Trump Fuels Intrigue Surrounding a Former I.T. Worker’s Arrest

Sooooo, it's now Trump that's making these guys front-page news? Not anything they've done, just the usual bullshit excuses. Posting this because this shit makes me very very angry at our corrupt media, especially powerful corrupt media. It treats the American people like we're too damn stupid to see through the bullshit. The word 'gaslighting' comes to mind.

Trump Fuels Intrigue Surrounding a Former I.T. Worker’s Arrest
WASHINGTON — For months, conservative news outlets have built a case against Imran Awan, his wife, two brothers and a friend, piece by piece.

To hear some commentators tell it, with the help of his family and a cushy job on Capitol Hill, Mr. Awan, a Pakistani-American, had managed to steal computer hardware, congressional data and even — just maybe — a trove of internal Democratic National Committee emails that eventually surfaced last summer on WikiLeaks. It helped that the story seems to involve, if only tangentially, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who is the former chairwoman of the committee and an ally of Hillary Clinton’s.

The Daily Caller, with almost two dozen articles on the family, has led the pack in reporting the story, packaging new details that have dribbled out of the investigation into a growing web of material, even as few in the mainstream news media paid attention.

That is until Monday, when Mr. Awan was arrested by the F.B.I. and United States Capitol Police on seemingly unrelated charges as he tried to board a flight to Pakistan. In the days since, the story has raced down an increasingly familiar track at warp speed, from the fringes of the internet to Fox News and other established publications.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/us/politics/imran-awan-debbie-wass...

Then the Dims wonder why nobody buys their lies anymore. Everything that happens to the poor Clinton Creature is because "TRUMP"!!!

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It helped that the story seems to involve, if only tangentially, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who is the former chairwoman of the committee and an ally of Hillary Clinton’s.

Only tangentially. It's like saying the State Department emails crime connected to Clinton and her staff only tangentially because she was Secretary of State, they were her staff, and they were her emails.

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@Linda Wood Just like a suicide with two shots to the back of the head.

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Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.

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@Linda Wood

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@Amanda Matthews The Democrats haven't figured this out yet, but they are finished in their present incarnation. The downside is that we will be stuck with the faux-populist insane clown posse that are the Republicans until the left can reorganize and present a decent alternative again.

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"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."

@Amanda Matthews In other words, RWNJ conspiracy theory.

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@gustogirl
They are starting to move suspicion as to the source of the DNC leaks from Seth Rich (original leak) and Crowdstrike and/or CIA (Guccifer 2.0) onto Awan.

How convenient!

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@gustogirl Let's not talk about Seth Rich, that nice young American boy who was so brutally executed, h'rm, I mean killed in a robbery gone wrong. Or if you want to talk about him, you could talk to the DNC-approved lawyer who was assigned to his parents.

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@Amanda Matthews
tangentially involved, so there! Bite me"

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@Linda Wood so without her, there would have been no situation (story), so, seems she's actually at the very heart of this matter from my uneducated perspective.

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@MsGrin We had NO idea that our completely independent contractors would behave in such a manner.

So you can't sue us.

Neener, neener, neener.

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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.

They figure even a denial which very few believe will work - because it so often has.

They keep denying and they keep getting away with murder - and the American people keep getting told to look forward

'...Like one, that on a lonely road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turn'd round, walks on
And turns no more his head:
Because he knows, a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread. ...

( http://www.rc.umd.edu/sites/default/RCOldSite/www/rchs/reader/rime6.html )

If those under threat never get together to deal with the fiend in a unified manner, it gains in strength and aggressiveness and feeds off the more vulnerable individuals within the population until the source it drains is gone...

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Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.

A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.

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One of the oldest games in the book.

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In the days since, the story has raced down an increasingly familiar track at warp speed, from the fringes of the internet to Fox News and other established publications.

Cause only the NYT is trustworthy, cough cough vomit.

and here is how the "fringe" of the internet happens.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/07/27/goog-j27.html

On April 25, 2017, Google announced that it had implemented changes to its search service to make it harder for users to access what it called “low-quality” information such as “conspiracy theories” and “fake news.”

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those born Jewish

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now it's someone who Jews don't like"

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

Wasserman Schultz Avoiding Reporters Since Awan Arrest

Embattled Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has avoided facing any media since her law enforcement arrested her former IT staffer Imran Awan Tuesday on bank fraud charges.

Wasserman Schultz, who walked down the House Capitol steps late Wednesday afternoon following remarks she made on the floor, caught site of The Daily Caller’s reporter and nervously turned around and ran back up the steps with her staffer in tow.

[SNIP]

TheDC has heard multiple reports from witnesses who say that Wasserman Schultz has appeared despondent and jumpy since Awan’s arrest.

And then there's this:

Fox Airs Allegations That Awans Aided Schultz With Voice Altered Phone Calls

Lt. Colonel Tony Shaffer appeared on Fox New’s Tucker Carlson where he made allegations that Imran Awan had helped Schultz make the disturbing phone call to the Beck’s legal offices. Schaffer also discussed concerns regarding sensitive information that the Awans were privy to during their employment by the DNC. In discussing the Becks, Schaffer commented that Schultz had employed the brothers to do “hideous things behind the scenes… they helped her make voice change calls…” Schaffer added that the sensitive information the Awans had access to were stored in a third database, which he said is now being called a “breach.”

If it is confirmed that the Awans helped Schultz contact the law offices of the Becks, this could have significant implications for the DNC Fraud lawsuit. Unsolicited contact from Schultz to the Becks would be highly improper. Such phone calls were one in a string of apparently threatening conduct by Schultz and her associated. The former DNC chair was reported to have threatened the U.S. Capital chief of police with “consequences” in a heated exchange after he refused to surrender a laptop seized from Imran Awan.

The video to the FOX News story is embedded in the article.

Even though it's FOX News, it does kind of make sense. DWS kept Awan on as a "technical advisor" even though he no longer had access to the House IT network. He could still had advised her on other technical issues - like how to use a voice changer.

Congress Calls For Criminal Investigation of Hillary Clinton, Comey, Lynch 2016 Election Collusion (judiciary.house.gov)

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@LoneStarMike

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@LoneStarMike
The document by that you link as, "Congress Calls For Criminal Investigation of Hillary Clinton, Comey, Lynch 2016 Election Collusion (judiciary.house.gov)" is great to read.

All you can think of is the question, "New Sheriff?"

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@Linda Wood

When the bank called to verify the reason for the wire transfer, they called Alvi on 202-225-0346 and spoke to a man who claimed to be Alvi (Alvi is a woman). According to UCAR Office of Government phone numbers, 202-225-0346 is a fax number belonging to Mario Diaz Balart, a Republican congressman from Florida.

On January 18, 2017 , at 3:23 pm, a representative from CFCU called (2O2) 225- 0346 and requested to speak with ALVI in regards to the wire transfer request. The person answering the call, who was a male, pretended that he was ALVI.

Source for Diz-Balart's fax number

Am I understanding correctly that Awan was the person who answered the phone in Diaz-Balart's office?

Wouldn't answering the phone be something Diaz-Balart's staff would do?

Awan only worked for Democratic Congess people. Why would Awan be answering the phone in a Republican Representative's office?

And BTW, How do you call a fax number and actually talk to a person. Don't you get that screaming whining sound in the phone?

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@LoneStarMike

There are two ways to get a person instead of a fax -- the fax machine is turned off or is offline; a person answers before the programmed number of rings set in the fax machine's auto-answer setting.

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@LoneStarMike
Curiouser and curiouser.

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One more story to chase for what? another year? You KNOW any investigation will NEVER get to the bottom of anything it investigates. Just one more distraction, one more "hush puppy" thrown. Yep, guess what? someone in Washington is evil and we're gonna' get em' this time!! Nothing, zip, nada on the justice front - ever... All 535 of them need to be dealt with harshly by some third party and receive some public justice. I can't take it anymore - representation of the people has died.

Peace
FN

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I hear you. But as glacially slow as it feels, I do think the internet communication we're experiencing is a form of progress. Gradually, but definitely, more people are describing the state of affairs of our so-called government as corruption, rather than as a well-intentioned democracy. We're not arguing about whether or not our government is corrupt. We're not even arguing over the question, how corrupt are they? We're arguing over what to do about it. I find that to be real progress. Sixteen years ago, at the time of 9/11, I think most Americans believed our government was basically legitimate. Now, I think not.

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@Linda Wood

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"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."

@dervish Peace.

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