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2017-08-21 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Democrat's Office Approved $120k Write-off of IT Gear Linked To Awan Brothers

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-08-21 06:32|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 That's quite a few laptops.

Posted by Iblis 2017-08-21 11:18|| 2017-08-21 11:18|| Front Page Top

#2 The tax code needs to be modified so NO WRITE-OFFS are permitted to registered Democrats.

Posted by 3dc 2017-08-21 11:23|| 2017-08-21 11:23|| Front Page Top

#3 That's quite a few laptops.

Keep in mind that Congressional offices are independent. They set up their own operating procedures. They have their own budgets. They buy their own equipment. Same for consumables. Their staff are not Civil Service (don't receive Federal pay) and are hired and fired by the office.

Rather libertarian, doncha think?

Posted by Pappy 2017-08-21 11:45|| 2017-08-21 11:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Last I looked, you could buy a fairly high end laptop for $1500. Now, if you're in the market for a high end data base server with eight CPUs, 256 GB of RAM, maybe 1024 GB of solid state disk storage and a tape library for backup, you could be in the $120,000 range. But I don't see the likes of Imran Awan being able to administer that kind of technology. So that leaves a helluva lotta room for graft.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-08-21 11:56|| 2017-08-21 11:56|| Front Page Top

#5 They were never going to get the money back so it was simpler to "write it off the books". After all, it is Other Peoples Money™, right, Right?

Posted by magpie 2017-08-21 14:09|| 2017-08-21 14:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Looks like Yvette Clarke (D-Corrupt) and her Chief of Staff ("at the time") need to compensate the taxpayers

Posted by Frank G on the Road 2017-08-21 14:36|| 2017-08-21 14:36|| Front Page Top

#7 I can't decide if the Awan's were poorly trained intelligence operatives, or small time crooks who got lucky.

Posted by phil_b 2017-08-21 17:42|| 2017-08-21 17:42|| Front Page Top

I can't decide if the Awan's were poorly trained intelligence operatives, or small time crooks who got lucky.

Why not both?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2017-08-21 19:43|| 2017-08-21 19:43|| Front Page Top

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