tinydancer
Diamond Member
This is interesting. I wonder who's committing the burglaries. And evidence points to an inside job.
It's disturbing that the security could be so lax.
Puzzling break-ins over the last month at the offices of at least three House members and several committees have U.S. Capitol Police gumshoes working to find a pattern and the culprits, with missing items ranging from cash and expensive computer equipment to autographed baseballs and alcohol.
In at least four of the cases, thieves broke into the offices at night when doors were locked, leading some staffers to believe they were victims of an inside job.
The evidence points to someone with access to my office, and other offices in the Capitol complex, as the perpetrator, freshman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., surmised in a letter to the Houses Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.
Other offices hitmany of which handle information dealing with issues of national security, though nothing of a sensitive nature was reportedly takeninclude those of Reps. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., and Jon Runyan, R-N.J.; the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security; and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Those looking for some common link might note that Lewis serves on Appropriations; Gowdy sits on Oversight; and Runyan is a member of the Armed Services Committee. Also, staffers on the House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census, and the National Archives, which Gowdy chairs, reported that $200 of their money went missing during business hours.
More at link:
House Burglaries Baffle Staff, Police - Julia Edwards - NationalJournal.com
It's disturbing that the security could be so lax.
Puzzling break-ins over the last month at the offices of at least three House members and several committees have U.S. Capitol Police gumshoes working to find a pattern and the culprits, with missing items ranging from cash and expensive computer equipment to autographed baseballs and alcohol.
In at least four of the cases, thieves broke into the offices at night when doors were locked, leading some staffers to believe they were victims of an inside job.
The evidence points to someone with access to my office, and other offices in the Capitol complex, as the perpetrator, freshman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., surmised in a letter to the Houses Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.
Other offices hitmany of which handle information dealing with issues of national security, though nothing of a sensitive nature was reportedly takeninclude those of Reps. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., and Jon Runyan, R-N.J.; the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security; and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Those looking for some common link might note that Lewis serves on Appropriations; Gowdy sits on Oversight; and Runyan is a member of the Armed Services Committee. Also, staffers on the House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census, and the National Archives, which Gowdy chairs, reported that $200 of their money went missing during business hours.
More at link:
House Burglaries Baffle Staff, Police - Julia Edwards - NationalJournal.com
