Fed probe into House technology worker Imran Awan yields intrigue, no evidence of espionage

Washington Post ^ | September 16, 2017 | Shawn Boburg

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• Federal probe into House technology worker Imran Awan yields intrigue, no evidence of espionage

  

  Imran Awan, a technology worker in Congress for 13 years, is the subject of a federal investigation that has become a lightning rod for some conservatives. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)

  In late September 2016, leaders in the House of Representatives met behind closed doors for briefings on a closely held investigation into a group of computer technicians working on Capitol Hill.

  Investigators with the Inspector General’s Office had been quietly tracking the five IT workers’ digital footprints for months. They were alarmed by what they saw. The employees appeared to be accessing congressional servers without authorization, an indication that they “could be reading and/or removing information,” according to documents distributed at the previously unreported private briefings.

  For some who listened to the findings, the fact that the employees were born in Pakistan set off alarms about national security, according to two participants who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Others thought it more likely that the IT workers, naturalized U.S. citizens, were bending rules on network access to share job duties — violations of House protocol, perhaps, but not espionage.

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WaPo: Federal probe into House technology worker Imran Awan yields intrigue, no evidence of espionage

This morning's investigative-vlog by George Webb explains a variety of specifics not covered in the above linked WaPo (mentions Webb's filed legal motions to intervene in these cases) update on the Awan Bros. IT scandal.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcdv5G1E5ps

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• Breitbart 9/16: Report: Former Wasserman Schultz IT Staffer Allegedly Uploaded ‘Terabits of Information to Dropbox’

  A new report claims that former Debbie Wasserman Schultz IT staffer Imran Awan allegedly uploaded terabits of information from DNC servers to a private Dropbox account.

  Circa reports that Imran Awan, the former IT staffer for Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and other Congressional Democrats arrested for possible bank fraud and theft of government property, is now being investigated over possibly selling sensitive information to foreign governments. Circa alleges Awan transferred massive amounts of information, including government documents and emails, to his own private Dropbox account, allowing him to access the information even after he was blocked from DNC networks.

  A senior House official told Circa that Awan was uploading “terabits of information to Dropbox so he was possibly able to access the information even after he was banned from the network.” The House official claimed that they believe a full congressional investigation should be performed on the transfer of the data. “I think this may lead to information as to who really accessed the DNC server,” said the official. “Everybody talks about Russia – but look at the access (Awan) had and potentially those emails could have been sold.”

  The report also claims Awan allegedly transferred files on House Democrats to a secret server attached to the House Democratic Caucus. At the time, the organization was chaired by Rep. Xavier Becerra, who left Congress in January when he was sworn in as Attorney General of California.

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[ptsal]

Now that Jeff Bezos' blog has summarized the (bad) acts, it is time to move on to really important activities like shopping on Amazon. /s

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When will X. Becerra and his assistant get hauled in front of the cameras?

Someone generated the bogus computer image file.

[OttawaFreeper]

So in simple analysis, the Media Party will report on scandals that did not exist but not do so on ones that do exist.

[bert]

[Texas Fossil]

More of the usual, Lies from the Washington ComPost.

[SERKIT]

I see the tradition of the FBI being reduced to the Federal Bureau of Matters his alive and well under its new management. I guess theft of sensitive data and ghost payrolling in the House doesn’t ‘matter’.

[hal ogen]

Lies, lies...and more lies.

[rlmorel]

Oh. Well, the Washington Post says there is no evidence of espionage.

I am so relieved. I thought for certain that money-grubbing grifters who are citizens of Pakistan (one of the most populous and anti-American countries in the world) who had open and free access to national security information, drew the line at espionage. Even though it is my opinion they are probably part and parcel of Pakistani Intelligence.

Whew. I feel so much better.

[Texas Fossil]

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[Texas Fossil]

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[T Ruth]

Why the Washington Post Has No Credibility

[M Kehoe]

“no evidence of espionage.”

Meadow muffins.

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[Neidermeyer]

The WaPo is the official CIA mouthpiece (due to the fact that they bought it with Bezos as the strawman face of the op) so anything they say must be viewed through that lense... The Awans funded the CIA/State Dept ops and fed the elites bank accounts...

[Neidermeyer]

I see the tradition of the FBI being reduced to the Federal Bureau of Matters his alive and well under its new management. I guess theft of sensitive data and ghost payrolling in the House doesn’t ‘matter’.
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It’s rather evident that the ghost employees pay and borrowing ability was parlayed into rental housing that was essentially a snare for gov’t employees in key departments ... so that their comms could be monitored with hidden computer gear within the houses. This was a spy ring for damn sure and it targeted all of us.

[OttawaFreeper]

Oh yes, and we should all be relieved to also know that it was just Nixon (concerning Watergate, et al) and only him who engaged in electoral fraud and identification and intimidation of political opponents. To think LBJ and the Kennedy brothers and FDR did such things and on a larger scale is wild eyed conspiracy mongering, lol. At least this is what the WaPo and other Media Party elite tell me, eh?

[buckalfa]

Usually where there is smoke there is fire. Unless the GOP is entwined somehow.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#6: "More of the usual, Lies from the Washington ComPost."

So we need Mueller and 9 months and counting, plus 17 registered Democrat lawyers at $250K each and up to keep investigating if President Trump ever said "howdy do" to a Russian. But Awan gets a green light "nothing to see here." No wonder we Americans have not confidence in our institutions.

There is one thing certain: Awan was passing information on to Pakistan's ISI. Take that to the bank.

By the way, have a look at the seal for Pakistan's ISI. If that isn't Satanic, then the devil wears Prada:

 

[HLPhat]

>>This morning’s investigative-vlog by George Webb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcdv5G1E5ps

“800 illegal logins per month.”

“Terabytes of data transferred”

Yep. Nothing to see there.

[Nateman]

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