Capitol police arrest Dem staffer for releasing personal info of GOP lawmaker(s)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doxxing has always been a tried and true tactic of the left, going all the way back to the 60's.

Very few on the right side of the political spectrum ever do it, the lone exceptions being the anti-abortion nutters, who made the addresses and phone numbers of doctors who perform abortions available to their throngs.

Are you suggesting Republicans don’t do this? If so i have a Virginia candidate to introduce you to.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/politics/cia-officer-house-election-super-pac.html

I believe I pointed out in my post that there ARE exceptions. Perhaps you should re-read it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. What exactly did this guy do? The article says this: “his arrest followed the posting on Wikipedia of personal details, including home addresses and phone numbers, of Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch, both of Utah.”

If all he did was post the home addresses and phone numbers of three senators online, that doesn’t seem like a big deal. Was he posting actual personal information like their health histories or credit card statements?

You're right.

Post your name, address and phone number. Prove to all of us how it's no big deal.


Big talker.....

Have you heard of this thing called the internet? How about a phone book?

https://www.anywho.com/whitepages

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they going to arrest Trump for announcing Lindsey Graham’s cell phone number at a rally?

Lindsey Graham said the other day about his phone number being leaked.... that isn’t the issue. He got a new phone number. It’s the address that is problematic.

Actually home address would be public information.

[Anonymous]

There has to be more to the story than posting the home addesses.

After 5 minutes on Google I can tell you that Sen. Graham owns a 1,901-square-foot single-family ranch home in Seneca, S.C., and a 1,254-square-foot, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, brick townhome on Capital Hill.

Heck, the Washington Post reports on house sales, with the names of the sellers and buyers, every week.

I suspect the issue is less about what he published and more about how and from where he obtained the information. The guy probably didn’t use Google or even walk over to the tax office to check property records.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There has to be more to the story than posting the home addesses.

After 5 minutes on Google I can tell you that Sen. Graham owns a 1,901-square-foot single-family ranch home in Seneca, S.C., and a 1,254-square-foot, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, brick townhome on Capital Hill.

Heck, the Washington Post reports on house sales, with the names of the sellers and buyers, every week.

I suspect the issue is less about what he published and more about how and from where he obtained the information. The guy probably didn’t use Google or even walk over to the tax office to check property records.

Well, given the charges, I would think it is much more than address and phone numbers:

Capitol Police are charging him with making public restricted personal information, witness tampering, threats in interstate communication, unauthorized access of a government computer, identity theft, second-degree burglary and unlawful entry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. What exactly did this guy do? The article says this: “his arrest followed the posting on Wikipedia of personal details, including home addresses and phone numbers, of Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch, both of Utah.”

If all he did was post the home addresses and phone numbers of three senators online, that doesn’t seem like a big deal. Was he posting actual personal information like their health histories or credit card statements?

You're right.

Post your name, address and phone number. Prove to all of us how it's no big deal.


Big talker.....

Have you heard of this thing called the internet? How about a phone book?

https://www.anywho.com/whitepages

Nah nah nah.....


Post YOUR NAME. Post YOUR NUMBER. Post YOUR ADDRESS.


Then let's wait a week, and you tell us if it's still not a "big deal".



C'mon, Big Talker. Put your info where your mouth is.

[Anonymous]

Not excusing, but no one apologized to our family when GOP operatives doxxed us. Really sucks, especially when you are not an elected official and have no recourse.

[Anonymous]

Wow, this guy deserves to be locked up.......

A Democratic congressional intern accused of publishing the private information of at least three Republican lawmakers allegedly threatened to leak senators’ children's health information if a witness told anyone about his activities.

Jackson Cosko, who recently worked as an unpaid intern for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, was arrested for allegedly posting the personal information (or "doxxing") of a number of senators including Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah on Wikipedia -- with information such as their home addresses and phone numbers. Graham, Lee and Hatch's information was published on Thursday.

According to a sworn statement by Capitol Police Captain Jason Bell, a witness Tuesday saw Cosko at a computer in a senator’s office, where he used to work, a day after two other unnamed senators' information had been put on Wikipedia. Cosko worked for other Democratic senators including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and former Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.

Sources familiar with the case tell Fox News Cosko was in Sen. Hassan's office, where he was caught using a login he was not authorized to use. Cosko earlier was let go by Senator Hassan's office. A spokesman for Hassan says she "strongly denounces the alleged actions.”

According to Bell's statement, Cosko is alleged to have been confronted by the staffer and then walked out. Hours later the witness received an email from "[e-mail]" saying: “If you tell anyone I will leak it all. Emails signal conversations gmails. Senators children’s health information and socials.”

“Socials” apparently referred to social security numbers, while Signal is a secure messaging application. Bell said that there was probably cause to believe that Cosko published the information of senators, and then made threatening statements directed to the unnamed witness “with the intent to hinder, delay, or prevent” the witness from reporting it to authorities.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/accused-doxxer-of-gop-senators-allegedly-threatened-to-publish-their-childrens-health-information

[Anonymous]

I'm sure it was all just a big misunderstanding. It always is when a democrat is involved. Nothing untoward, nothing sinister, just a honest mistake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doxxing has always been a tried and true tactic of the left, going all the way back to the 60's.

Very few on the right side of the political spectrum ever do it, the lone exceptions being the anti-abortion nutters, who made the addresses and phone numbers of doctors who perform abortions available to their throngs.

Are you suggesting Republicans don’t do this? If so i have a Virginia candidate to introduce you to.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/politics/cia-officer-house-election-super-pac.html

I believe I pointed out in my post that there ARE exceptions. Perhaps you should re-read it.

You said the “lone exception” were the Republicans who doxx OB/gyns. Speaker Paul Ryan’s PAC and Rep. Scott Taylor do not fall into that category. They made Taylor’s opponent’s entire security clearance application public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this guy deserves to be locked up.......

A Democratic congressional intern accused of publishing the private information of at least three Republican lawmakers allegedly threatened to leak senators’ children's health information if a witness told anyone about his activities.

Jackson Cosko, who recently worked as an unpaid intern for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, was arrested for allegedly posting the personal information (or "doxxing") of a number of senators including Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah on Wikipedia -- with information such as their home addresses and phone numbers. Graham, Lee and Hatch's information was published on Thursday.

According to a sworn statement by Capitol Police Captain Jason Bell, a witness Tuesday saw Cosko at a computer in a senator’s office, where he used to work, a day after two other unnamed senators' information had been put on Wikipedia. Cosko worked for other Democratic senators including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and former Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.

Sources familiar with the case tell Fox News Cosko was in Sen. Hassan's office, where he was caught using a login he was not authorized to use. Cosko earlier was let go by Senator Hassan's office. A spokesman for Hassan says she "strongly denounces the alleged actions.”

According to Bell's statement, Cosko is alleged to have been confronted by the staffer and then walked out. Hours later the witness received an email from "[e-mail]" saying: “If you tell anyone I will leak it all. Emails signal conversations gmails. Senators children’s health information and socials.”

“Socials” apparently referred to social security numbers, while Signal is a secure messaging application. Bell said that there was probably cause to believe that Cosko published the information of senators, and then made threatening statements directed to the unnamed witness “with the intent to hinder, delay, or prevent” the witness from reporting it to authorities.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/accused-doxxer-of-gop-senators-allegedly-threatened-to-publish-their-childrens-health-information

Wow!! What a crook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doxxing has always been a tried and true tactic of the left, going all the way back to the 60's.

Very few on the right side of the political spectrum ever do it, the lone exceptions being the anti-abortion nutters, who made the addresses and phone numbers of doctors who perform abortions available to their throngs.

Animal rights activists do this regularly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doxxing has always been a tried and true tactic of the left, going all the way back to the 60's.

Very few on the right side of the political spectrum ever do it, the lone exceptions being the anti-abortion nutters, who made the addresses and phone numbers of doctors who perform abortions available to their throngs.

Animal rights activists do this regularly.

Animal rights activists are literally NEVER conservative or republican. EVER.

[Anonymous]

Really, this is a he said he said situation. A good man has been accused. What happened to due process? Maybe the senators doxxed themselves. Maybe an ex-lover did it from this guys computer. How do we know it even happened at all? Politicians are known to be liars. They brought it on themselves, really. We can never really know for sure so no point in ruining a good man’s life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really, this is a he said he said situation. A good man has been accused. What happened to due process? Maybe the senators doxxed themselves. Maybe an ex-lover did it from this guys computer. How do we know it even happened at all? Politicians are known to be liars. They brought it on themselves, really. We can never really know for sure so no point in ruining a good man’s life.

Exactly. It could have been a 400 pound guy in NJ. No one will ever know. Ask Squi. Might as well drop the case.