Ah, the paranoia of the intertoobz. I shouldn’t have to say it, but I shall anyway. I am not CIA, not law enforcement, do not work for the government, nor am I a Russian troll. If I were, somebody owes me a whole lot of back pay. I do rather like playing Natasha on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show however, so that’s something.
You may wonder what triggers this. Well, I was researching Gina Haspel, Trump’s appointee to the CIA, discussing it, and commenting on a couple of blogs. Those top secret, covert, communications of mine where then copied and pasted into a discussion speculating who I was really working for.
I jest about the “top secret covert” part because they are public comments made right next to my avatar, so probably not so covert and hidden after all. Not particularly interesting comments either, just along the lines of “hmm, we shall have to keep an eye on her.” Keeping an eye on the CIA, a somewhat amusing idea I’m sure, but obviously I meant in terms of job performance, policy, politics, and not a literal spy mission.
I’d go running about and proclaiming my innocence, but if I were actually a top secret undercover agent man, isn’t that exactly what you’d expect me to do? Or I could just confess, you have caught me, you have totally blown my cover….
Speaking of being owed back pay however, this tale annoyed the heck out of me. I have not researched it properly nor verified the sources, it simply went through my news feed and I thought, now isn’t that the darndest thing?
House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs Committee Members Compromised By Rogue IT Staff
In essence it says, “Brothers Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan were barred from computer networks at the House of Representatives Thursday.” Sheesh, one guy is 22 yrs old, another has a criminal record, and they are all paid nearly 3 times what they should be, like $165,000 a year. Hired to do IT work for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, among others. Well, that was really brilliant. What could possibly go wrong there?
I would be more than happy to become one of your Rogue IT staffers for less than half the wage. It fits in really well with my never ending mission to try to help protect stupid people from the nature of their own selves.
Julie (aka Cookie) said:
Continue the good work Daaaaaahhhhling 🙂
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Holistic Wayfarer said:
A CRIMINAL record….? Sigh.
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newenglandsun said:
DailyCaller is very good source. It’s what runs the fact-checking for Tucker Carlson. The liberals hate it because they think Snopes is 100% reliable.
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flowerofthewoods said:
When we lived in California we had people randomly accuse us of being undercover cops, and I still can’t fathom why. Maybe it’s because I would crochet in public?
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Pastor Randy said:
See, I just knew you were an “operator”! But I have a question, if it is called “common” sense, why is it so uncommon?
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insanitybytes22 said:
I think I know the problem! Common sense requires a Good Handler. 🙂
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Pastor Randy said:
By George, I think you’ve bot it!
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Pastor Randy said:
I meant to say “GOT” it….I think my computer has been hacked by the Russians. Did you have anything to do with this?
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insanitybytes22 said:
Ha! I hate it when that happens! Silly Russian trolls ruin everything.
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Anymouse said:
Heh, funny. But to be serious, I would want my IT staff well paid. Had to be a student at a place where they kept throwing away e-mails, don’t want to see that incompetence out there.
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insanitybytes22 said:
Huh. Well fortunately most of the Gov’s IT problems have to do with their emails being released to the whole world. Don’t worry if you’ve misplaced any, I’m sure the Russians have a copy.
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