Posted on 06/25/2017 7:24:12 PM PDT by Pic7
EXCLUSIVE: House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs Committee Members Compromised By Rogue IT Staff
Three brothers who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers were abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion that they accessed congressional computers without permission.
Brothers Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan were barred from computer networks at the House of Representatives Thursday, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Three members of the intelligence panel and five members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs were among the dozens of members who employed the suspects on a shared basis. The two committees deal with many of the nation’s most sensitive issues and documents, including those related to the war on terrorism.
Also among those whose computer systems may have been compromised is Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida Democrat who was previously the target of a disastrous email hack when she served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 campaign.
Why isn’t Gowdy digging into this? Nevermind. /s
what’s on those computers seized by Capitol Police about which Debbie threatened the Chief about?
what’s on those computers seized by Capitol Police about which Debbie threatened the Chief about?
That should be President Trump’s strategy the next time some Fake News Talking Head or demonicRAT (but I repeat myself) badger him about Russia hacking the election. Turn it around tell them he is more interested in getting to the bottom of how the DNC allowed Pakistani IT guys hack into the Pentagon’s system.
Relieved of their duties, my ass! Why weren’t they arrested?
What exactly was the reason they got 24/7 Pakistani police protection wherever they went in Pakistan..?
was the Pakistani government just so in awe of how **awesome** they were..?
gosh, I wonder if there was a material reason.
According to LegiStorm.com, which tracks congressional pay, the contractors’ Capitol Hill work started in 2004 with at least two making six-figure salaries, including Abid Awan last year earning $166,944.
But Awan also had money troubles, contributing to concerns about the contractors’ access to sensitive emails and how that could be used. Awan declared bankruptcy in 2012 with more than $1.1 million in debt.
Court documents show the debt included roughly $51,150 to the Congressional Credit Union, for two cars and a credit line. And Virginia court records show he has had 19 violations since 2009, mostly traffic-related offenses.
Database searches found no major criminal charges for any of the contractors allegedly under investigation.
The contractors could not be reached for comment.
As of 3/14/2107
Wasserman Schultz as of Friday was still employing Imran Awan, 36, as an adviser, despite his access to the chamber’s computer system having been revoked.
PING!!!
Flashback article Feb 2017
Keeps it in the discussion.
Also note on Sunday morning Futures, Jason Chaffetz was asked about the Awan Brothers.
An Excellent Interview with Jason Chaffetz!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HidusbqtmCI
Thanks, Pic7
Related:
CrowdStrike: Five Things Everyone Is Ignoring About The Russia-DNC Story
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3563951/posts
Official documents and multiple sources say at least five contractors — including brothers Imran, Jamal and Abid Awan — are the focus of the probe but that as many as six people could be involved.
The others purportedly involved are Imran’s wife, Hina Alvi, and Rao Abbas, who is not part of the family.
They allegedly removed hundreds of thousands of dollars of equipment from offices, including computers and servers, and ran a procurement scheme in which they bought equipment, then overcharged the House administrative office that assigns such contractors to members.
Sources also say the contractors, including one who worked for Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, had “unauthorized access” to the House computer system.
The connection to the former Democratic National Committee boss has sparked questions about whether the contractors could have ties to the DNC hack last summer, which was seen to hurt Hillary Clinton’s ultimately failed White House bid — or whether Russia or other outside operatives accessed emails that the contractors allegedly put on a cloud server.
There have been no reports or evidence so far showing the contractors were involved in a hacking incident.
House Democrats have stood by the contractors, privately and publicly suggesting their Muslim and Pakistani heritage prompted the probe and is contributing to fear-mongering.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/14/plot-thickens-in-probe-house-it-contractors.html
This whole thing stinks to high heaven.
But the Dims tell us not to get our covfefe all in a wad about it.
bump
This will never be proved, but I suspect the three brothers had their exit from the US smoothed by some of their Democrat clients.
Thanks for the ping and the info/research.
These guys seem to have been swept under the rug.
Excellent work! Please keep after this.
And Sessions sleeps on!
Why are you posting this story that is 4 months old? Has there been a new development?
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