The Makings of One of the All-Time Congressional Scandals

This post's title are part of the opening words of Congressman Ron DeSantis (R) FL, in this Full Measure article, Cyber Security, by Sharyl Attkisson, a weekly investigative report show.

The subject... how the Democratic Caucus in Washington, D.C. under the leadership of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz hired five Pakistani IT workers who conducted activities outside the rules of Congressional workers who allegedly hacked personal emails of both Congress and their constituents, along with thousands of documents which may be classified, and sent them overseas, but which has met with stonewalling by both Democrat and Republican leaders of Congress.

Most of the public has not learned about this matter as the mainstream media and congressional circles have deliberately withheld information and news about it. I urge you to view this presentation by Attkisson on the link provided above to understand what occurred.

The particular remarks which caught my attention in this piece was from the defense attorney for Imran Awan, the principal person of interest in this case. He asserts the scenario that the five Muslims involved are simply victims of American bias against them... as Muslims, of course. 

That because they were stealing cyber information from Congress, then they're automatically doing it for Al-Quaida. How typical of him! Use the straw man strategy to explain why Awan is now in jail for bank fraud and money laundering; Awan apparently sent out hundreds of thousands of dollars to Pakistan just before he attempted to flee the country, but was arrested at the airport. It will be interesting to learn details of this lawyer's defense once the trial gets underway and, if at all, is reported in the media.

I wrote my congressman several months ago who had one of his aides call me directly. The conversation, to say the least, was extremely revealing in that the aide's approach in discussing the issue with me was one which shifted from him answering my inquiry on the subject to one where I was being asked to provide proof of the details regarding the issue for him to understand it; as though I was somehow privy to that information.