IN NEWLY OBTAINED MEMO, CONGRESS’S TOP COP SAID HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS SERVER VANISHED

The Daily Caller ^ | 07/02/2018 | Luke Rosiak, Investigative Reporter

[Yosemitest]

IN NEWLY OBTAINED MEMO, CONGRESS’S TOP COP SAID HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS SERVER VANISHED



A secret memo marked “URGENT” detailed how the House Democratic Caucus’s server went “missing” soon after it became evidence in a cybersecurity probe.
The secret memo also said more than “40 House offices may have been victims of IT security violations.”

In the memo, Congress’s top law enforcement official, Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving, along with Chief Administrative Officer Phil Kiko, wrote,

“We have concluded that the employees [Democratic systems administrator Imran Awan and his family] are an ongoing and serious risk to the House of Representatives, possibly threatening the integrity of our information systems and thereby members’ capacity to serve constituents.”

The memo, addressed to the Committee on House Administration (CHA) and dated Feb. 3, 2017, was recently reviewed and transcribed by The Daily Caller News Foundation.
The letter bolsters TheDCNF’s previous reporting about the missing server and evidence of fraud on Capitol Hill.

It details how the caucus server, run by then-caucus Chairman Rep. Xavier Becerra, was secretly copied by authorities after the House Inspector General (IG) identified suspicious activity on it, but the Awans’ physical access was not blocked.

But after, the report reads, the server appears to have been secretly replaced with one that looked similar.

The memo called for firing the Pakistani-born aides, revoking all their computer accounts, and changing the locks on any door they had access to.

Rep. Louie Gohmert — a Texas Republican on the House Committee on the Judiciary who has done oversight work on the case — said the missing server contained copies of Congress members’ emails.


“They put 40 members of Congress’s data on one server …
That server, with that serial number, has disappeared,” he said.

Multiple sources connected to the investigation told TheDCNF that shortly after an IG report came out identifying the House Democratic Caucus server as key evidence in a criminal probe, the evidence was stolen.


“They [the Awans] deliberately turned over a fake server” to falsify evidence, one official close to the CHA alleged.
“It was a breach.
The data was completely out of [members’] possession.”



The six-page letter says:


• In September of 2016 … the CHA and [IG] briefed the former Chairman of the Democratic Caucus about suspicious activity related to their server that the [IG] identified.
As a result, the former Chairman of the Democratic Caucus directed the CAO to copy the data from their server and two computers.

• The CHA directed the IG to refer the matter to the US Capitol Police.
The USCP initiated an investigation that continues to this day.

• In late 2016, the former Chairman of the Democratic Caucus announced his intention to resign from Congress to assume a new position.
The CAO and [sergeant-at-arms] worked with the Chairman to account for his inventory, including the one server.

• While reviewing the inventory, the CAO discovered that the serial number of the server did not match that of the one imaged in September.
[Investigators] also discovered that the server in question [the replacement server] was still operating under the employee’s control, contrary to the explicit instructions of the former chairman to turn over all equipment and fully cooperate with the inquiry and investigation.
[A House source said the “employee” was Abid Awan.]

• The USCP interviewed relevant staff regarding the missing server.

• On January 24, 2017, the CAO acquired the [replacement] server from the control of the employees and transferred that server to the USCP.



President Donald Trump referenced the Democratic Caucus’ missing server in a tweet.
But because the letter to the CHA was kept secret, many news outlets have not grasped that the House’s top cop documented a “missing server” connected to the Democratic Caucus.

The timeline laid out in the letter also shows that Becerra — now California’s Democratic attorney general — failed to ensure that the Awans didn’t have access to House computer systems during the 2016 election, which was wrought with cybersecurity scandals.

An IG presentation from September 2016 shows that Becerra knew of problems months before the server disappeared.



“The Caucus Chief of Staff requested one of the shared employees to not provide IT services or access their computers,” it read.
“This shared employee continued.”
It’s unclear why that request was not granted or why it was a request rather than an order.

A House official close to the probe said the employee was Abid, who was not on Becerra or the Caucus’s payroll.
The official said Becerra Chief of Staff Sean McCluskie apparently knew Abid was accessing Caucus servers.
According to payroll records, Abid’s sister-in-law, Hina Alvi, was the Caucus’ systems administrator.

The Awans’ continued physical access to Becerra’s equipment after red flags emerged enabled the server to disappear after it became evidence, House officials close to the investigation told TheDCNF.
(RELATED: Becerra Tried To Block Awan From House Democratic Caucus Server, But Logins Continued; He Didn’t Go To Cops)



Becerra has refused to comment, citing an ongoing criminal investigation.

The February 2017 memo itemizes “numerous and egregious violations of House IT security” by members of the Awan family, including using Congress members’ usernames and “the unauthorized storage of sensitive House information outside the House.”



“These employees accessed user accounts and computers for offices that did not employ them, without the knowledge and permission of the impacted Member’s office,” it said,
adding, “4 of the employees accessed the Democratic Caucus computers 5,735 times.”
More than 100 office computers were open to access from people not on the office’s staff, it said.

Chris Gowen — a former aide to Hillary Clinton who is now serving as Imran’s attorney — told TheDCNF, “There is no missing server and never was.”

He didn’t provide any support for his claim, which is contrary to evidence Kiko and Irving presented to Congress.

The memo said the CHA possesses voluminous evidence, including, “Interview notes with House Members’ Chiefs of Staff,” and “Logon activity and computer access logs.”
Prosecutors have not brought charges.

The Awans were banned from Congress’s computer network the day the letter was sent, and Kiko held a briefing to convey the message to chiefs of staff for members who employed them.



But Democrats claim they were never told about any of the cybersecurity issues itemized in the urgent memo.
Rep. Jackie Speier — a California Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence who employed Imran and his wife, Hina Alvi — said she never heard of any missing server.

Joaquin Castro of Texas — another Democratic intelligence committee member who employed one of the Awans — told TheDCNF that Kiko never told him of any cybersecurity issues whatsoever and that the Awan probe was instead described as a theft issue.

Indeed, the CHA issued only one public statement on the case and titled it the “House Theft Investigation” — wording that avoids cybersecurity words while political news coverage raged about other cybersecurity issues in the 2016 election.

Yet even the alleged theft has not resulted in criminal charges — even though the letter also says House authorities have “purchase orders and vouchers” that allegedly show procurement fraud, as well as testimony from a Democratic chief of staff to Rep. Yvette Clarke, who warned of procurement fraud.

The FBI arrested Imran at the airport in July 2017 for alleged bank fraud that occurred six months prior, and Democrats have since claimed that the case is about nothing but bank fraud.
Bank fraud does not explain why the Awans were kicked off the House network concurrent with the urgent memo, which did not cite bank fraud.

A Democratic IT aide who alleged that Imran solicited a bribe from him told TheDCNF he believes members of Congress are playing dumb and covering the matter up.
Wendy Anderson, a former chief of staff to New York Rep. Yvette Clarke, told House investigators

that she suspected that her predecessor, Shelley Davis, was working with Abid on a theft scheme,
but Clarke refused to fire Abid until outside investigators got involved, TheDCNF reported.

Eighteen months after the evidence was recounted in the urgent memo, prosecution appears to have stalled for reasons not publicly explained.
Imran is in court July 3 for a possible plea deal in the bank fraud case.
Gohmert said the FBI has refused to accept evidence demonstrating alleged House misconduct, and some witnesses with first-hand knowledge say the bureau has not interviewed them.


Imran Awan: A Continuing DCNF Investigative Group Series

[rawcatslyentist]

Lil Jeffie IS the deep state!

[Madam Theophilus]

Another possible view - the deep state is so deeply entrenched in our body politic that to attack it directly would pull down our whole government system because the citizenry would not accept either political party. Better to work behind the scenes and dismantle it piece by piece.

[Mr. K]

Just went “poof” and it was gone!

I hate when that happens.

[fella]

And we’re supposed to trust our LEO and Intelligence agencies?

The Russians ARE more trust worthy. At least they tell better lies or say nothing when cornered.

[Blue Highway]

right after he finishes baking those Keebler Soft-Batch Chocolate Chip cookies!

[RWGinger]

LOL
Amazingly this is a different server.
I think the one you are referencing is the DNC server supposedly hacked by Russia and that the FBI never looked at
OR you could be thinking of Hillary’ private server from which she conducted top secret biz.
So many servers so many crimes

[Roccus]

The memo, addressed to the Committee on House Administration (CHA) and dated Feb. 3, 2017, was recently reviewed and transcribed by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The letter bolsters TheDCNF’s previous reporting about the missing server and evidence of fraud on Capitol Hill.

It details how the caucus server, run by then-caucus Chairman Rep. Xavier Becerra, was secretly copied by authorities after the House Inspector General (IG) identified suspicious activity on it, but the Awans’ physical access was not blocked.

Who are these "authorities" that "secretly" copied the caucus's origonal server and what happened to that copy?

[Two Kids' Dad]

“That server, with that serial number, has disappeared”

So figure out which government official was the last person to have official possession of it and jail them until such a time as it reappears.

Funny how there isn’t a big hoopla about it on the various swamp-media channels. Why isn’t CNN freaking out about how crucial evidence in a criminal matter has been stolen?

[BuffaloJack]

Worst case of “the dog ate my homework” I’ve ever seen.

[yoe]

(Mr. Awan was arrested by the FBI) nearly a year ago. He and his wife would be indicted for bank fraud soon after. They now also need to investigated for the possibility of espionage. Such a probe must shine a light not only on the Awans but also on their main enabler, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz,

"Gohmert, for one, says he wants the situation aired openly give the “potential for mayhem in our private Congressional system.”

“I have been quietly advised that authorities really are looking into it, but that is conveyed in a whisper at the back of the room,” the lawmaker said. “I have contended for months our elected House leaders should be giving us regular open updates on the extent of potential exposure and just how big this problem is...”

DWS knowingly continued to employ Awan possibly a spy...being paid by other house members.........How corrupt is this government....? TERM LIMITS.

[neverevergiveup]

She (Wassermann-Schultz) is a perfect example of why the idea that women are somehow more ethical and honorable than men, and should be running things, is a joke. She, Hillary, Pelosi, Brazile, Lynch - are all peas in a pod, and illustrate how gender is irrelevant when picking those you want to let near government power.

[Yosemitest]

Members Affected :

Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Robert Wexler (D-FL) Left office 2010
Xavier Becerra (D-CA) Left office 2017
Chris Bell (D-TX) Left office 2004
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) Left office 2008
Jim Costa (D-CA)
Hilda Solis (D-CA) Left office 2009
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Kendrick Meek (D-FL) Left office 2010
Melissa Bean (D-IL) Left office 2010
Sandy Levin (D-MI)
Tim Ryan (D-OH)
Baron Hill (D-IN) Left office 2010
John Sarbanes (D-MD)
Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
Dave Loebsack (D-IA)
Ron Klein (D-FL) Left office 2010
Joe Donnelly (D-IN) Left office 2013
Ben Chandler (D-KY)
Left office 2013 Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Jackie Speier (D-CA)
Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) Left office 2009
Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
Martin Heinrich (D-NM) Left office 2013
Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) Left office 2012
Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) Left office 2010
Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
John Carney (D-DE)
Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
Karen Bass (D-CA)
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Ted Deutch (D-FL)
Henry Waxman (D-CA) Left office 2015
Ron Barber (D-AZ)
Patrick Murphy (D-FL)
House Democratic Caucus (Man not named)
Joe Garcia (D-FL)
Joyce Birdson Beatty (D-OH)
Lois Frankel (D-FL)
Mark Takano (D-CA)
Dan Kildee (D-MI)
Julia Brownley (D-CA)
Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) Left office 2017
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
Tony Cardenas (D-CA)
Robin Kelly (D-IL)
Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
Katherine Clark (D-MA)
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
Joe Crowley (D-NY)
Brad Ashford (D-NE) Left office 2017
Andre Carson (D-IN)
Gwen Graham (D-FL) Left office 2017
Pete Aguilar (D-CA)
Ted Lieu (D-CA)
Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
Donald McEachin (D-VA)
Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
Charlie Crist (D-FL)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Darren Michael Soto (D-FL)

[Peeps47]

He's either the deep state or the deep state has dirt on him that he is very afraid of. Either way he is proving he is as worthless as a turd. It sickens me to watch the constant lies of traitors who continue to go unpunished. If these criminals aren't locked up it means our republic has been lost. It will take much spilled blood to get it back.

[Uversabound]

How corrupt is this government....?

And they double down too.

We are in the fight of our lives

[tet68]

Or is this not the server in question?

This is not the server you are looking for...

[logi_cal869]

I knew this months ago.

There’s no reason for this to have been stonewalled for so long other than to obfuscate details and/or destroy evidence.

So now there’s a paper trail (the “memo”. LOL). What will happen now?

Right. /s

I have many questions, as I’m sure others here do...

Kudos to Luke for staying on top of this, but he could’ve made this a Tweet.

[DannyTN]

DNC sith tricks.

[Yosemitest]

"Who are these "authorities" that "secretly" copied the caucus's origonal server
and what happened to that copy ?"

My guess is that the server that is missing is in Pakistan with Amid Awan, Jamal Awan, Imran Awan, and Rao Abbas.

Go back to some earlier links that I linked to below:

WHY isn't Debbie Wassermann Schultz, the REAL CRIMINAL that hired the spies ... that started this REAL THREAT to our NATIONAL SECURITY, being investigated by Robert Mueller's Grand Jury of MOSTLY DemocRATS ?
" ... While working closely with Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, Mr. Mueller has assembled a team of accomplished prosecutors and lawyers specializing in criminal and national security law.
Twelve attorneys are on temporary assignment to the special counsel’s office from the Justice Department or FBI, and three came from Mr. Mueller’s firm of WilmerHale.
Mr. Andres is the most recent addition.

Mr. Trump has questioned the neutrality of Mr. Mueller’s office, telling Fox News he is concerned that Mr. Mueller’s prosecutors are “Hillary Clinton supporters” and that Messrs. Mueller and Comey are friends. ...

... At least eight members of Mr. Mueller’s team have given to Democratic candidates, including the presidential campaigns of Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton, according to Federal Election Commission records. ...

Mr. Andres in March supported a Democratic lawmaker, donating $2,700 to Kirsten Gillibrand, a U.S. senator representing New York, according federal campaign disclosure records. ... "


With EIGHT Democrats on the temporary assignment of the Twelve, HOW can we expect JUSTICE to be done ?

Well, just how many DemocRATS are likely to be EXPOSED if the real TRUTH COMES OUT ?

Reference Debbie Wasserman Schultz's hired spies:

Day 284.2 Hillary's Leakers, Hackers and Henchmen ( 9:13 )
George Webb on Jul 31, 2017
And there's this link Wasserman Schultz IT Staffer "Frantically" Liquidating $2 Million In Real Estate Assets
(Excerpt)

While details are scarce, media reports have alleged that Awan and his brothers potentially ran a procurement scheme in which they bought equipment, then overcharged various House members that employed their IT firm.  Meanwhile, some congressional technology aides have alleged that the Awan’s were blackmailing representatives based on the contents of their emails and files, due to the fact that these representatives have displayed unwavering and intense loyalty towards the former aides.

As background, Imran was first employed in 2004 by former Democrat Rep. Robert Wexler (FL) as an “information technology director”, before he began working in Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s office in 2005.

The family was paid extremely well, with Imran Awan being paid nearly $2 million working as an IT support staffer for House Democrats since 2004. Abid Awan and his wife, Hina Alvi, were each paid more than $1 million working for House Democrats. In total, since 2003, the family has collected nearly $5 million.

In total, Imran's firm was employed by 31 Democrats in Congress, some of whom held extremely sensitive positions on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.



Some of the #Democrats who had Pakistani IT workers (currently under investigation) on their payroll. #AwanBrothers https://t.co/XvrJ6H1iW9 pic.twitter.com/gVjNkfqWH3

— Nick Short ???????? (@PoliticalShort) May 22, 2017

 

Of course, one of the most intriguing parts of the Awan narrative is precisely why former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (DWS) decided to keep him on her taxpayer-funded payroll right up until his arrest and whether that decision had anything to do with the whole DNC / Hillary email scandals that erupted last summer.

A preliminary hearing for Awan is scheduled for August 21.

SOOOOOOOOO .... that's AT LEAST 31 DemocRATS that are worried about being EXPOSED !


Pakistani Suspects In House IT Probe Received $4 Million From Dem Reps
By LUKE ROSIAK, Investigative Reporter at 9:12 PM 03/01/2017


But it is getting WORSE with McMaster in charge while he protects the "Obama Holdovers".

MCMASTER’S NSC COUP AGAINST TRUMP PURGES CRITICS OF ISLAM AND OBAMA
The National Security Council is becoming a national security threat.
August 4, 2017 by Daniel Greenfield on FRONTPAGEMag.Com


The Democratic National Committee REFUSED to allow their computers and servers to be searched for evidence.
WHY ?
I propose that
the Democratic National Committee hired Amid Awan, Jamal Awan, Imran Awan, and Rao Abbas to do the hacking to search for evidence against their opponents in the 2016 election,
and also had them hack the Democratic National Committee's own computers and servers, so as to remove suspicion from the DemocRATS.

Consider the following information about the SO CALLED Russian Hacking.
I believe it was the Democratic National Committee who was DOING the hacking and leaving FALSE TRACES of the Russians.
We MUST INVESTIGATE the Democratic National Committee's servers ! ! !

Let's review a few pieces of history, such as:
CBS NEWS on December 12, 2016, John Bolton says claims of Russian hacking could be "false flag" operation

MotherBoard.Vice.com on Oct 12 2016, How Hackers Plant False Flags to Hide Their Real Identities

Politico on Dec 11 2016 Bolton: Russian hacks could actually have been by Obama administration

National Review on Nov 1 2016 The Clinton E-mails Are Critical to the Clinton Foundation Investigation

The Rush Limbaugh Show on Jun 13, 2017 We Have Evidence That Loretta Lynch Obstructed Justice

NewsMax on May 31 2017 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Admits She Violated Information Security Policy 'For Years'

Politico on Mar 1 2017 House Democrats fire two IT staffers amid criminal investigation

The Daily Caller on Mar 4 2017 EXCLUSIVE: House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs Committee Members Compromised By Rogue IT Staff
Now based on the articles linked above, I propose to you that it is VERY POSSIBLE AND CREDIBLE
that the Democratic National Committee,
under the direction of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hillary and Bill Clinton, and the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF,
hired Amid Awan, Jamal Awan, Imran Awan, and Rao Abbas
to hack those computers,
and to place false flags to make it look as if the Russians did the hacking.

On the other side of the issue is:
The Glenn Beck Program on Jun 13, 2017 EXCLUSIVE: Jim DeMint Weighs in on Russia and His New Role at Convention of States

Bloomberg.Com on June 13, 2017 Russian Cyber Hacks on U.S. Electoral System Far Wider Than Previously Known

Schneier on Security on Jun 9 2017 NSA Document Outlining Russian Attempts to Hack Voter Rolls

TheIntercept.Com on June 5 2017


TOP-SECRET NSA REPORT DETAILS RUSSIAN HACKING EFFORT DAYS BEFORE 2016 ELECTION



Now, I trust former Senator Jim DeMint, and I trust Rush and Glenn.
But all former Senator Jim DeMint has is the document he was shown and briefed upon, and they came from a corrupted agency under Obama and his minions.

In closing, let me make it clear that
I strongly believe that document and other sources were generated by Amid Awan, Jamal Awan, Imran Awan, and Rao Abbas,
while they were working for the Democratic National Committee, under the direction of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hillary and Bill Clinton, and the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF .


Imran Awan, target of a House security probe, worked in IT for Rep. Andre Carson, a member of the intelligence committee


Former President Bill Clinton with alleged Muslim Spy Imran Awan


Wasserman Schultz Threatened Police Chief For Gathering Evidence On Her IT Staffer’s Alleged Crimes


THE AWAN BROTHERS PAKISTANI/AMERICAN INTERNET SECURITY TEAM


Obama Placed ISLAMIC SPIES in the Federal Government. Details Are Treason.

[bert]

Why do you think the President is stupid?

[bigbob]

It was "repurposed" for yummy goat kebabs: