Source: Obama official on leave after FBI raids

Associated Press ^ | March 12, 2009 | DEVLIN BARRETT and NEDRA PICKLER

[Free ThinkerNY]

WASHINGTON (AP) - An aide to President Barack Obama is on leave from his White House job after the FBI raided his old District of Columbia government office Thursday, arresting a city employee and a technology consultant on corruption charges, a White House official said.

The charges were lodged against the two men at a federal court hearing as the FBI finished searching the city's technology office, which was led until recently by Obama's new computer chief, Vivek Kundra.

Kundra is on leave from his White House job until further details of the case become known, according to a White House official speaking on condition of anonymity because the official did not want to publicly discuss personnel matters.

[4Liberty]

[4Liberty]

[madameguinot]

This administration is sounding more and more like an episode of ‘24’!

[Freedom_Fighter_2001]

First job ever? Worked as a telemarketer

You gotta be kiddin' me!!!

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, that seems like a good idea.

[w1andsodidwe]

Wow. A corrupt Tech Consultant. That's a shock.

Yeah who would of thought. I know the ones I have worked with always put the company's interest ahead of their own. NOT!!!!

[CitizenM]

After reading the whole article, it is amazing that Obama didn't have a clue that the FBI had these people under investigation. I mean, how does a prez appoint someone who the FBI has been investigating obviously for some time?

And this last sentence, in particular, jumped out: Even as the raid was taking place, Kundra was giving a speech at FOSE, an annual government technology expo. Kundra said part of his focus is to change the way the government buys technologies from vendors. Note the word "change?" It is apparent all of Obama's people want to change things to allow their corrupt activities to continue!!!

[luvie]

And another one bites the dust.

[Wisconsinlady]

Not one of these idiots in this article have an American name. Including the POTUS. How about Kundra Kinte?

[AH_LiveRight]

And his script was “hellomynameisDavidandIamcallingonbehalfofH1bbity-J1bbitymarketing.”

Right David. And My name is Sandhir Uphuirbutt. Tell your friend Jack Mehoff to take me off of the list.

[2harddrive]

Remember the new acronym:

O ne

B ig

A ss

M istake

A merica!

[freebird5850]

I have a new tagline, this adminstration is going to fall like a house of cards.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Compare the amount of ink wasted on the “lack of vetting” done as hit pieces on Sarah Palin to the TOTAL purposeful ignorance of the zero’s administration which is FILLED with crooks, liars, tax cheats, and corruption.

[McGavin999]

8 days on the job and he’s on leave?

[zeugma]

Adding another to the list

That's apparently going to be a mighty long list. Do you have enough disk space?

[Typical_Whitey]

LEAVE OBAMA ALONE !!!!! sniff sniff...

[TeleStraightShooter]

true

[ponygirl]

I just read about this guy last week... something about major problems that were plaguing the White House web site and this guy was in charge of that whole department. Not an easy name to forget.

[Secret Agent Man]

Dont forget ABORT

These are democrats after all...