“they may have stolen data from us.”
Posted on 08/01/2017 8:29:25 AM PDT by Ray76
(Feb 8, 2017) Last year, eight members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued a demand that their staffers be granted access to top secret classified information.
The signatories to the letter were Andre Carson, Luis Guiterez, Jim Himes, Terri Sewell, Jackie Speier, Mike Quigley, Eric Swalwell and Patrick Murphy. All the signatories were Democrats. Some had a history of attempting to undermine national security.
Two of them have been linked to an emerging security breach.
The office of Andre Carson, the second Muslim in Congress, had employed Imran Awan. As did the offices of Jackie Speier and Debbie Wasserman Schultz; to whom the letter had been addressed. Imran Awan and his two brothers, Jamal and Abid, are at the center of an investigation that deals with, among other things, allegations of illegal access. They have been barred from the House of Representatives network.
A member of Congress expressed concern that, “they may have stolen data from us.”
All three of the Pakistani brothers had been employed by Democrats. The offices that employed them included HPSCI minority members Speier, Carson and Joaquín Castro. Congressman Castro, who also sits on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, utilized the services of Jamal Moiz Awan. Speier and Carson’s offices utilized Imran Awan.
Abid A. Awan was employed by Lois Frankel and Ted Lieu: members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also on the committee is Castro. As is Robin Kelly whose office employed Jamal Awan. Lieu also sits on the subcommittees on National Security and Information Technology of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Tammy Duckworth’s office had also employed Abid. Before Duckworth successfully played on the sympathy of voters to become Senator Tammy Duckworth, she had been on the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces of the Armed Services Committee.
Gwen Graham, who had also been on the Armed Services Committee and on the Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee, had employed Jamal Awan. Jamal was also employed by Cedric Richmond’s office. Richmond sits on the Committee on Homeland Security and on its Terrorism and Cybersecurity subcommittee. He is a ranking member of the latter subcommittee. Also employing Jamal was Mark Takano of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Imran had worked for the office of John Sarbanes who sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee that oversees, among other things, the nuclear industry. Other members of the Committee employing the brothers included Yvette Clarke, who also sits on the Bipartisan Encryption Working Group, Diana DeGette, Dave Loebsack and Tony Cardenas.
But finally there’s Andre Carson.
Carson is the second Muslim in Congress and the first Muslim on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and, more critically, is the ranking member on its Emerging Threats Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture Subcommittee.
he Emerging Threats Subcommittee, of which Carson is a ranking member, is responsible for much of counterterrorism oversight. It is the worst possible place for a man with Carson’s credentials.
Carson had inherited his grandmother’s seat and exploited it to promote a radical Islamist agenda. He has interfaced with a laundry list of Islamist groups from CAIR to ISNA to ICNA to MPAC. Islamists have funded Carson’s career to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. The Center for Security Policy has put together a dossier of Carson’s connections to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is the parent organization of many key Islamic terror groups posing a threat to our national security including Al Qaeda and Hamas.
Andre Carson shared the stage at a CAIR banquet with Sirraj Wahaj: an unindicted co-conspirator in the World Trade Center bombing who had once declared,” You don’t get involved in politics because it’s the American thing to do. You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.” CAIR itself had been named an unindicted co-conspirator in terror finance.
Carson had praised Tariq Ramadan who had been barred from this country for funding Islamic terrorists. And the Muslim politician was a co-sponsor of the Free Syria Act which attempted to aid Islamist Jihadists in Syria linked to the Muslim Brotherhood such as the Free Syrian Army.
The presence of Andre Carson on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Emerging Threats Subcommittee has always been extremely controversial. But this latest breach involving Democrats on this committee and on other key national security committees raises serious questions about the scale and magnitude of the real problem caused by a compromised congress.
While Carson and other HPSCI Democrats had been demanding security clearance for their staffers, three Pakistani Muslims working for them appear to have compromised security to an unknown degree.
Why were the Awan brothers, one of whom had a criminal record, even allowed to work in such a sensitive position? How did the personnel suspected in this case pass background checks? And was any classified information compromised as a result of these alleged breaches?
These questions and more must be asked and answered. But they are only the first of many questions.
When the Democrats are so contemptuous of our national security that they put forward Andre Carson, a politician who has appeared at Islamist events and praised radicals and extremists, to such a sensitive position, it is not surprising that they are equally willing to hire walking security risks.
The most obvious lesson here is that security must be tightened. If Democrats refuse to take their responsibilities seriously, then President Trump must do it for them. Until the Awan case is resolved, those Democrats who employed them must have their access to classified material restricted.
Under no circumstances may the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence members who employed the Awan brothers be permitted to allow their staffers to gain access to classified material.
And Andre Carson must be forced to choose between his Islamist ties and his membership in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Emerging Threats Subcommittee. No one should be allowed to have a foot in both the pro-terrorist and the counter-terrorist spheres of our society.
Congressional Republicans must take the lead in cleaning house. If they cannot do so, President Trump must step in. At stake are the security of our nation and the safety of our troops. The Democrats may have abandoned their responsibility to our brave men and women, from the battlefield to the VA, but those elected officials who still believe that their sacrifices matter cannot remain silent.
The swamp that allowed Andre Carson and the Awan brothers inappropriate access must be drained.
In the six months since they were barred from the House computer networks all but one of the Awan gang have fled the country. The one remaining, Imran Awan, was apprehended at the airport while fleeing the country.
Within hours he had retained a Clinton Foundation lawyer and was released with an ankle monitor.
The Awan family fled to Qatar - not their native Pakistan
What does that tell you?
The Democrat Party has sold out The United States of America.
The Democrats would put you, your children, your grandchildren, your friends and neighbors into slavery for some money.
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“The Democrat Party has sold out The United States of America.”
MANY Republicans, EVERY member of the House, yes, you, too, Trey, during the Fraud’s reign, gladly assisted.
We’ll clean up the Republicans after we drag the Democrats to justice.
During the Presidential campaign in 2016, when Hillary asked a reporter "do you mean wipe it with a cloth?" after being asked about a server, you realized instantly that she knew absolutely nothing about information technology that was a part of the daily lives of literally hundreds of millions of Americans. We don't need a President who is a techie, but we certainly didn't need a President who was completely oblivious to ubiquitous information technology which drives a good deal of our economy.
I think everyone assumes that the Wikileaks dump of DNC e-mails was accomplished by spear phishing through John Podesta, presumably accomplished by some Russian hackers. But, is is possible that the DNC was penetrated through the obvious Awan threat, via Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who would have had high level integration into all the other relevant parties while she was at the DNC?
How about this, the spies had access to everyone’s e-mail and probably thier home and shared Directories. They gave the info gathered on the GOP and shared it with the Rats. Think about that.
swamp water is warming up
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MEMO TO CONG SCHIFF: You advanced the discredited Russian bunk, as low-level office help....spies 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
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 you about the Capitol Hill breach.
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She was just trying to be a smart-ass with that remark. The video of the incident shows she was being sarcastic. The tip-off to her ignorance came earlier, when the existance of her private server first came to light. When asked about her "unsecured" server, she explained that it was quite secure as it was on her NY property which itself was surounded by Secret Service officers.
The DNC hired the Awans *because* they were known to be hostile spies for the jihadiscum, in the same way that Obama put Muslim Brotherhood on his cabinet *because* that gave Obama direct links to facilitate aiding and abetting an active enemy at war against us.
No part of this was accidental, fumbling or due to carelessness.
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TALKING POINTS--- Last year (2016), eight Democrat members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued a demand to then-DNC head Debbie Wasserman Schultz that their staffers be granted access to top secret classified US intel. Some signatories had a history of attempting to undermine national security. Two signatories have been linked to an emerging security breach.
The signatories to the letter were all Democrats----Andre Carson, Luis Guiterez, Jim Himes, Terri Sewell, Jackie "Jonestown" Speier, Mike Quigley, Eric Swalwell and Patrick Murphy.
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FACTS ON FILE
<><>The office of Andre Carson, the second Muslim in Congress, had employed Imran Awan. As did the offices of Cong Jackie Speier and Cong Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
<><> A Democrat member of Congress expressed concern that, “they may have stolen data from us.”
<><> The Pakistani IT clan had been employed by Democrats...including HPSCI minority members Speier, Carson and Joaquín Castro. Congressman Castro, who also sits on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, utilized the services of Jamal Moiz Awan. Speier and Carson’s offices utilized Imran Awan.
<><> Abid Awan was employed by Lois Frankel and Ted Lieu: members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also on the committee is Castro. Abid was cashing US govt checks but spent his time at home.
<><> Cong Robin Kelly employed Jamal Awan. Cong Ted Lieu also sits on the subcommittees on National Security and Information Technology of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
<><>Tammy Duckworth’s office had also employed Abid. Before Duckworth successfully played on the sympathy of voters to become Senator Tammy Duckworth, she had been on the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces of the Armed Services Committee.
<><> Cong Gwen Graham, who had also been on the Armed Services Committee and on the Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee, had employed Jamal Awan. Jamal was also employed by Cedric Richmond’s office. Richmond sits on the Committee on Homeland Security and on its Terrorism and Cybersecurity subcommittee. He is a ranking member of the latter subcommittee.
<><> Also employing Jamal was Cong Mark Takano of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
<><> Imran had worked for the office of John Sarbanes who sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee that oversees, among other things, the nuclear industry. Other members of the Committee employing the brothers included Yvette Clarke, who also sits on the Bipartisan Encryption Working Group, Diana DeGette, Dave Loebsack and Tony Cardenas.
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Imran Awan and his two brothers, Jamal and Abid, Imran's wife and a friend, Rao Abbas, are at the center of an investigation that deals with, among other things, allegations of illegal access. They have been barred from the House of Representatives network as of February 17.
UPDATE---Imran was recently arrested, then released. All the other IT clansmen have absconded to the Mideast.
There is far more to this than what we’re seeing.
“they may have stolen data from us.”
That should have been the Sunday headlines on all newspapers across the nation.
Yes, there was evidence in spades that she was clueless, and it was throughout the campaign. I think of the number of people throughout out the working populations of the US, not even IT workers, who have routine familiarity with networks and computer nomenclature is huge, and it was that population that listened to Hillary’s ignorance, and said “not a good idea”.
The other message she was sending out broadly, but not fully recognizing the impact of, was the campaign slogan “Stronger Together”. This would typically be seen on the lectern she was speaking behind. Of course you also got to see her coughing bouts, and other signs of physical weakness, displayed with “Stronger Together” signs, and I think that created a low level dissonance that impacted many voters.
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