• February 13, 2012
  • FBI RAIDS OFFICE OF OBAMA COMPUTERBOT NOMINEE: Vivek Kundra was nominated to be the government’s first ever Chief Information Officer a few weeks ago, and everybody was all “Hooray!” because he was going to switch the entire federal government over to Gmail, for free, and give every employee a share of those sweet Google Adsense dollars. But now the FBI has raided his office — the one he had while he was running computers for the city of DC — and nobody knows why, part of an ongoing investigation, etc. etc. We have a hunch, though, that it might have something to do with an information systems security officer in the DC government getting arrested in a bribery sting this morning. [WTOP]

{ 26 comments }

Uncle Glenny March 12, 2009 at 11:32 am

Your “arrested in a bribery sting” embedded link doesn’t work…

shanemacgowan March 12, 2009 at 11:32 am

Now we know how the information from Norm Coleman’s donors was made public.

BillyClubb March 12, 2009 at 11:33 am

Geez, all the trouble we’re having with technology these days. Michael Steele is “…a sleeper agent robot hybrid designed by Rahm Emanuel…” and now this. Why don’t we just go back to writing in the sand with sticks, as John McCain said we should?

NoWireHangers March 12, 2009 at 11:35 am

Not kiddie porn? Huh. It’s Washington right?

hobospacejungle March 12, 2009 at 11:36 am

Thank you for not linking to the fat, weird-looking guy’s blurb about this at politico, where there are already almost 300 comments, all about how the “SS Obama is sinking” and “these clowns can’t do anything right.” It’s almost like the last 8 years didn’t happen in whatever fairyland these assfaces live in. Though I must keep repeating to myself…the republican party will be destroyed by demographics alone…the republican party will be destroyed by demographics alone. It helps me sleep at night.

MattW March 12, 2009 at 11:37 am

href, not rhef, SKS!

Naked Bunny with a Whip March 12, 2009 at 11:37 am

I wonder how much furry porn they’ll find. I think it should all be released to the public. Time to submit a Freedom of Information request. For America!

Double Scorpion March 12, 2009 at 11:37 am

Someone has a job with bribery benefits? The economy is looking up!

Terry March 12, 2009 at 11:41 am

It’s a DC gov’t scandal at the heart of it. I predict it will involve cronyism, limited edition Louis Vuitton bags, and at least one personal shopper at Mazza Gallerie.

freakishlystrong March 12, 2009 at 11:49 am

[re=263553]hobospacejungle[/re]: WORD.

Sussemilch March 12, 2009 at 11:49 am

Obama really has brought change to Washington. Republicans get promoted for this sort of thing.

Mr Blifil March 12, 2009 at 11:50 am

This is just the kind of reassurance competent IT professionals who were considering government service were looking for.

jagorev March 12, 2009 at 11:53 am

Isn’t he from Tanzania or somesuch place in India? Obviously, he’s a Muslin terrorist like Barry.

hobospacejungle March 12, 2009 at 11:54 am
Accordion-o-rama March 12, 2009 at 11:57 am

Nice to see there still one federal agency that still reports to Cheney.

Cicada March 12, 2009 at 12:01 pm

[re=263553]hobospacejungle[/re]: It’s the new found ethical standards of the wingnuts at play. Before Jan. 20th they were able to overlook such piddling trivialities as torture, gross mismanagement of the war(s), and a complete lack of economic leadership.

Magically, after Jan. 20th, they have become the moral watchdogs of the country. It’s an amazing transformation rivaled only by the conversion of Bristol Palin from teen strumpet into sainted mother-to-be.

4tehlulz March 12, 2009 at 12:01 pm

[re=263553]hobospacejungle[/re]: I don’t even do that, I just go “lol internet” and remember that in real life, people are giving hopey some time to figure this shit out.

Texan Bulldoggette March 12, 2009 at 12:02 pm

Somehow this will reveal itself to be part of Blago’s taint.

blackdontcrack March 12, 2009 at 12:14 pm

best.twitter.post.ever

Police are asking me to leave the octo floor. I told them im not moving

http://twitter.com/SegravesWTOP/status/1316077017

ph7 March 12, 2009 at 12:23 pm

Is bribery the axle grease of every Indian 8(a)s?

S.Luggo March 12, 2009 at 12:31 pm

This is the sorta shit that happens when you don’t pay taxes on your bribes.
When will the Obama people ever learn?

masterdebater March 12, 2009 at 12:33 pm

Can’t he just use that whole “executive privilege” thing that was so popular for that last several years?

TGY March 12, 2009 at 1:20 pm

Today we are all l33t h4x0Rz.

binarian March 12, 2009 at 1:36 pm

[re=263702]TGY[/re]: Dude, nice Hacker slang.

WTOP – “Kundra has not been linked to Thursday’s raid”

….YET….

El Pinche March 12, 2009 at 2:45 pm

Thank Ben Smith for creating an all-u-can-eat PUMA buffet of horseshit.
I sent email to Smith recommending him put up a Drudge-like siren on his blog.

Transparency March 15, 2009 at 7:37 pm

How about some thoughtful analysis on the issue. As the following article discusses, many of the policies Vivek Kundra enacted contributed to exposing the corruption in DC: http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/03/kundras-it-policies-might-have.php

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