Posted on 08/01/2017 5:35:26 AM PDT by SJackson
Debbie Wasserman Schultz made a name for herself last year when the Democrats booted her as Democratic National Committee boss. Now she’s back with a vengeance in a tale centering on her top information technology man, Pakistani-born Imran Awan.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, not limited to issues related to Russia, had been investigating Awan for theft and abuses related to cybersecurity. Awan had been feeling the heat and attempted to flee to Pakistan last week but the FBI arrested him at Dulles airport on a charge of bank fraud.
According to Andrew McCarthy, who prosecuted the “Blind Sheik” Omar Abdel-Rahman, there’s a bit more to the story, even though Awan and his family have indeed been involved in swindles. As McCarthy has it, “this appears to be a real conspiracy, aimed at undermining American national security.”
Awan started as an IT man for Rep. Gregory Meeks, New York Democrat, then shifted to Wasserman Schultz. The Florida Democrat empowered him to add to the payroll his wife Alfi – she attempted to flee the country in March while a criminal suspect – brother Abid, Abid’s wife Natalia Sova, and Awan’s brother Jamal. As McCarthy notes:
“Awan and his family cabal of fraudsters had access for years to the e-mails and other electronic files of members of the House’s Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Committees. It turns out they were accessing members’ computers without their knowledge, transferring files to remote servers, and stealing computer equipment — including hard drives that Awan & Co. smashed to bits of bytes before making tracks.” The smashing tactic recalls the Clinton crew during the last election cycle.
McCarthy wonders how Awan and his family achieved access to highly sensitive government information, which requires a thorough security clearance. In his judgment, the Awan cabal could not possibly have qualified for such clearance.
As the IT intrigue unfolded, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been pushing back at investigators, and objecting strenuously to inspection of a laptop belonging to Awan. McCarthy doesn’t know what information Awan and company may have ripped off, or whether he sent it to Pakistan. But the former prosecutor is certain that “this is no run-of-the-mill bank-fraud case.”
The Daily Caller has been all over the story and according to investigative reporter Luke Rosiak Wasserman Schultz employed Awan and his wife and “refused to fire either of them even after U.S. Capitol Police said in February 2017 that they were targets of the criminal investigation.” Wasserman Schultz charged the Awans were victims of anti-Muslim profiling.
Other members of Congress had dumped Awan and Company but Wasserman kept him on board and was going to pay him, “even while he was living in Pakistan.” Rosiak also observes that Wasserman Schultz’s record on cybersecurity is shaky and the Hillary Clinton ally “was the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee when it was hacked.”
Last Thursday, President Trump reposted a Townhall tweet charging “ABC, NBC, And CBS Pretty Much Bury IT Scandal Engulfing Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Office.” That prompted a New York Times piece by Nicholas Fandos headlined, “Trump Fuels Intrigue Surrounding a Former I.T. Worker’s Arrest.”
Fandos wonders if the ongoing intrigue is “the stuff of a spy novel, ripe for sleuthing,” but quickly shifts gears. Awan’s lawyer, Christopher Gowen, explains that the accusations are “the product of an anti-Muslim, right-wing smear job targeting his client and his client’s family.”
DNC spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa, called the security charges “laughable,” claiming that Awan was never employed by the DNC and that “the U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Russia was behind the DNC hack.” As for the attempt to flee, with bundles of cash, Gowen said Awan received threats online and traveled to Pakistan to stay with family and save money.
As Cheryl Chumley observed in the Washington Times, Awan’s first employer, Gregory Meeks, suggested the authorities are targeting Awan because he was born in Pakistan and ethnicity “is a factor” in the attention the family is receiving. And now Democrats are rushing to defend Awan, Chumley writes, “saying he’s the target of massive federal Islamophobia. What a crock.”
True to form, with smashed computers, cybersecurity lapses and such, the idea that Awan might be some kind of spy is entirely plausible. So is the concept that, as Sean Hannity has suggested, Awan was the source of Democratic National Committee emails published by WikiLeaks.
Those who dismiss it all as Islamophobia, or a simple case of bank fraud, might consider this scenario.
Imagine a Russian-born IT man working for, say, House Speaker Paul Ryan. Imagine if this man smashed up computers, and purloined secret material from the Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Committees. Imagine if he was kept on the job despite financial misconduct, then attempted to flee to Russian with a wad of cash. The likely explanation would not be Russophobia, and even the old-line establishment media might think there was something to it.
In the style of Andrew McCarthy, some journalist might even flag “a real conspiracy, aimed at undermining American national security.” In the ensuing investigation, government investigators would doubtless leave no stone unturned.
Meanwhile, Awan has pleaded not guilty to one count of bank fraud, ordered to wear a GPS monitor, and surrender his passport. More details about his activities may emerge before his preliminary hearing on August 21.
A: The organization ordering a hit on Seth Rich....among other things.
Not just Seth Rich.
Been way too many people dying at times and places convenient to Democrats.
I’m glad I live upwind of DC. I couldn’t stand the smell.
If sessions has the fortitude to really squeeze this Aswan guy very hard, threaten to take his money and very hard long prison time, he may talk, give up the files with the incriminating evidence he undoubtedly downloaded and the truth may come out. Sadly doubt it will happen.
Bingo! you stated what the article would not.
Simple. IT guy caught all the child porn on Dems computers and used it to blackmail them for money and secrets which he then sold to Paki extremists. There. Mystery solved.
The fact they thought they would never get caught. Because Democrats have little oversight, they tend to act more boldly and obviously. The MSM usually nails Republicans on trivia.
Could the computers have been scrubbed and reinstalled with non-incriminating evidence? Finding a stash of government computers like that is “too” incredible.
"Who said the DNC hired him? I never said that... YOU said that! He wasn't spying on Congress... Who said he was spying on Congress? The Russians were spying... He wasn't fleeing with cash... Who said he was fleeing? You said he was fleeing, I didn't say it... He was just saving wire transfer fees...It's Islamophobia!"-PJ
Was Awan with Seth Rich on his last night?
They need to waterboard this guy. If he didn’t kill Seth Rich, he knows who did.
-PJ
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REASONS WHY DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ SHOULD BE
EJECTED FROM CONGRESS AND PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
ITEM--- Wasserman Schultz drags out the tired, smelly "Islamaphobia" excuse to explain her actions, after every other Dumbocrat----now scared s***-less----fired the shady Pakis.
ITEM---D/W/S stupidly blocked police from examining a hidden laptop tied to Imran-----braindead D/W/S failed to comprehend that she undercut her own explanation. If Wasserman Schultz really wanted the truth (other than Islamaphobia), she would not have prevented L/E from obtaining evidence that would help prove her point.
ITEM----Wasserman Schultz was reckless to assume anti-Muslim bias was the only plausible explanation. She would have denied Awan access to her computers after House authorities banned Imran from the House network in early February.
ITEM--- Wasserman Scultz not only kept Awan on staff after the ban, but she employed no other IT person to administer her tech needs, according to payroll records........ suggesting that Awan might well have maintained access to Wasserman Schultz’s computers AFTER the ban.
ITEM---D/W/S said Imran Awan was working in an “advisory” role “providing her advice on technology issues.” She did not say who performed the office’s computer work after the ban.....if not Awan.
ITEM---Apparently, Wasserman Schultz planned to keep sending tax dollars to Awan in Pakistan for six months, until his scheduled return. He remained on D/W/S's payroll----sucking up tax dollars----- until his arrest.
DNC-Media collusion on a daily basis for starters. Must be a gold mine of evidence in those servers.
<><> The extent of Wassermann-Schultz and the DNC's interaction w/ (a) Democrat House members of the intelligence panel, and, (b) Democrat members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, who were among the dozens of elected Democrat members employing the Paki/suspects on a shared basis.
<><>Were govt-issue intel computers ever transported off-premises?
<><>Did the FBI and/or Secret Service accompany and supervise the transport of the govt server?
<><> Did the Awan IT clan have active email accounts?
<><> Was there continuity of intel computer activity or did the intel computers ever go off-line?
<><> Who received govt intel?
<><>Did the Awan IT clan get officially qualified by Wasserman Schultz and the DNC to handle national-security-level data?
<><> Did the IT clan ever “upgrade, manage, and secure” the DNC server.
<><> What - specifically - did they do?
<><> Did Wasserman Schultz and the DNC vet the IT clan's security clearance to handle sensitive US govt intel?
<><> What were the DNC firewall protocols in place at the time?
<><>Who, by name, had access to govt-issue intel computers, and the administrative authorization to do so?
<><>When was that authorization given?
<><>Did the Awan IT clan ever remove all data from govt-issue 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 IT clan?
<><> Did Wasserman Schultz ever report any incidents, such as DOS attack, hacking, etc.
<><> How were they resolved?
<><> Did the IT clan maintain the DNC intel computer?
<><> Does Wasserman Schultz and the DNC know if the House Permanent Intelligence Committee computers are in functioning condition at this time?
<><> Does Wasserman Schultz and the DNC have the work schedule of the IT clan just prior to being outed, and fired, 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 Intel Committee intel equipment failed or was found to have been compromised?
<><> Does Wasserman Schultz and the DNC have a list of other foreign nationals (particularly from countries President Obama identified as terrorist countries) Democrats employed on Capitol Hill?
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At once, taxpayers demand (a) the list of foreign nationals, by name and country, on Democrats' payrolls, (b) who currently have access to US intel using govt-issue equipment, and, (c) who are cashing US govt paychecks. computers.
In one of Podestas emails he wanted an example made of whomever was leaking his emails.Only one guy we know of was killed,Seth Rich who was working for the DNC on their computers,so was AWAN who access to everything
Was Awan humping D/W/S ???
Interactive at Daily Caller web site.
The total lack of interest in this story speaks volumes. The lamestream lying fake news media really is the enemy of the people. Only news that fits their Democrat first agenda.
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