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House IT Aides Fear Suspects In Hill Breach Are Blackmailing Members With Their Own Data (Awan)
Daily Caller ^ | May 21 2017 | Luke Rosiak

Posted on 05/23/2017 6:11:17 AM PDT by Whenifhow

Congressional technology aides are baffled that data-theft allegations against four former House IT workers — who were banned from the congressional network — have largely been ignored, and they fear the integrity of sensitive high-level information.

Imran Awan and three relatives were colleagues until police banned them from computer networks at the House of Representatives after suspicion the brothers accessed congressional computers without permission.

Five Capitol Hill technology aides told The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group that members of Congress have displayed an inexplicable and intense loyalty towards the suspects who police say victimized them. The baffled aides wonder if the suspects are blackmailing representatives based on the contents of their emails and files, to which they had full access.

“I don’t know what they have, but they have something on someone. It’s been months at this point” with no arrests, said Pat Sowers, who has managed IT for several House offices for 12 years. “Something is rotten in Denmark.”

A manager at a tech-services company that works with Democratic House offices said he approached congressional offices, offering their services at one-fourth the price of Awan and his Pakistani brothers, but the members declined. At the time, he couldn’t understand why his offers were rejected but now he suspects the Awans exerted some type of leverage over members.

“There’s no question about it: If I was accused of a tenth of what these guys are accused of, they’d take me out in handcuffs that same day, and I’d never work again,” he said.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: awan; awanbrothers; classifiedintel; democrats; govtabuse; hacking; itgate
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To: Whenifhow
They have Seth Rich murdered but let these yahoos blackmail the entire House?

Jail The Cankle !!!


21 posted on 05/23/2017 6:46:54 AM PDT by Delta 21
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To: Whenifhow

Lock them up. The Awans and the Congress members.


22 posted on 05/23/2017 6:53:19 AM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Jane Long; GOPJ; RitaOK; DollyCali; Tennessee Nana; sickoflibs; TADSLOS; AuntB; SgtBob; ...
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR CONGRESSMAN:
Contact Congress today: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044

•Did you employ the Awan clan?

•If so, when did you dismiss them and why?

•Have you been interviewed by investigators?

•Do you know that the FBI is not involved?

•Do you know why the FBI is not involved

•Can you tell me when was the last time Capitol Police investigated an espionage case?

•Do you know anything about the theft of 20 computers from congressional staff?

•When did you learn of these crimes?

•Can you tell me how many identities the Awan clan have?

•Please tell me how many US govt checks the Awan clan are cashing.

•Can you tell me if the Awan clan are registered agents of foreign governments?

•Please list the names of organizations advocating the overthrow of the US govt the Awan clan belong to.

23 posted on 05/23/2017 6:58:20 AM PDT by Liz ( Liberalism is standing on your head and telling the rest of the world that it's upside down.)
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To: Liz

bookmark


24 posted on 05/23/2017 7:01:24 AM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To: All
ITEM----In Pakistan,Imran introduces himself as someone from the US Congress or from federal agencies.

ITEM---Imran is apparently considered very important b/c of his representations about his political power in the US.

ITEM--- Imran travels in Pakistan with a VIP police escort.

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That should be very easy to unravel.

Pres Trump, AG Sessions, and Rex Tillerson need to call in the Pakistani Ambassador for a "little chat."

25 posted on 05/23/2017 7:05:59 AM PDT by Liz ( Liberalism is standing on your head and telling the rest of the world that it's upside down.)
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To: LucyT

I think we need add the Democrats to the threat matrix’s...


26 posted on 05/23/2017 7:06:08 AM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (Thank you Free Republic. Thank you President Donald J Trump.)
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To: All

The Awan gang worked exclusively for Democrats. The gang had access to numerous agencies centering on Americans’ safety and security.

The House Intelligence Committee oversees all or part of the following executive branch departments and agencies:

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence

• Central Intelligence Agency

• Defense Intelligence Agency

• Department of Defense

• Department of Energy

• Department of Homeland Security

• Department of Justice

• Department of State

• Department of Treasury

• Drug Enforcement Administration

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

• National Reconnaissance Office

• National Security Agency

• Office of Naval Intelligence

• Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency

• United States Army Intelligence and Security Command

• United States Coast Guard Intelligence

• Marine Corps Intelligence Activity


27 posted on 05/23/2017 7:10:15 AM PDT by Liz ( Liberalism is standing on your head and telling the rest of the world that it's upside down.)
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To: All
FACTS ON FILE: The Paki/hackers worked exclusively for House Democrats. Paki/hackers total access to Democrats' official emails, is a huge problem for stupid, gullible House Democrats that employed the gang.

B/c the Paki/hackers had access to hundreds of Americans' Social Security numbers, IRS tax ID'S, and so on. Not to mention having inside info on the operations of dozens of US agencies....including the IRS.

REALITY CHECK When a constituent contacts their Rep w/ a problem, the member requires a Social Security number and tax ID number to navigate US govt agencies.

Yet, not one Democrat has surfaced expressing concern for their constituents, not one Democrat took the time to warn consituents their privacy may have been invaded and their interests compromised.

On the contrary, as many as 80 Democrats employing the Paki/hackers are in hiding, unwilling to admit to their utter stupidity in the name of diversity.

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TIME TO HIT BACK HARD---Demand that the names of the Democrats who employed these Paki/hackers be revealed, so that constituents can protect their interests.

SPREAD THE WORD: Constituents who had their privacy invaded have a good case against the gullible irresponsible Democrat members.

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TALKING POINTS--The Awans hit a goldmine---could be peddling Americans' SS and tax ID numbers all over the globe.

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FBI TIP PAGE---https://tips.fbi.gov

CONTACT CONGRESS: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044

Contact President Trump Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

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The Daily Caller News Foundation has great reporters covering this story. They are asking for any additional information that might be available.

Send tips to: katie@dailycallernewsfoundation.org

28 posted on 05/23/2017 7:17:33 AM PDT by Liz ( Liberalism is standing on your head and telling the rest of the world that it's upside down.)
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To: Liz
Spineless congressional critters...

Their life all about posture and press releases.

29 posted on 05/23/2017 7:29:56 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: ClearCase_guy
These powerful people are owned by someone.

Yes, indeed!
The force of evil has captured them, leaving them powerless slaves of sin.

30 posted on 05/23/2017 7:34:15 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Liz

Have “mother” drop by a special place in Pakistan.....

MOAB the whole bunch.


31 posted on 05/23/2017 7:39:16 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: All

The Muslim brothers (Imran here) seemed to be friendly w/ the Clintons.
It's very odd to see a lowly Capitol Hill IT staffer get that close to a bigshot Clinton.

Oh, and BTW, Huma Abedin has a serial swindler Muslim cousin involved in IT schemes.

UNDER HOUSE ARREST---Huma's first cousin Omar Amanat AKA a serial swindler
He subsidized businesses w/ our tax dollars from Hillary's State Dept. Six million dollars is missing.

EXCERPT--“Thanks for getting in touch. Would love to arrange a meeting,” Huma Abedin replied in a June 23, 2009, email to her cousin Omar Amanat and Shamil Idriss, who heads New York-based Soliya Inc.

In May 2010, then-Secy Clinton helped Soliya get access to U.N. funding by making the U.S. a participant in a U.N. high-tech media initiative called the Alliance of Civilizations. Then in October 2010, the State Department directly awarded Soliya $1.25 million for a media technology project. “Huma helped Omar make KIT appear more valuable because of its association with the Alliance of Civilizations, which was approved by Hillary and funded in part by U.S. grants (tax dollars),” said an attorney familiar with the case.

“This helped Omar raise money for KIT, which he and his brother misappropriated for other purposes. Approximately $6 million has vanished.”

Amanat took KIT Digital public in August 2009. At the time, Amanat, known as a “serial swindler,” was in personal bankruptcy and being sued by other investors. Despite his reputation, he still managed to gain special access to US government tax dollars thanks to his ties to his well-positioned cousin and the Clinton Foundation.

THE MONEY LAUNDRY Records show that Amanat and several other family members and related charities have together donated as much as $1.2 million to the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative, as well as the Clinton Health Access Initiative. Amanat, who personally contributed as much as $25,000 to the Clinton Foundation, was appointed to the Council on Foreign Relations during the time that Hillary Clinton was serving as secretary of state.

While the FBI has apparently closed its espionage investigation into Clinton’s unsecured private email server (the House has reopened it), its public corruption investigation into the Clinton Foundation remains open.

It’s not clear if this still-active probe overlaps with the Amanat fraud investigation. However, investigators reportedly continue to look into alleged “pay-for-play” schemes involving the Clinton State Department and the Clinton Foundation and its wealthy donors, as well as entities that paid the Clintons millions of dollars in speaking fees.

Judicial Watch and other government watchdog groups have charged that the Clinton Foundation was a pay-for-play operation that rewarded its benefactors with State Department favors.....and cash.

32 posted on 05/23/2017 7:52:28 AM PDT by Liz ( Liberalism is standing on your head and telling the rest of the world that it's upside down.)
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To: Whenifhow

Bkmk


33 posted on 05/23/2017 7:55:14 AM PDT by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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To: Whenifhow

When you are a protected species...well.


34 posted on 05/23/2017 7:59:57 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Starboard

Congress critters have been behaving like they were being blackmailed for years.


35 posted on 05/23/2017 8:08:16 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Is it not too late to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hillary's crimes?)
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To: Whenifhow

G Webb juxtaposing hot news of Seth Rich revelations with sudden terror attack on children in Manchester UK; UK police now reporting Muslim terrorist suspect was ‘previously known’ to authorities.

Becoming predictable that when trail of truth comes into view, a diversion using a terrorist attack takes place to disrupt the news cycle.

Previously, I would have filed such as conspiracy-driven, evolved to coincidence, then to rank speculation, then plausible consideration, now rising almost to predictable pattern.

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Although subtitled, the script is devastatingly clear and easy to digest for public viewing and is effective for bringing awareness to both sophisticated and unsophisticated consumers of political news.


36 posted on 05/23/2017 8:36:44 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: combat_boots

Something’s going on...


37 posted on 05/23/2017 8:43:49 AM PDT by GOPJ (Don't call ISIS killers "losers" (they'll recruit with that) Call them RABID DOGS...)
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To: Whenifhow; Liz

Thanks for posting this:

Liz, please share your info on this thread.

At 4:19 on the video George explains the specific info in this article and how it pertains to national security.

Two paragraphs he outlines:
Politico reported the Awan crew is “accused of stealing equipment from members’ offices without their knowledge and committing serious, potentially illegal, violations on the House IT network.”
A House IT employee who requested anonymity said tech workers who have taken over some of those offices found that computers in some — but not all — offices were “thin clients” that sent all data to an offsite server in violation of House policies. Additionally, staffers’ iPhones were all linked to a single non-government iTunes account.

15:42 Minutes
Day 211.1. Hillary’s Leakers and Hackers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__LFtcyk1Mg

Published on May 22, 2017
Five IT Staffers Report Awan Server and “thin clients” - BlackBerry Sync Again?


38 posted on 05/23/2017 8:59:13 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (120+ days without ving Hilliarly/Huma as POTUS! Thanks, President Trump for this great reality gift!)
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To: Whenifhow

Bttt.

5.56mm


39 posted on 05/23/2017 9:02:10 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Whenifhow

Not to worry. Coverup Comey, Pelosi, Mad Maxine and the rest of the black caucus are on top of this and will handle it after they impeach the evil Trump for winning the election and electoral vote.


40 posted on 05/23/2017 9:05:06 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (120+ days without ving Hilliarly/Huma as POTUS! Thanks, President Trump for this great reality gift!)
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