Posted on 01/09/2020 6:49:05 PM PST by Hojczyk
Former govt. agent admits spying on Attkisson, implicates his colleagues.
Former U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein is accused of leading the group. Govt. hackers allegedly reported to FBI official who now heads CrowdStrike
Former FBI Unit Chief confirms he initiated forensic report proving govt. intrusion and reported to Attkisson
A former U.S. government agent has admitted participating in the illegal government surveillance on then-CBS New investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson. The insider has identified former U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein as the person responsible for the project.
As a result of the new admission, Attkisson and her family are filing suit against Rosenstein and four other men allegedly involved. According to the lawsuit, the illegal surveillance was conducted against Attkisson and other U.S. citizens under a government operation based at the U.S. Attorney’s office in Baltimore, Maryland.
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The Attkisson lawsuit claims that in March 2011, Defendants Shawn Henry, Shaun Bridges, Robert Clarke, and Ryan White, all of whom were government employees connected to a special multi-agency federal government task force based in Baltimore, Maryland, were ordered by Defendant Rosenstein to conduct home computer surveillance on Attkisson and other U.S. citizens.
Shawn Henry was head of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. In 2012, Henry left the FBI and now is president of CrowdStrike Services, a company that seeks to mitigate targeted online attacks on corporate and government networks globally.
Shaun Bridges was as a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service for approximately six years, operating out of the Baltimore Field Office. Between 2012 and 2014, he was assigned to the Baltimore Silk Road Task Force, a multi-agency group investigating illegal activity on the Silk Road, a covert online marketplace for illicit goods, including drugs. In 2015 and 2017, Bridges was convicted of corruption related to his government work, and is now serving a prison sentence.
At the time Attkisson was targeted by the illegal surveillance, she was a CBS News investigative correspondent who was uncovering news about the Department of Justice’s “gun walking” operation known as Fast and Furious. Attkisson’s reporting of the case ultimately was recognized with an Edward R. Murrow award and an Emmy Award for investigative reporting.
Unauthorized, remote surveillance of Attkisson continued throughout her subsequent reporting on the Islamic extremist attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012. That reporting was recognized with an investigative Emmy nomination. CBS News first confirmed the illegal computer intrusions in August 2013.
In another development, a former FBI Unit Chief has signed a sworn Affidavit confirming that forensics prove U.S. government software was used in illegal surveillance on Attkisson and her family.
Leslie Szwajkowski, an attorney, headed up the FBI’s Electronic Surveillance Technology Section. He says that a colleague asked him for help in examining Attkisson’s computer in late 2012. Szwajkowski says a forensics exam conducted by a technician with expertise in government surveillance tools confirmed that spyware proprietary to a federal agency was found in Attkisson’s computer. Szwajkowski says he and his colleagues were “shocked” and “outraged” to learn the government was spying on a journalist.
Szwajkowski said the remote intruders had “full access” to Attkisson’s computer, files, photographs and internet activities. The surveillance allegedly included a keystroke monitoring program, exfiltration of Attkisson’s files, and listening in on her audio through Skype.
Was General Flyn part of the swamp?
Going after the swamp in civil court is low odds, but since SA and others are high visibility persons, something may come from it.
Yours truly will not be a tiny bit surprised if this is all quashed by a National Security Letter.
Neither will Sibel Edmonds, I’ll wager.
bttt
Butterdezillion, please pick up the white courtesy telephone,
Butterdezillion, please pick up the white courtesy telephone.
Only because he kept money without cutting in his higher-ups.
Btw, I was told it was only the "Higher ups" who are corrupt. Appears that was false too.
Something that could only be done with the direct knowledge and consent of the president.
It’s a civil lawsuit. Don’t need the DoJ to get justice for herself. She already has proof as to who did it.
I think we are starting to see that before Trump, Obama’s DOJ/FBI/CIA was spying on anyone they imagined to be a political opponent.
It must have been extremely widespread.
...And hopefully she had copies of the originals backed up early on to a flash drive in a VERY secure place.
I'm sure there must be some topics in which I'd have to disagree with Mrs. Atkinson, but, all in all, she appears to be an excellent journalist of very considerable integrity and courage. We need more like her.
Also IRS and NSA.
L8r
L8r 41
Couldn't be. There were NO SCANDALS in the Obama Administration.
The New York Times and Washington Post both told us so.
Too bad, that loon has been permanently flushed.
Rod Rosenstein lands job with corporate law firm in DC: reports
Interesting firm.
bump
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