

So pathetic.

[kevkrom]

“The evidence points to someone with access to my office, and other offices in the Capitol complex, as the perpetrator,” freshman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., surmised in a letter to the House’s Office of the Chief Administrative Officer. Other offices hit—many of which handle information dealing with issues of national security, though nothing of a sensitive nature was reportedly taken—include those of Reps. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., and Jon Runyan, R-N.J.

Call me paranoid, but does anyone else notice a pattern in the victims here? Who's to say their offices aren't being broken into to gain intel, and then some items are taken to make it look like simple theft?

[Vendome]

This can’t be hard to figure out.

That place has so many cameras and card readers it ought to be fairly easy to find the culprit.

Check who ever swiped their access cards during those periods, check the cameras and voila....

Yes, I know they probably already did this...

[Sooth2222]

"missing items ranging from cash and expensive computer equipment to autographed baseballs and alcohol."

Maybe "Obama's people" but AFAIK when Nixon's plumbers broke into the Watergate they weren't looking for baseballs and booze. Could it be someone on the cleaning or maintenance staff?

[tacticalogic]

I’d be looking at security and maintenance staff.

[ElkGroveDan]

I'm always amazed at how many doors are left unlocked in Congressional offices (and state capitols), not just unlocked, but wide open after hours. During the day it's a common practice to prop the door open so as to be welcoming to the public and visitors, but then as everyone goes home and the last staffers are running back and forth on errands you wind up with offices totally unattended with doors wide open. Most of the members' internal office doors are usually unlocked too, and some of those guys have very expensive mementos and personal belongings siting out on desks and bookshelves.

It's nice to think that 99% of the American public has respect for boundaries and personal property, but I'm not surprised that someone determined to start picking things up has been successful. The Capitol police should probably be looking at new after-hours employees like temporary or fill-in janitorial staff. The regular janitors are some of the best people I've ever met, they are well known by staff and most of them are looked as co-workers, but someone new who discovered the easy-pickens would be the top suspect in my book.

[cripplecreek]

Plumbers.

[Erik Latranyi]

Here is my theory:

The thefts cover INSERTING information into the oversight or homeland security documents to cover for malfeasance so the administration can say “everybody knew”.

[treetopsandroofs]

This is how Watergate would have been reported with a ‘Rat president.

[ThirdMate]

Expropriating the expropriators.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Check this Clinton Clown's sox for evidence...

[Portcall24]

Secret Service trying to raise money for another party.

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

They pass laws pointing cameras at US, where are the cameras pointing at THEM? No surveillance footage? C’mon..

[lewislynn]

“The evidence points to someone with access to my office, and other offices in the Capitol complex, as the perpetrator,”

So there's no honor among thieves afterall.

[Doogle]

THEY BETTER DEBUG THEIR OFFICES

[Spktyr]

Bookmark for later.

[DUMBGRUNT]

He’s tanned, he’s rested, he’s ready...

Milhous is back!

Nixon ‘16!

[TribalPrincess2U]

Better checks for bugs.

[GeronL]

Lot of R’s mentioned