Exclusive: Imran Awan Has Still-Active Secret House Account, And It’s Tied To [An Intel Staffer]

dailycaller.com ^ | Luke Rosiak

[RoosterRedux]

A former IT aide suspected of stealing equipment and data from Congress still has an active, secret email account on the House computer system, even though he has been banned from the congressional network because of a criminal investigation into the alleged cybersecurity violations, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned.

Imran Awan’s still-active email address is linked to the name of a House staffer who specializes in intelligence and homeland security matters for Indiana Democratic Rep. André Carson. Court documents and emails obtained by TheDCNF show Awan used the address 123@mail.house.gov in addition to his standard imran.awan@mail.house.gov account.

He and two of his Pakistani-born brothers, as well as his wife, are at the center of an FBI investigation over their IT work with dozens of Democratic congressional offices. Authorities shut down Awan’s standard email account Feb. 2, and he was arrested by the FBI at Dulles International Airport trying to board a flight to his native Pakistan on July 25.

Authorities apparently did not realize Awan has a second account that is not linked to his identity. While his main email address began rejecting mail after it was shut down, the 123 address was still accepting mail Tuesday.

[ScaniaBoy]

Thanks for your post #14.

On another thread ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3581733/posts ) I posted this:

André Carson is the only Member of Congress to have served in a Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center.

and:

Did you read the link Mewzilla posted?

“In an 2014 interview with the Huffington Post, he recalled an incident in which he’d been arrested at age 17 “because police officers tried to go into a mosque without probable cause,” saying it inspired him to become a police officer. He moved on to work in the anti-terrorism unit of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.”

Seriously? How many “red” traitors did not have similar backgrounds?

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Given the info you posted it ought to have been unbelievable that this person has been given clearance to such sensitive positions. Unfortunately it is not.

[Liz]

Not excusing anyone....but the facts of this case are mind-boggling.

The layers of crimes committed are intertwined......and complex.

L/E needs to build an airtight case against this scum....the scum in and out of Congress.

[TADSLOS]

I really don’t expect congress to clean up this breach, either republican or democrat. I suspect they just hope it quietly goes away while they are busy destroying their hard drives and peripherals.

[Liz]

For dam sure....”Hope Springs Eternal” up there on Capitol Hill.

But the stupids always make a mistake......an unintentional mistake.

That’s all we need.

[Steven Tyler]

We need a Government shutdown to scrub these e-mail account

[pepsionice]

Back around the 2000 era, I came to note off a military base’s email server (you could see every account from the base)....at least forty individuals (of which half of them had been gone three years or more) which were dormant.

I brought this one day. Everyone was a bit shocked and they all thought someone was in charge of cleansing the listing. So this got brought up....level after level. There must have been at least a thousand accounts removed over the next month or two. But for that entire period, no one ever noted this or had some procedure to clean the server listing on a regular basis.

I would make a guess that the DNC has the same problem brewing. There might be 10,000 email accounts there which are connected to people who’ve been terminated, let go, or just retired. Who knows....maybe even a dozen fake-Hillary accounts are still listed there as Sec of State.

[demkicker]

Never been so upset with what is going on. Is Trump helpless to fix this crap?

[Roccus]

At this point, I would consider the entire House listing of accounts to be suspect, and shut down the system for 72 hours while sorting out the actual people...their present jobs...and ensure that no other secondary accounts exist.

I know a family of computer whizes that need work. They would be ideal for just such a task. Presently they are on public assistance, but are eager to get off the dole and partake of the American Dream. They are hard working people, but due to bigotry, have been unable to find work since their immigration from Syria.

[Liz]

Ace reporter Luke Rosiak, and the Daily Caller, need to be nominated for Pulitzer Prizes. Luke has tenaciously stayed on the story and has dug deep to get the pertinent facts, to date.

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[Liz]

Imran Awan and the Paki clan appear to have been running a govt-issue tech procurement scam. Shockingly the theft ring operated inside the Democrat Congressional Caucus w/ the explicit cooperation of Democrats that employed the Pakis.

Here's how they worked the scam:

(Hat tip Luke Roziak)---According to the Daily Caller report, the rock solid evidentiary paper trail includes Yvette Clarke's chief of staff casually signing off on a classic theft ring operating inside the Democrat Congressional Caucus, orchestrated by the Paki's.

The facts uncovered so far by ace reporter, Luke Rosiak, suggest the Paki/Awan gang was running the oldest of scams......selling computer gear out the back door after first brazenly claiming to authorities that it was "stolen."

PAPER TRAIL The Daily Caller reported Yvette Clarke (or her staff) would still have to sign an official voucher for each tech purchase.

This raises questions regarding how dumb Democrat Yvette Clarke really is. She didn't notice (A) that her office purchased 120,000 dollars of tech equipment, (B) in quantities her 16-man office did not plausibly need, (C) that never actually materialized in her office (b/c it had been delivered to Imran's residence)?

PAPER TRAIL Democrat Yvette Clarke then wrote-off (made disappear) $120,000 of tech devices that would have bought 10 iPhones and 10 iPads for each of her 16 employees.

L/E MUST SEIZE THE EVIDENTIARY PAPER TRAIL About 80 other Democrats employing the Pakis have not been audited for similar patterns.......as yet.

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Here's the sap-happy Dem Yvette Clarke blithely "aiding and abetting" the theft of US-govt issue equipment.
"Oh, it's just a measly 120,000 tax dollars.....just write it off."

Cong Yvette Clarke describes herself as a "Caribbean-American."

The 120,000 tax dollars tech purchase would have bought each of Yvette Clarke's 16-man staff an unbelievable 10 iPods and 10 iPhones each.

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Keep in mind, this involves just ONE Democrat...the Pakis IT'ed for up to 80 Democrats. The theft numbers are likely to skyrocket.

[Liz]

EXCERPT---Authorities shut down Awan’s standard email account Feb. 2, and he was arrested by the FBI at Dulles International Airport trying to board a flight to his native Pakistan on July 25. Authorities apparently did not realize Awan has a second account that is not linked to his identity.

While Awan’s main email address began rejecting mail after it was shut down, the 123 address in Rep Andre Carson's was still accepting mail as of Tuesday.

Mail sent via Gmail fills in the name of the account-holder of 123 as Nathan Bennett, a Carson aide; Bennet's LinkedIn profile says his individual legislative portfolio covers “national security and foreign affairs” and includes work on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

The member Bennett works for, Andre Carson, is a member of both the House Intelligence and House Homeland Security Committees, and previously employed Awan.

FEEL SAFE YET? Carson is also ranking member of the House intelligence subcommittee on Emerging Threats, which oversees the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The subcommittee oversight extends to the National Counterterrorism Center and information-sharing programs.

A spokeswoman for Andre Carson, Jessica Gail, did not express concern or surprise when contacted by TheDCNF about Awan’s still-active email address Monday morning. Bennett said Tuesday morning Gail had not even informed him of the details.

Bennett, who is Carson’s deputy chief of staff, told TheDCNF he has no control over the 123 address. “However this happened, it was not with my consent or control,” he said in an email. “For the record, I do not, nor have I ever, had control of the 123@mail.house.gov email account or any other account connected with Imran Awan or his family.” That could not be confirmed by the House’s chief administrative officer (CAO) because spokesman Dan Weiser has said “the CAO will not comment on matters pertaining to this ongoing investigation.”

Bennett’s response raises questions about whether Awan was misusing Carson’s office, access or staffers.

Gail declined to comment on Awan, or state whether the office is concerned he may have misused Bennett’s identity. She also declined to state whether the office has taken any measures to assess its data security since Awan’s problems came to the attention of the office in September 2016.

Carson had employed Awan since 2015, and did not fire him when his office learned Awan was the subject of an investigation in September. He also did not fire Awan immediately after he was banned from the House computer network by Capitol Police in February, payroll records show.

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[timestax]

What the heck !

[poconopundit]

Thanks for this interesting intelligence, Liz.

To put a man like Carson in a vital position in national security shows the Dem’s true colors as traitors.

The only worse situation was to have Barkie Mau Mau Boobamba as president and radical muzzie sympathizer. It’s all simply unbelievable.

[Wiser now]

The Democrats have been selling access to our intelligence for the last nine years, at least.
All of the big names are involved and becoming rich from treason, the Obamas, the Clintons, Holder and Lynch, Wasserman Schultz, Schumer and Pelosi, Comey, and Brennan, and quite possibly McConnell and Ryan at the very least.
If the public knew what these people were doing the Democrat party would cease to exist.

[nicollo]

To get an appointment such as he has on an Intelligence committee, Carson has to be bringing in serious money for the DNC. These appointments are paid positions: every appointment has an amount that Members have to raise in exchange.

In other words, Carson is channeling serious Islamicist cash directly into the DNC. It's not just for his own candidacies.

See: Sharyl Attkisson Reports On Congressional Fundraising Corruption: Buying Top Spots On Powerful Committees and Zach Wamp, Former Congressman, on the Fundraising Problem

From Wamp's piece:
"For example, while I was writing this piece, I received a call from a sitting lawmaker, asking for a donation toward the $325,000 dollars he’s obligated to pay the NRCC every year."

[Liz]

Nice find......great contribution to the thread. Thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 8/30/2017. Thanks RoosterRedux.

[GOPJ]

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