House IT Aides Fear Suspects in Data Breach are Blackmailing Members

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Five Capitol Hill technology aides say they’re confused why four former House IT workers who were banned over allegations of data theft have been left largely untouched.

Where are the arrests?

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Imran Awan and three relatives were banned from the computer networks in the House of Representatives after authorities found they were involved with unauthorized access.

Police banned Imran Awan and three relatives from the House computer networks after evidence surfaced that the brothers — the relatives — had accessed the data without first obtaining congressional permission.

But little been done about the suspects, and now aides fear the data on Capitol Hill has been compromised — and that nobody’s being held accountable.

From the Daily Caller:

“Congressional technology aides are baffled that data-theft allegations against four former House IT workers — who were banned from the congressional network — have largely been ignored, and they fear the integrity of sensitive high-level information.

“Imran Awan and three relatives were colleagues until police banned them from computer networks at the House of Representatives after suspicion the brothers accessed congressional computers without permission.

“Five Capitol Hill technology aides told The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group that members of Congress have displayed an inexplicable and intense loyalty towards the suspects who police say victimized them. The baffled aides wonder if the suspects are blackmailing representatives based on the contents of their emails and files, to which they had full access.

“‘I don’t know what they have, but they have something on someone. It’s been months at this point’ with no arrests, said Pat Sowers, who has managed IT for several House offices for 12 years. ‘Something is rotten in Denmark.’

Something’s rotten indeed. Certainly, it’s been long enough to take some kind of punitive action.

Again, from the Daily Caller:

“A manager at a tech-services company that works with Democratic House offices said he approached congressional offices, offering their services at one-fourth the price of Awan and his Pakistani brothers, but the members declined. At the time, he couldn’t understand why his offers were rejected but now he suspects the Awans exerted some type of leverage over members.

“‘There’s no question about it: If I was accused of a tenth of what these guys are accused of, they’d take me out in handcuffs that same day, and I’d never work again,’ he said.

“The Awans’ ban sent 20 members searching for new IT workers, but another contractor claims he’s had difficulty convincing offices to let him fill the void, even when he seemed like a shoo-in. He says he has the sense some members wrongly believed that he blew the whistle on the Awans’ theft and they were angry at him for it.

“Politico reported the Awan crew is “accused of stealing equipment from members’ offices without their knowledge and committing serious, potentially illegal, violations on the House IT network.”

“A House IT employee who requested anonymity said tech workers who have taken over some of those offices found that computers in some — but not all — offices were “thin clients” that sent all data to an offsite server in violation of House policies. Additionally, staffers’ iPhones were all linked to a single non-government iTunes account.

“Awan began working for Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida in 2005, and his wife, his brother’s wife, and two of his brothers all appeared on the payrolls of various House Democrats soon after, payroll records show. They have collected $4 million since 2010.”

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bamalamadingdong
bamalamadingdong
6 years ago

Where is Rule Of Law Jeff Sessions or the FBI………..Or is Sessions just another one of the cover up federal bureaucratic elite hypocrite traitors to the constitution and rule of law….

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
6 years ago

Please give Sessions some time…..Obummer had 8 years to compromise our government…..Sessions has only been in office a few months. And I suspect he is nothing like Holder and Lynch….he’ll wait until he has concrete evidence….then strike.

bamalamadingdong
bamalamadingdong
6 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

Lets hope so………Sessions and one of his Chief Of Staff used to be in my Army Reserve unit….the corruption has been so massive between both parties I’m afraid no one want to uncover it…I hear elected leader say we dont want to go there and create a constitutional crisis….We are way past a constitutional crisis….

tatka150
tatka150
6 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

if swamp wouldn’t fire him, like all other great guys. Like Flynn, Bannon, Gorka. Nothing would surprise me at this time.

ahem
ahem
6 years ago

Of course, they’re being blackmailed. Why do you think all Congressional opposition to Obama collapsed?

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
6 years ago
Reply to  ahem

It’s all those naked photos that will make Monica Lewinsky look like Mother Teresa, reckon?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

American law is not applicable to congress. The only thing that will get the truth, is a bigger bribe.

Maryhthomas
Maryhthomas
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

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ladywarrior
ladywarrior
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Or another person(s) shot on the streets of DC in the middle of the night….

lato_sensu
lato_sensu
6 years ago

well well well – they all have some thing to hide – shady?? pettifoggery even ??

Isahiah62
Isahiah62
6 years ago

So the so called JEWISH Debbie Wasserman hired Pakistani Muslims for the USA House IT during a crucial election?? AND DEMOCRAP continue to get away with ACTUAL CRIMES & sedition, election fraud and more while crying WOLF at Trump’s team and pumping #fakenews about Russians 24/7.

…and this folks is why the TEMPORARY BAN ON MORE MUSLIMS coming form HOSTILE places like Pakistan should have been allowed to proceed until we make it PERMANENT…and why our intel agencies are so compromised? filled with religion of piss people,commie lovers & hostile minorities who hate USA. People so demented with RAGE and HATE they’ve been indoctrinated to think it’s HATE to be PROUD of and justifies any actions. DEMOCRAP profess more hate for TRUMP and followers than for ISIS ….

…………aren’t you sick of a USA infiltrated by enemies?? packed into all places of interest by OBama the Caliphate’s chosen man to our highest office??

Looks like time for hacking these hackers and exposing the FULL NATURE of the DEMOCRAT Party’s underhanded attempts to overthrow the results of our election, then JAIL time for traitors.

Steve
Steve
6 years ago

Maybe the house members need to talk to somebody in the CIA to put some weight on these brothers but oh wait the CIA has been taken over by the russians the muslims and the mafia. That’s become a good excuse for hiding go seek.

Wayne Ville ... a Deplorable
Wayne Ville ... a Deplorable
6 years ago

These IT aids need to either prove it or shut up.

iprazhm
iprazhm
6 years ago

Congress is bowing to islam and killing American citizens with their jihad lottery, because they’ve done wicked things and the bad guys know about them. THAT’S why they’re selling us out to EVERY evil ideology of the left!!! To save their lucrative political positions and NOT go to jail!!!
We wont save our country until we get rid of ALL congressmen, and start over with ONLY Godly, constitutional republic leaders.

Mourning Warbler
Mourning Warbler
6 years ago

Had the impression Senators who were “okay” with Hillary’s careless handling of national security info also were careless.

Pamela Olson
Pamela Olson
6 years ago

Blatant corruption within the once hallowed halls of the House. *smh. So while the liberal progs are still scrapping the bottom of the barrel for Russia Russia Russia… this and other just as heinous offensives are not even being looked at!! Why? Blackmail? How many of them are pedosadist? How many of them have been caught doing something underhanded? How many of them have taken money from places we all know don’t have America’s best interest at heart…and how many of them are tied to entities like George Soros and his 50+ foundations and orgs? Hmmmmm…

Just like Tucan Sam for Fruit Loops, “Just follow your nose, it always nose…the smell of corruption!” Follow the money and you’ll find your root folks.

freepetta
freepetta
6 years ago

Is it true that Debbie’s brother is the US attorney in charge of this case??? If that’s true the Justice Dept. and President Trump need to change that immediately!! DS-W should not be shown the least bit of leniency in this case.

Debbie put the American people in jeopardy for her Pakistani spy ? to spread US secrets to various terrorist organizations and hostile countries. When is this going to be taken seriously?

tatka150
tatka150
6 years ago
Reply to  freepetta

Never. It hillary got away with all the crimes she committed, this debbie wasserman szhults will got away same way. The whole this story stinks to high heaven. Which way this IT spy’s wife was allowed to leave US with 12K cash unreported in the declaration. 10K cash is the limit. The rest is a felony. Anybody else would be arrested immediately and would be able to leave the country. It’s just for the beginning. It’s so obvious. Nothing will happen with anybody. Take it easy. Swamp will cover the swamp. As always.

Dave De La Rond
Dave De La Rond
6 years ago

this has been going on for 8 years thanks Hussein Obama

Nabi Rasch
Nabi Rasch
6 years ago

Kinda makes you wonder if and how much Mr T’s being blackmailed and manipulated. Would explain a lot, wouldn’t ot?

marhannah
marhannah
6 years ago
Reply to  Nabi Rasch

I thought the same thing, but, I wouldn’t care what they had on him as long as he can garner the political leverage to get this nation back in order. Donald Trump was no saint and this we already know. However, I really believe that THE God can get things straightened out and use President Trump to do it; the Creator used King David, and he too was quite the womanizer. Please, pray for President Trump, and for this nation.
IF the United States of America goes down, it will be total madness across the globe. Lord, have mercy.

Nabi Rasch
Nabi Rasch
6 years ago
Reply to  marhannah

Yer right–that shouldn’t be a problem with his support. However it looks more and more like Mr T’s a false prophet and that it’s a mistake to naively trust and make excuses like so many of his disciples do. Should have been negatively alerted when he stocked the swamp with relatives. So far a disappointing weak last bet although invaluable success has been achieved.

Patricia Farmer
Patricia Farmer
6 years ago

All Capitol Hill is corrupt; congress, senate, DNC, 3 clintons, everyone who gave Trump a hard time are traitors to the core. My the Web we weave when we set out to deceive!!! The fbi, cia, hell who knows the extent!!! We the people should demand the government shutdown now before our country is gone. Our own government, what a corrupt bunch of imbeciles, how in the world do these idiots sleep at night?

Patricia Farmer
Patricia Farmer
6 years ago

I can’t believe the comments below saying of course they were being blackmailed!!! Do you put yourselves in their place??? I don’t care, if I had been in their place I would have done anything it took to expose these criminals, anything period!!! This is our COUNTRY, WE’RE TALKING NATIONAL SECURITY, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!! HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE AND RESPECT YOUR COUNTRY??? WHAT THE HE’LL IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE TODAY???

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