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The Bizarre Hacking Scandal That Democrats And The Press Are Happy To Ignore
Investor's Business Daily ^ | 7/26/2017 | Staff

Posted on 07/27/2017 3:12:48 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer

Scandal: When federal officials arrested Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's IT aide, Imran Awan, as he tried to flee for his native Pakistan, it was the latest twist to an already twisted scandal involving several House IT workers who possibly stole highly sensitive information from several Democrats. Stranger still has been the Democrats' nonresponse to this unfolding scandal.

Back in February, the Capitol Hill police opened a criminal investigation into Awan and four other House employees who provided IT services for several Democrats, including those serving on the House intelligence, foreign affairs and homeland security committees.

Investigators were looking into whether these employees, who had access to emails and official documents of dozens of Democratic lawmakers, had stolen equipment and sent information to an off-site server. The police immediately shut off their access to the House network.

From there, the story got weirder with every new revelation.

It turned out that the other four being investigated were relatives of Awan — two brothers, his wife, and a sister-in-law. Then we learned that Awan's bothers owed money to a Hezbollah-connected fugitive, and a friend of Awan's had been working at McDonald's before getting hired as an IT professional by Congressional Democrats.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 201702; awanbrotherarrested; awanbrothers; blogbot; blogpimp; capitolhillpolice; clickbait; cyberwar; democrats; dws; hacking; imranawan; itgate; its; pakistan; pakistanis; talibaninthebuilding; wassermanschultz; yourblogsucks
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To: pepsionice

That fraud was allowed because whether he owned that condo or not would have come up on his credit score.


21 posted on 07/27/2017 5:45:10 AM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: IBD editorial writer

And didn’t I read, just this morning, that DWS’ brother is in charge of the Aman investigation? And now the arrestee has been let out on bail??? Those in charge want him to disappear......


22 posted on 07/27/2017 6:14:23 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell service T)
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To: IBD editorial writer

fl


23 posted on 07/27/2017 6:26:17 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ( Christian is as Christian does mt-h)
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To: Liz
Here we go again.

Remember the House Bank and the House Post Office scams for members? Now it's the House Credit Union.

24 posted on 07/27/2017 8:03:40 AM PDT by lewislynn
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To: lewislynn

Check kiting expose got rid of a lot of dumb Dementocrats.


25 posted on 07/27/2017 8:59:36 AM PDT by Liz ( If ignorance is bliss, why is Maxine Waters so angry all the time?)
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To: rlmorel

Great post. That is truly the meat of the matter. Thanks for pointing it out.

But if other people only can understand when it’s about money, I’m happy to see them prosecuted for that.

IMO, it’s ultimately about power. And power comes from both money and information.


26 posted on 07/27/2017 9:03:43 AM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: generally

I sure am happy to any of them get their privates stepped on over money. If only!

I had no problem with Al Capone being prosecuted for tax evasion.

I was grimly ecstatic when OJ Simpson ended up in jail for any reason. That POS should have died in there, more’s the pity that he won’t.

If the money was their excuse to nab this guy at the airport, I think that is fine and dandy!


27 posted on 07/27/2017 9:07:44 AM PDT by rlmorel (Donald Trump: Making Liberal Heads Explode 140 Characters At A Time.)
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To: originalbuckeye

This must be some sort of MVP with DWS running interference for him and Bill Clinton’s shyster representing him and DWS’ brother “investigating” him.

But he’s still around. They still need him for something. So whatever info he’s got on them, has not yet been recovered. Or he’d be bleeding out in some DC hospital with an attending surgeon who’s married to a high DNC operative.


28 posted on 07/27/2017 9:10:08 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: IBD editorial writer
How can this be called a ‘hacking’ when Debbie Whats-her-name gave them all the access she wanted them to have...
29 posted on 07/27/2017 9:10:51 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: IBD editorial writer

I was wondering when are they were going to get around to busting Debbie..??


30 posted on 07/27/2017 9:16:23 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: Liz

Good find


31 posted on 07/27/2017 9:17:53 AM PDT by piasa
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To: Blue Highway
Interesting how a fired McDonalds employee became an IT tech
earning a Professional-grade salary for a government entity--the DNC.

I guess the Dems used bibbity, bobbity, boo fairy dust.

Like scullery maid Cinderella hitting it bigtime, becoming
the belle of the ball...... even nabbing a rich prince.

Debbie Schultz musta waved her magic wand. LOL.

32 posted on 07/27/2017 10:00:43 AM PDT by Liz ( If ignorance is bliss, why is Maxine Waters so angry all the time?)
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To: ptsal

Good points!

Start calling in the lower ones, who participated in this bank fraud.

Get them to roll over until the top dogs are named.


33 posted on 07/27/2017 10:07:09 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!)
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To: Oldexpat

“Part if the under reporting of this story is that the Rats exerted pressure to get TS clearance for these people.”

If this is true and can be documented, the FBI is probably at
fault.

Isn’t the FBI still responsible for BI’s before granting a TS clearance!


34 posted on 07/27/2017 10:10:39 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Thanks for sharing that Gary Larson piece.


35 posted on 07/28/2017 4:19:06 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
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