[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?

[Col Frank Slade]

Nice to know they keep alcohol in their offices....

Actually, that may explain a lot....

[Izzy Dunne]

Who's to say their offices aren't being broken into to gain intel

I noticed the pattern too.

Breaking in to House Republican offices to gain intelligence may sound like an oxymoron, but there it is.

Maybe it's just to make them pay "their fair share".

[wtd]

Re:

"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?"

You beat me to it . . .Noticed the same coincidence and had the same 'not-so-paranoid' thoughts here.

[liberalh8ter]

I won't call you paranoid; you're using logic and common sense. That's not paranoia. Given the proclivities of the current administration, I'd say you hit a bullseye.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

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?

That thought occurred to me.

If they find that any sensitive information has been accessed, it could rise to the level of a Watergate-style break-in. That is, if the victims were Democrats . . .

[George from New England]

My Thursday prediction... There will be (probably false) reports of more break-ins, in (D) offices, just to balance the fact that only (R)s have been hit so far.

[DBrow]

“gain intel, and then some items are taken to make it look like simple theft? “

Makes the most sense. Not only stealing data, but leaving data and changing data as well. Maybe placing spyware that commercial software can’t detect.

Surprising that all the hallway cameras and card scanners don’t pick up anything.

[Slambat]

“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?”

or plant some bugs or evidence, OR, a good way to get rid
of bugs or incriminating evidence.