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Congressmen Repeatedly Failed To Supervise IT Aides With ‘Keys To The Kingdom,’ Officials Say
Daily Caller ^ | 4/16/2018 | luke rosiak

Posted on 04/17/2018 9:39:24 PM PDT by bitt

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To: bitt

The number of people in Congress who cannot turn on a computer and successfully send an email by themselves would shock the populace.


21 posted on 04/18/2018 4:01:45 AM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: Liz
One need not be a rocket scientist to conclude Democrats looked the other way b/c they got something of value in return for giving the Awans free reign over us US intel.

What were they getting?

I've wondered about this, too.

My first guess is that at the top of the chain, Debbie, or the other Congressman before her who first hired Awan was told that he was "a friend" who did IT and to hire him. Since he was a young foreigner, this was unusual, but government hirings are often based on personal connections.

I further suppose that the order came from someone very high up in the Dem hierarchy, such as Hillary/Huma. Once Awan was "in", succeeding new Dem Reps would just ask around for who they should hire, and it snowballed. One thing you can say about the Dem Party, the leaders do exercise top-down commmand and control, unlike the splintered GOP and GOP-e. Combine that with the usual Dem contempt for government security, and you've got the recipe for a disaster.

Since Awan was "in", it tends to explain why the Dems were so reluctant to kick him out, especially DWS (Debbie), who would have been closest to the original suggestion to hire him.

22 posted on 04/18/2018 4:27:56 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: bitt

This is espionage.

I knew it from the first tidbit I read on it. Anyone who thinks this is just leftist grifters out for a lot of money (even if that is part of it) are missing the bigger picture.

What these people from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (yes, The ISLAMIC Republic of Pakistan) had access to is appalling. People should HANG for this, but they won’t.


23 posted on 04/18/2018 4:49:22 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: bitt; All

Wait. People are SURPRISED?

Why EVERY non-A1S8 should be dismissed and shut-down. ‘Congressional ‘oversight’” means “shrug your shoulders and proclaim you have NO idea” (aka you were incompetent, negligent or complicit (maybe all), yet, somehow, still get to keep your job/bennies)


24 posted on 04/18/2018 4:57:47 AM PDT by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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To: Sirius Lee; bitt

>Aren’t congressmen subject to the same laws

Ho, you *are* a funny one. I’m sure that would a big belly-laugh from the 535 criminals.


25 posted on 04/18/2018 5:00:36 AM PDT by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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To: bitt

The DC just hired away Stephanie Hamill from One America News Network and so the reporter and commentator is now in Washington D.C. working for the DC. She seems to write articles and also post videos with them with her commentary. So Liz Wheeler lost her fill in at OAN.


26 posted on 04/18/2018 5:13:15 AM PDT by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
D/W/S mentored this nefarious bunch, so we can conclude she got more of everything.

The more you examine the Paki/infiltration, the more you sense that D/W/S did not act alone on this.......but that fact does not exonerate her treasonous activity.

This gal is super-ambitious. D/W/S actually has a spreadsheet of "people who owe her"....people she did favors for.

D/W/S was especially keen on getting into the good graces of the half-caste Royal Idiot b/c it suited her crass self-serving ambitions.

Strangely enough, on the surface it seemed like the half/caste kept shrugging her off.....as she pursued him w/ a vengeance.

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Distilling the info, one concludes, D/W/S was a willing "doer of tasks," but the Royal Idiot had to give the appearance that they were not connected.

The Pakis could not have (A) gotten security clearance, (B) gargantuan salaries, and, (C) gotten visas .....without some pretty high-level help.

The grotesque salaries could be one way D/W/S and Hill Democrats got paid off........via campaign contributions, kickbacks, wire-transfers, and the like.

NOTE Imran's brother, Abid, has retained an attorney specializing in money laundering litigation......we also know Abid spent considerable time in the Obama WH.

27 posted on 04/18/2018 5:34:02 AM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I tend to agree on your theory...Awan had some front-door opened for him, and got friendly with various people. It wouldn’t surprise me someone put a $100k down as a donation to a campaign fund...to get the front-door opened.


28 posted on 04/18/2018 5:55:09 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice
It wouldn’t surprise me someone put a $100k down as a donation to a campaign fund...to get the front-door opened.

No, it wouldn't, but I'd bet that someone wasn't Awan himself. Too young to make or have the connection. I think he was planted with the understanding that he'd leak info back to his sponsor when he could.

What they didn't count on was that he was such and enterprising and criminal A-hole, bringing in his family, running side-businesses as a sleazy landlord and used car salesman, while also stealing equipment from Congress.

If he'd had a little self-discipline, he could have remained a foreign intelligence asset for another ten or twenty years.

29 posted on 04/18/2018 6:20:05 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: Liz
I looked up Awan's history. It's interesting that he started working for Congress in 2004, which is in the middle of GWB's term, and before Obama had obvious influence in the Democratic Pary. But, the Clintons were always reachable, money-hungry, and bribe-able as Hillary plotted her ascent to the throne. Here's the info:

"Awan was born in Pakistan in 1980.[2] He won a green card for himself and his family in the green card lottery when he was 14.[3] After emigrating to the US in 1997, Awan worked at a fast-food restaurant while attending community college, then transferred to Johns Hopkins University where he earned a degree in information technology.[3] He became a U.S. citizen in 2004[4] and resided in Lorton, Virginia.[5][6] Awan started working on Capitol Hill in January 2004 as an information technology director for Robert Wexler."

30 posted on 04/18/2018 6:25:50 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I’ve seen that compilation of lies, thank you......

I believe NOTHING they have to say about themselves.

Glib, gullible elites like D/W/S and the rest of their Democrat employers sure as hell believed them.

That should tell us something.

From all we know now, there’s no question they falsified their “credentials” ....pretending to be legit, even degreed.

Balderdash.

They were here for one purpose......and they accomplished their spywork with flying colors.


31 posted on 04/18/2018 6:55:04 AM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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As for what the Democrats got out of the undermining of our safety and security by employing Paki spies........
I suggest Rosiak's next investigative report center on:

<><> the reelection records of the Dirty 44 Democrats---
Rosiak should checkout the hourly vote reports for any suspicious-looking vote tallies. <><>

CASE IN POINT: In her reelection, as the votes were coming in,
D/W/S vote numbers tallied in thousands of votes from nowhere.

CASE IN POINT: When D/W/S headed the DNC during the primary,
$$$donations intended for Bernie mysteriously landed in Hillary's account.

How'd she do that (snicker)?

32 posted on 04/18/2018 7:09:12 AM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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Wasserman Schultz's refusal to answer questions could "merit a request for her resignation".
Taxpayers say that's not nearly enough for all the damage she's done undermining our safety and security.

CONGRESS, PRESIDENT TRUMP, AG SESSIONS AND THE FBI NEED TO DETERMINE:

<><> D/W/S was then in power----heading the DNC...we demand to know the extent of DNC assistance to (A) the three House members of the House intelligence panel, and, (B) the five House members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs who were among the dozens of elected members the suspects IT'ed for on a shared basis.

<><>Were govt intel computers ever transported off-premises?

<><>Did the FBI and/or Secret Service accompany and supervise the transport of the server?

<><> Did the three brothers have an active email account?

<><> Was there continuity of intel computer activity or did the intel computers ever go off-line?

<><> Who received govt intel?

<><>Did the three brothers get officially qualified by the DNC to handle national-security-level data?

<><> Did the three brothers ever “upgrade, manage, and secure” the DNC server.

<><> What - specifically - did they do?

<><> Did the DNC vet the three brothers security clearance to handle this type of intel?

<><> What were the DNC firewall protocols in place at the time?

<><>Who, by name, had access to intel computers, and the administrative authorization to do so?

<><>When was that authorization given?

<><>Did the three brothers ever remove all data from the intel computers?

<><> Was malware or antivirus also on the server?

<><> Was the inherent firewall, virus protection, or operating system “upgraded, managed, and secured” by the brothers?

<><> Did the DNC report any incidents such as DOS attack, hacking, etc. How were they resolved?

<><> Did the three brothers maintain the DNC intel computer?

<><> Does the DNC know if the House Permanent Intelligence Committee computers in functioning condition at this time?

<><> Does the DNC have the work schedule of the brothers just prior to being outed for security breaches?

<><> Were normal and regular backup procedures executed on the server?

<><> Where are the back-ups kept?

<><> If no backups were taken, does the DNC have a disaster recovery location? Where is that?

<><> Did the DNC have a backup plan if the House Permanent Intelligence Committee plan intel equipment failed or was found to have been compromised?

<><> Does the DNC list other foreign nationals (from countries President Obama identified as terrorist countries) employed on Capitol Hill?

<><> The DNC must list foreign nationals by name and country who currently have access to US intel and are using govt computers.

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Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

FBI TIP PAGE---https://tips.fbi.gov

CONTACT CONGRESS: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044

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THE STANDOUT FACTS:

<><> The Awan clan had access to sensitive US intel from House Democrats' Intelligence and Foreign Affairs committees..

<><> The clan did not work for companies currently vetted to do such work.

<><> They DID NOT HAVE.....and could not possibly have qualified for.....security clearances.

<><> SHOCKER: Rosiak reported that Imran “was doing IT work on Democrats computers while living in Pakistan 3-4 months at a time."

NOTE Half of the Republican Congress has officially signed on to the US labeling Pakistan a terrorist country.

33 posted on 04/18/2018 7:17:28 AM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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Democrat House Intel Committee member Cong Adam Schiff told ABC News Sunday awhile back: “Indeed, it would be negligent for us not to investigate the Russian connection......if a foreign government…has something that they can hang over the head of our president that can influence U.S. policy, it is very much in our national security interest to know it.”

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MEMO TO CONG SCHIFF: You advanced the discredited Russian dossier bunk, as low-level office help....Pakistani operatives working in your Congressional offices.....accessed US govt-issue computers teeming w/ sensitive intel involving the safety and security of Americans.

Cong Schiff, your House Intelligence Committee oversees all or part of the following executive branch departments and agencies:

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence

• Central Intelligence Agency

• Defense Intelligence Agency

• Department of Defense

• Department of Energy

• Department of Homeland Security

• Department of Justice

• Department of State

• Department of Treasury

• Drug Enforcement Administration

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

• National Reconnaissance Office

• National Security Agency

• Office of Naval Intelligence

• Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency

• United States Army Intelligence and Security Command

• United States Coast Guard Intelligence

• Marine Corps Intelligence Activity

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Democrats noticed nothing ---as the IT staff back-doored Congressional computers to siphon off classified security intel. The IT staff then absconded, hustled out of sight.......shockingly given visas while under criminal investigation.

Martha Raddatz of ABC News was completely unprofessional for not asking Schiff about the Capitol Hill breach.

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FREEPERS--- CONTACT ABC FEEDBACK PAGE http://abc.go.com/feedback

34 posted on 04/18/2018 7:19:22 AM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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To: Liz; bitt

Liz nails IT with post #14

don’t miss it.


35 posted on 04/18/2018 7:22:30 AM PDT by thinden
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To: All; Pearls Before Swine; Liz; bitt; Grampa Dave; Travis McGee

lotta important info on Awan’s espionage provided by Liz in this thread.

Luke has been out there on an island himself with his investigative reporting being spiked.

couple other dots:
1. huma was born in Paki
2. barrack hussein bin soetoro took a “spring break” road trip to Pakistan with his college roommate.
3. imran awan was getting his marching order from upstairs based on logs from trips he made to the white mosque.
4. the picture that shows up everywhere of imran awan has been cropped and bubba hisself have been scrubbed outta that picture. (the original picture is out there somewhere)


36 posted on 04/18/2018 7:36:04 AM PDT by thinden
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To: Eagles6; GOPJ

I guess when the entire House of Representatives IS the spy ring people just don’t want to talk about it.


37 posted on 04/18/2018 12:56:17 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: thinden; Liz

Is there any indication that any of this mess in the House computer system has been cleaned up or is it still under Paki Intelligence Service control, riddled with back doors and administrator passwords in their hands?


38 posted on 04/18/2018 1:21:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: TigersEye

Capitol Police say blips indicate the congressional equipment in their possesion is still being accessed.


39 posted on 04/18/2018 1:52:48 PM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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To: Liz

Thanks, Liz. Thought I might have missed it but I hadn’t heard anything about an effort to clean out and reconfigure their system. Un-freaking-believable!

Bad enough that the Pakis sit on the shoulders of every Congressman listening in but why wouldn’t they share, for a price, with any and every bad actor across the globe? They’re close with the ChiComs for starters and the potential list of buyers gets worse from there.


40 posted on 04/18/2018 2:02:35 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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