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Suspect In House IT Security Probe Also Had Access To DNC Emails
The Daily Caller ^ | March 10, 2015 | By Luke Rosiak

Posted on 03/10/2017 10:05:29 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee

Imran Awan — the lead suspect in a criminal probe into breaches of House of Representatives information security systems — possessed the password to an iPad used by then-Democratic National Committee Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz when DNC emails were given to WikiLeaks, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned.

Wasserman Schultz resigned the DNC post in the wake of WikiLeaks posting damaging internal emails, blaming the scandal on hacking by Russians.

Imran and his family members, all of whom worked as IT professionals for members of Congress, were banned from the House network Feb. 2, 2017, by the House Sergeant at Arms, but Wasserman Schultz has declined to fire him and circumvented the ban by having him “advise” her office.

WikiLeaks emails show that although Imran was employed by her taxpayer-funded House office, the Florida Democrat’s world — and iPad — mixed DNC, House and campaign business, and that Imran was on call for, and on a first-name basis with, top DNC staff.

Garret Bonosky, deputy director of the DNC, wrote in a May 4, 2016 email: “Amy — I will call you shortly. I have to get this ipad thing figured out. Need to make sure I have her username and password.”

DNC Assistant to the Chair Amy Kroll responded: “I do not have access to her ipad password, but Imran does. . ."

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


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: amykroll; awan; awanbrothers; dnc; dncemails; dws; itgate; kroll
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1 posted on 03/10/2017 10:05:29 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I find it difficult to believe that the leakers cannot be identified and punished -


2 posted on 03/10/2017 10:07:08 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Gifts keep on rolling in....
...beyond Hollywood
.....may be ready for Bollywood


3 posted on 03/10/2017 10:08:06 AM PST by ptsal
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To: ptsal

Who killed Seth Rich?

Where is Eric Braverman?

Who was spotting the weights for John Ashe?

Where are the AWAN Brothers today?


4 posted on 03/10/2017 10:10:01 AM PST by ptsal
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Imran Awan, is that Russian?


5 posted on 03/10/2017 10:10:42 AM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

With a name like “Imran Awan” he is obviously of the Amish persuasion.</sarc>.


6 posted on 03/10/2017 10:10:55 AM PST by capt. norm (Two can live as cheaply as one...but for only half as long)
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To: capt. norm

Not Amish

7 posted on 03/10/2017 10:17:16 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Hillary is Ameritrash, pass it on)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Start here, watch all his videos! You’re seeing the very tip of this iceberg!

https://m.youtube.com/results?q=day%20134&sm=3


8 posted on 03/10/2017 10:17:38 AM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: capt. norm

bttt


9 posted on 03/10/2017 10:17:52 AM PST by thinden
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To: capt. norm

Watch the videos I just posted.

The Awan brothers are part of this for sure, but “Awan” is also being used as a pseudonym for other hackers and operators being brought into the US. Sort of like Smith or Jones.


10 posted on 03/10/2017 10:20:55 AM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Hmm. Frankly, the maze of spies is too complicated for me. In principle, FReepers have known this is what is happening since we began analyzing the Clintons in the early-mid 90’s. Terry Reed pointed it out. One generation later, computer chip advances allowed the storing of all our data by US spies, i.e., NSA. The spies have been ratted out by other spies, Snowden and Wikileaks. So now we're not conspiracy theorists but demoralized slaves of those who govern us. The joke is on all of our masters because one man couldn't be bought who loved this country but is no intellectual. We elected him. But he cannot reverse 100 years of anti-freedom laws.
11 posted on 03/10/2017 10:21:45 AM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: Replace all textbooks K-12!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Imran and his family members, all of whom worked as IT professionals for members of Congress, were banned from the House network Feb. 2, 2017, by the House Sergeant at Arms, but Wasserman Schultz has declined to fire him and circumvented the ban by having him “advise” her office.

He and Imran and his brothers Abid and Jamal have obviously got a lot more info on Schultz and the DNC so they are not going to be “fired” ever. Jamal is only 22 years old and was paid $160,000 a year, three times the average House IT staff salary. DNC congress critters will be paying them a huge amount of the tax payers dollars to keep them quiet even when they are behind bars or have fled back to Pakistan.

But I guess we can thank the brothers for helping to botch up their Democrat employers. So ha, ha, ha on that.

12 posted on 03/10/2017 10:25:32 AM PST by fireman15
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To: Brad from Tennessee

The Daily Caller seems to be the source for almost all of the new information on ITgate.

Only a few minimal mentions on FNC or Limbaugh, and almost none in the MSM. I’m thinking only Saudi influence could keep something this big this quiet.

The Awan brothers were named about February 4th. More stories and info at:

http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/04/exclusive-house-intelligence-it-staffers-fired-in-computer-security-probe/


13 posted on 03/10/2017 10:27:02 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: ptsal
Where are the AWAN Brothers today?

According to George Webb, at least one and maybe all of them skipped back to Pakistan. They spent a lot of time there as is.

14 posted on 03/10/2017 10:28:36 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (It is time to make America an uncomfortable place for Marxist usurpers.)
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The Muslim brothers (Imran here) seemed to be friendly w/ the Clintons.
It's very odd to see a lowly Capitol Hill staffer get that close to a bigshot Clinton.

<><> Did the brothers share Democrats' Capitol Hill data w/ the Clintons?
<><> Did the Clintons order data coming into the DNC computers?

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UPDATE---The Awan criminal Muslim gang collected $5 million tax dollars from congressional offices for IT services.

Trickling in is compelling evidence that they overbilled the stupid Democrats .......and also stole US govt property. The number of Democrats who employed these criminals could number as high as 80 Democrat members.

Did any Democrats express concern about Muslim foreigners accessing sensitive US intel?

Did any Democrats express concern that US taxpayers were being bilked by overbilling?

Did any Democrats file police reports?

<><> for stolen govt property?
<><> falsifying official govt documents?
<><> falsifying payment vouchers?

I didn't think so.

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15 posted on 03/10/2017 10:34:52 AM PST by Liz (DNC Chair Perez's new Democrat slogan: Join us, or we'll sue Trump. W w)
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Last year, eight Congressional members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued a letter to then-DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The letter demanded that their Congressional staffers be granted access to top secret classified information.

The signatories to the letter were all Congressional Democrats:

<><> Andre Carson,

<><>Luis Guiterez,

<><>Jim Himes,

<><>Terri Sewell,

<><>Jackie Speier,

<><>Mike Quigley,

<><> Eric Swalwell

<><> Patrick Murphy.

Some signatories had a history of attempting to undermine national security. Two of them have been linked to another emerging security breach.


16 posted on 03/10/2017 10:43:01 AM PST by Liz (DNC Chair Perez's new Democrat slogan: Join us, or we'll sue Trump. W w)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
So according to WikiLeaks Awan was working for Wasserman-Schultz and was spying on Congress?
It is hard just trying to keep up with all the DNC scandals. Is there a summary anywhere? Off of the top of my head I can think of the following.

WikiLeaks assorted dumps:
Podesta Email Phising:
FISA-Gate:
Wasserman-Schultz Leak:
Hillary's Server:
Anthony Weiner Child Porn:
17 posted on 03/10/2017 10:45:33 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: ptsal

“Where is Eric Braverman?”

Working at his new job, teaching his class at Yale, and regularly tweeting... what crazy conspiracy sites are you frequenting that haven’t noticed any of that?


18 posted on 03/10/2017 10:56:08 AM PST by Boogieman
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Florida Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, onetime DNC chair...got dumped for email improprieties.

Pittsburgh FBI field office's Cyber-security Unit is trying to identify those individuals behind breaches of the DNC's computer systems. The 2015 and early 2016 breaches exposed the internal communications of Democrat party officials as the convention got underway........

Three Muslim brothers---IT workers on Cpitol Hill---apparently compromised House Intelligence, and Foreign Affairs Committee members: Abi Awan, Imran Awan and Jamal Awan, are said to be Pakistani foreign nationals. They worked within the IT department for Democrats exclusively---members of the House Permanent Intelligence Committee, including Cong Debbie Wasserman Schultz----onetime DNC chair.

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CONGRESS AND THE FBI NEED TO DETERMINE:

<><> Extent of Wassermann-Schultz and the DNC's assistance to the three members of the intelligence panel and five members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs who were among the dozens of elected members employing the suspects on a shared basis.

<><>Were govt intel computers ever transported off-premises?

<><>Did the FBI and/or Secret Service accompany and supervise the transport of the server?

<><> Did the three brothers have an active email account?

<><> Was there continuity of intel computer activity or did the intel computers ever go off-line?

<><> Who received govt intel?

<><>Did the three brother get officially qualified by Wasserman Schultz and the DNC to handle national-security-level data?

<><> Did the three brothers ever “upgrade, manage, and secure” the DNC server.

<><> What - specifically - did they do?

<><> Did Wasserman Schultz and the DNC vet the three brothers security clearance to handle this type of intel?

<><> What were the DNC firewall protocols in place at the time?

<><>Who, by name, had access to intel computers, and the administrative authorization to do so?

<><>When was that authorization given?

<><>Did the three brothers ever remove all data from the intel computers?

<><> Was malware or antivirus also on the server?

<><> Was the inherent firewall, virus protection, or operating system “upgraded, managed, and secured” by the brothers?

<><> Did Wasserman Schultz at the DNC report any incidents, such as DOS attack, hacking, etc. How were they resolved?

<><> Did the three brothers maintain the DNC intel computer?

<><> Does Wasserman Schultz and the DNC know if the House Permanent Intelligence Committee computers in functioning condition at this time?

<><> Does Wasserman Schultz and the DNC have the work schedule of the brothers just prior to being outed for security breaches?

<><> Were normal and regular backup procedures executed on the server?

<><> Where are the back-ups kept?

<><> If no backups were taken, does the DNC have a disaster recovery location? Where is that?

<><> Did the DNC have a backup plan if the House Permanent Intelligence Committee plan intel equipment failed or was found to have been compromised?

<><> Does Wasserman Schultz and the DNC have a list of other foreign nationals (from countries President Obama identified as terrorist countries) Democrats employed on Capitol Hill?

<><> The DNC should list foreign nationals by name and country on Democrats' payrolls, who currently have access to US intel and are using govt computers.

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19 posted on 03/10/2017 10:58:16 AM PST by Liz (DNC Chair Perez's new Democrat slogan: Join us, or we'll sue Trump. W w)
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To: Liz

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20 posted on 03/10/2017 11:02:54 AM PST by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010 and Mom 4-20-26 12-8-2012)
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