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Millionaire cybersecurity expert missing as Maryland mansion burned to rubble
The Washington Times ^ | January 19, 2015 | Phillip Swarts

Posted on 01/20/2015 8:29:37 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

An executive at ScienceLogic, a company used to monitor the online networks of the FBI and the Department of Defense, among others, were missing Monday after a four-alarm fire destroyed his 16,000-square-foot Annapolis home.

Don Pyle, the chief operating officer at the Reston-based technology provider, and his wife Sandy, couldn’t be located, authorities said Monday. It took 85 firefighters nearly three-and-a-half hours to get the blaze under control and firefighters had yet to set foot inside the building, uncertain about its integrity, Monday afternoon.

Neighbors told The Washington Times the Pyles’ grandchildren may have been staying with them for the long holiday weekend. Mr. Pyle’s family confirmed they believed six people were unaccounted for, but did not give any indication of ages or whether any of the children were missing. Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman Capt. Russ Davies said the family had been to view the scene of the fire Monday morning.

Arson hasn’t been ruled out, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been called in to investigate.

ScienceLogic has multiple contracts with government agencies, and is best known for its software that scans online networks to ensure they run efficiently. Before joining the firm in October, Mr. Pyle, 55, served as the chief executive officer of several other information technology companies. He was CEO at Netcordia, an IT company the National Security Agency and U.S. Army contracted with to manage their online networks, and Laurel Networks, which specializes in routers for telecommunications clients.

“There was a fire at his home last night and the case is under investigation,” said ScienceLogic representative Yama Habibzai, who declined further comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: annapolis; annearundel; arson; batf; contractor; cybersecurity; donpyle; fire; homefire; isolatedincidents; laurelnetworks; netcordia; nsa; sciencelogic
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

ATF doesn’t routinely show up at house fires just for giggles.


21 posted on 01/20/2015 9:06:09 PM PST by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: dila813

If it is North Korea, they LIKE to go after the entire family. (Plus uncles, cousins,.....)


22 posted on 01/20/2015 9:06:33 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Are they all in the “safe room”?


23 posted on 01/20/2015 9:06:46 PM PST by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

If final report / evidence indicates arson, then this tragic incident oughta be included in Nachum’s Obola dead pool list.


24 posted on 01/20/2015 9:09:45 PM PST by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Suspicious yes.

Look how easily Turkey’s secular military was neutralized.


25 posted on 01/20/2015 9:18:09 PM PST by Usagi_yo (It's not possible to give success. Only opportunity. Success is earned on it's own right.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
"I think we just found out more about that CENTCOM hack that was traced to Maryland. But the NSA has covered its tracks now."

Interesting.. Wiping out an entire family, then incinerating all the evidence can't be any more difficult than programming one man with PTSD to take down a couple of Navy SEALs at an empty firing range, eh?

26 posted on 01/20/2015 9:21:45 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

I recently came across a firing range called “Grassy Knoll”.


27 posted on 01/20/2015 9:32:20 PM PST by batterycommander (...a little more rubble, a lot less trouble.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Probably got stuck in his Safe Room...


28 posted on 01/20/2015 9:33:18 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I think America entered a dangerous new phase after the Nov elections. They're playing hardball now.

Yes, but they're a bunch of '60s and '70s hippies trying to get their "agenda" done before they end up in the old folks' home. They are facing the most horrible enemy they have faced in 50 years: Americans are finally completely bored with their s**t.

29 posted on 01/20/2015 9:33:20 PM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: batterycommander

There’s another one nearby called “Dealey Plaza”.


30 posted on 01/20/2015 9:35:18 PM PST by batterycommander (...a little more rubble, a lot less trouble.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This seems off?


32 posted on 01/20/2015 9:41:00 PM PST by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

“This morning on radio news the parents said their children and parents were dead.

Seems tragic no matter what.”

So agree. It’s like the horrible Christmas fire in CT a few years ago, the owner of the home lost her parent and her 3 children in the fire. Yet she and her boyfriend survived.

I’m not making any accusations, but I am saying I don’t know how I could live with myself if that happened to me.


33 posted on 01/20/2015 9:50:05 PM PST by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: All

My tin hat is firmly on, but I still don’t think it was Keyser Söze .


34 posted on 01/20/2015 10:08:03 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Get you some government contracts and be set for life. Ross Perot has really cashed in. The money he made selling computers to the army is chickenfeed compared to what he and his son has gotten from the government since he ran for president. I think he, like a lot of congress critters, figure out there’s nothing they can do so they cash in.


35 posted on 01/20/2015 10:16:37 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

36 posted on 01/20/2015 10:30:38 PM PST by montag813
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To: flamberge

“Assassins go after individuals not homes full of children”

Unless they’re muzzie assassins. They do it every day.


38 posted on 01/20/2015 10:34:12 PM PST by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

The school has announced the family dead. The fire department, not.

The fire spread throughout the hour very fast. It looked like a lot of other fires I’ve seen in the US and UK where the father has had a huge financial setback. He kills his family and burns down the house.

Hope it’s not so, but ...


39 posted on 01/20/2015 10:40:40 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Yeah some black ops conspirators would not wait until the grandkids stopped by to strike.

Yet, the conspiracy fans, who think they are smarter than real investigators, never seem to think of basic things like that.


40 posted on 01/20/2015 10:44:49 PM PST by Boogieman
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