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Dem IT geeks Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan may still be working |
2017-02-09 |
[PJ] At least two House IT staffers are reportedly under active criminal investigation by the U.S. Capitol Police for stealing equipment and data and remain employed Tuesday, amid mounting questions regarding how they were able to pass their background checks. On Saturday, The Daily Caller reported that three brothers -- Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan -- were "abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion that they accessed congressional computers without permission." However, some are still working because, according to a report in Politico Monday, the brothers are "shared employees" -- employees hired by multiple offices which use them as needed for IT services. Each office would need to fire them, and "multiple Democrat lawmakers" have not yet terminated the employment of each staffer. The three brothers were barred from computer networks at the House of Representatives last Thursday, according to the Daily Caller. However... |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#1 To give you another example of why the House operates differently: According to a congressional source on the Hill, the House passed a rule last year requiring all employees with access to IT to pass background checks in order to flag potential problems such as the credit and legal issues... FBI background checks were applied to all IT employees retroactively. The only way around a background check would have been if a "hiring authority" in a congressional office had signed a waiver attesting to the "trustworthiness and judgment" of the privileged user. |
Posted by: Pappy 2017-02-09 08:56 |