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Rep. Cliff Stearns demands investigation into #Weinergate
http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/31/congressman-says-weinergate-cybersecurity-investigation-vital-in-order-to-ensure-our-national-security/ ^

Posted on 05/31/2011 2:48:30 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear

Florida Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns is demanding an investigation into cybersecurity issues raised by #Weinergate, saying it is vital to “ensure our national security.”

Though New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner remains silent on whether or not he’ll be seeking an investigation into his claims that his Twitter and Facebook accounts were hacked, leading to his Twitter account’s posting of a picture of a man’s erect penis underneath gray boxer-briefs, Stearns told The Daily Caller that the imbroglio raises troubling questions that should be looked into by Congress.

“Although this particular incident is a matter for law enforcement, it clearly indicates that hacking is a serious problem and as Chairman it would be appropriate for the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to examine the issue of cybersecurity to protect our privacy and to ensure our national security,” Stearns said in an email to The Daily Caller.

Stearns is the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, a committee on which Weiner sits.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: stearns; weiner; weinergate
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1 posted on 05/31/2011 2:48:35 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: Minus_The_Bear

HAHA I love it!

Meanwhile, Weiner twists in the wind, to borrow an old phrase.


2 posted on 05/31/2011 2:54:35 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Dear Lord, Please judge Barack Hussein Obama for betraying Israel, and not the whole nation. Amen.)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

“picture of a man’s erect penis underneath gray boxer-briefs”

You gotta be kidding! I saw the picture, no way that was a MAN’s erect member, maybe a 12 year old boy, but no way an adult white male. Most men look bigger than that when they have to fart. I call this BS. Rosie O’Donnell has a bigger wiener than that.


3 posted on 05/31/2011 2:54:45 PM PDT by TxDas (This above all, to thine ownself be true.)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Takes the phrase “Congressional Probe” to a whole new level.


4 posted on 05/31/2011 2:55:30 PM PDT by hometoroost (Love the Onion story on a closed-ceremony "transparency" award. Oh wait, that actually happened.)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Calling Beulah Ballbricker! What we need here is a lineup to identify the offending tally whacker ( That’s what Principal Carter called it in Porky’s)


5 posted on 05/31/2011 2:56:20 PM PDT by vette6387 (Enough Already!)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

I haven’t kept up with this story. Is this something he sent to a sweetie, then got exposed (pun?) by a hacker? Or did the hacker expose him?


6 posted on 05/31/2011 2:57:06 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Great move. Unlike Rush trying to ignore this scumbag’s folly the Rep. has the right idea embarrass this idiot as long and as much as necessary.

This is not an isolated incident and looking into will reveal a lot.


7 posted on 05/31/2011 2:57:11 PM PDT by arrogantsob
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To: umgud
There is no hacker. Weiner sent a photo of his junk to a college student.

He then blamed it on a "hacker" then most of the media both liberal and conservative tried to cover it up.
8 posted on 05/31/2011 3:00:41 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Seems as if Cliff has a bone to pick with Tony!

Okay! That’s it. Posted 3 variations of that in the last 15 minutes. Dotta get a new line,,,,,


9 posted on 05/31/2011 3:01:13 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Minus_The_Bear
"All men are dogs! ...Come home to Momma!"


10 posted on 05/31/2011 3:01:21 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Minus_The_Bear

How did it come to attention, or find its way into the public domain? What trigger brought to the newsfront? Sorry, it’s just now on my radar.


11 posted on 05/31/2011 3:02:44 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Amazing how this guy won’t deny that that was his schlong, yet even many “conservative” media outlets are spiking the story.


12 posted on 05/31/2011 3:05:06 PM PDT by cartervt2k (...and they cling to their abortions and their global warming religion)
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To: umgud
Congress Weiner tweeted the photo to the college student but did not make it private... everyone on the internet could see it.

Andrew Breitbart & conservative bloggers starts asking questions soon after that.
13 posted on 05/31/2011 3:05:09 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: cartervt2k
Those outlets were never conservative. People need to stop supporting National Review, Weekly Standard, FOX News, etc...

They are covering for this perv.
14 posted on 05/31/2011 3:07:00 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Thank you. That clears it up.


15 posted on 05/31/2011 3:09:08 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Minus_The_Bear

What’s the over/under on when Huma Weiner leaves this national socialist?


16 posted on 05/31/2011 3:09:12 PM PDT by SUSSA
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To: umgud
then got exposed (pun?) by a hacker? Or did the hacker expose him?

There is no hacker.

Weiner's trying to make it seem like there is.

Meanwhile he's plotting with his wife's boss to try to plan a Grand Strategy of how to get out of this mess.

17 posted on 05/31/2011 3:09:59 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Glad this Congressman is opening the fly into a Congressional investigation of whether national security is threatened with foreign agents hacking into Congressional underwear and protected internet accounts. We need to know whether Weiner was handled by friend or foe. It is in this country’s national interests to protect Weiner’s ability to freely manipulate his own instrument of communication.

Congress, ZIP OPEN THIS WEINER PROBE and don’t stop until you find out exactly who, and what, has arisen!


18 posted on 05/31/2011 3:11:06 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: umgud

Wiener lawyered up on Sunday but refused to ask the FBI to look into the “hacking” . . . Wife Huma Weiner is stone silent. Chuck Schumer says Weiner is “probably” innocent.

You just can’t make this stuff up. Naturally, most members of Congress are as quiet as church mice because most of them probably do the same thing. If I could just get Michelle Bachmann to . . Well, nevermind


19 posted on 05/31/2011 3:16:03 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever.)
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To: umgud
Here are plenty of links to explain the story. Some do contain the pic in question but you will not die from seeing it, I promise. If you've seen an average man in a speedo you've seen more than this underwear-clad skinny guy has to offer. Do not be drinking or eating while looking at the pic as there is some danger of laughing and thus choking to death.

links

Basically, there is this cute buxom black college girl, 21, in Seattle, who appears to have a big crush on Weiner. He tweets that he is about to appear on air with Rachel Madcow, and mentions in his tweet that he will be on at such-and-such in Seattle time. Hm. Then 3 hours later he tweets a photo to this girl of his lil smoky, in his grey boxer briefs, with his scrawny thigh showing. Then he also tweets a bunch of stuff about hockey to his general followers.

But somehow the hacker had hacked into his account and sent the faltering Wiener to Weiner's fan. But somehow Weiner hacked it right back so he could continue to Tweet. And then suddenly everything was deleted, and the coed deletes her whole account! Hm.

And then Weiner dialed his lawyer, and suddenly this illegal hacker has become a harmless prankster, and Weiner is loath to call the FBI against this breach of security into a sitting Congressman's private account. Hm.

It's just a silly prank and we should all look away, says Weiner. I'm just glad iPhones come with zooms on their cameras now or the poor student would never have even be able to see what Weiner was proferring.

20 posted on 05/31/2011 3:22:48 PM PDT by Yaelle
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