House staffers under criminal investigation for alleged equipment theft

[livingston]

02/02/17

House staffers under criminal investigation for alleged equipment theft
Five House employees are under criminal investigation amid allegations that they stole equipment from more than 20 member offices and accessed House IT systems without lawmakers' knowledge.

Access to the House network was terminated for the five employees — four men and a woman — on Thursday afternoon, but it’s up to individual lawmakers to fire the staffers in question, according to a senior House official. The official said most members are proceeding with termination.

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House staffers under criminal investigation for alleged equipment theft

The staffers have not been arrested.

All lawmakers targeted by the alleged scam were victims and had no idea what crimes might have been committed by their employees, House sources said.

The identities of the staffers are still unknown, but the official said they are shared House employees, meaning they work for multiple members, not contractors.

 

[livingston]

Three Sketchy House Intel Staffers Fired During Probe of Security Breach….
Posted on February 4, 2017 by sundance
This is, well, sketchy – to say the least. The Daily Caller is reporting that three House Intelligence “staffers” have been fired as part of an ongoing security probe.

Abid Awan, Imran Awan and Jamal Awan, are three brothers who worked within the IT department for members of the House Permanent Intelligence Committee.
Yes, you read that correctly.

You might remember, the House Intelligence Committee is part of the deepest oversight network with responsibility over the most sensitive and secretive government intelligence, including covert anti-terrorism activity. The Majority Chairman (Nunes) and Minority Chair (Schiff) sit on the CIA oversight team known as the “Intelligence Gang of Eight“:



It would be imprudent of CTH not to point out the “TIMING” here. By nature of the relationship to the G08 oversight aspect – the recently authorized Trump operation in Yemen would have been a part of the advance briefing to this very select oversight committee. The exact same oversight committee these three brothers worked in the IT department for….

♦ Does the firing have any potential attachment to the outcome in Yemen?

♦ Exactly like Benghazi, the Washington DC cover your ass machine would never, ever allow sunlight upon such a consequential intelligence compromise. They would never allow, nor even launch, an investigation in that regard. Too dangerous.

So you decide.
Three Sketchy House Intel Staffers Fired During Probe of Security Breach….

 

[livingston]

 

[Saltwater60]

At least we have trump. Obama would have replaced these men with Syrian refugees. This is insane. It must be the Russians.

 

[4excal]

At least we have trump. Obama would have replaced these men with Syrian refugees. This is insane. It must be the Russians.

Ppfft. He wouldn't have done a damn thiny because we would never even heard of it, it would've been brushed under the carpet! If we did hear about it he probably would've given the medals or took them out golfing

 

[livingston]

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.

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.



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/04/exclusive-house-intelligence-it-staffers-fired-in-computer-security-probe/#ixzz4XoqCIsx4

 

[Robin]

Twenty years ago I would have been shocked and thought it can't be real. Today, its the new normal, stupid. Criminals(????), spy's(????), working on it for an intelligence committee (?????), suspend them with pay, they do work for the government after all.
Robin

 

[livingston]

Meet The Awan Brothers - The (Not-Russian) IT Staff Who Allegedly Hacked Congress' Computer Systems

In an ironic twist, it appears it may not have been 'The Russians' that hacked America's political system last year. As The Daily Caller reports, three brothers (Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan) who managed office IT 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 computer networks without permission.

Imran Awan seen below with Bill Clinton
The three men are “shared employees,” meaning they are hired by multiple offices, which split their salaries and use them as needed for IT services. It is up to each member to fire them from working...



Jamal handled IT for Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat who serves on both the intelligence and foreign affairs panels.



“As of 2/2, his employment with our office has been terminated,” Castro spokeswoman Erin Hatch told TheDCNF Friday.



Jamal also worked for Louisiana Democrat Rep. Cedric Richmond, who is on the Committee on Homeland Security.



Imran worked for Reps. Andre Carson, an Indiana Democrat, and Jackie Speier, a California Democrat. Carson and Speier are members of the intelligence committee. Spokesmen for Carson and Speier did not respond to TheDCNF’s requests for comments. Imran also worked for the House office of Wasserman-Schultz.



Then-Rep. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, employed Abid for IT work in 2016. She was a member of House committees dealing with the armed services, oversight, and Benghazi. Duckworth was elected to the Senate in November, 2016. Abid has a prior criminal record and a bankruptcy.



Abid also worked for Rep. Lois Frankel, a Florida Democrat who is member of the foreign affairs committee.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-04/

 

[Jmac00]

I see a potential problem with all this BS. If the Trump Administration starts firing these assholes all the left lunatics will start calling him a xenophobe and anti-muslim.

In short it will be an excuse to riot

 

[livingston]

I know I posted a lot of information .. How do 3 brothers get to be employed in this position at the same

"Jamal, who public records suggest is only 22 years old and first began working in the House when he was 20, was paid nearly $160,000 a year, or three times the average House IT staff salary, according to InsideGov, which tracks congressional salaries. Abid was paid $161,000 and Imran $165,000."

Thats right, they even got Jamal a job even though he was just out of high school. And at 3 times the salary of trustworthy white christian americans who already had 20 years of experience. This was a deliberate sell out approaching the scale of Hillary's fountain of top-secret information.

 

[Cooolone]

Three family members working within the same sensitive area in itself is foolhardy. Doesn't matter their race, religion, etc. It would be very easy to compromise them as if it were known they all had the same access to sensitive information, any one, each, or, could do the dirty work for the other. All in all... Not too smart.

Is what it is... But you can be sure, it's related to something, but we will never know what.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

What in hell is going on

This is like national security traitor conspiracy stuff

 

[99cummins]

Abid, Imran, and Jamal...enough said.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Abid, Imran, and Jamal...enough said.

It sounds like they were all under experienced and over paid too.

Very strange.

 

[NY Leatherneck]

WTF!!