DC: A former Senate IT aide who allegedly “doxxed” Republican senators by posting their home addresses during the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and blackmailed a witness “downloaded more information than was originally understood,” Judge Thomas Hogan said in District of Columbia federal court Wednesday.
Prosecutors said in November they found “terabytes of data” that they were reviewing as evidence in the case. Lawyers indicated Wednesday that what they found was so sensitive the public could not even hear it discussed.
The judge took the unusual step of kicking reporters and even Cosko’s own mother out of the courtroom for more than a half hour while prosecutors and the defense discussed what they found with the judge.
“The defense and government have filed a motion to seal the courtroom for certain matters that are not suitable for the public,” Hogan said.
After the public was allowed back in, Hogan expressed alarm.
“His accomplishments in the computer world … allowed him to do the things he was doing … there’s a sense of great risk to the public” if Cosko can access computers, he said. “If he has access to info that only he has the key to, he could cause difficulty.”
“Self-described at the time of doing it and maybe now still, he was malicious and hostile,” Hogan continued. “He downloaded more information that was originally understood. There is no combination of conditions that could ensure the safety of the community.”
Prosecutors said in court filings that even after he was caught bragging about how he used his position as a congressional IT aide to download data, and used it to blackmail an aide, he “expressed intention to commit more similar crimes while charges were pending.”
“…There is no combination of conditions that could ensure the safety of the community.”
There never has been.
Lord, these people are not only ignorant and ineffectual, they may actually be stupid.
My guess is the asshole in question only accessed government computer system for the “terabytes” of personal information he harvested. Got any idea how much data that actually is?
The government has been accumulating this stuff for a very long time. If you think it’s just MyFace and Amazon that has a handle on yer’ habits…
Was his illegal IT activities more severe than Hillary’s private server, breach of National Security, destruction of subpoenaed evidence and corruption?
Certainly a rush to prosecute and no transparency regarding “Sensitive Evidence”, (so sensitive the public could not even hear it discussed.)
From cato: “…so sensitive the public could not even hear it discussed…”
Probably insurance records of who was treated for STD’s. Banking records showing payouts for ‘shut up’ settlements, and Condo rentals for mistresses.
In this case and Hillary’s, the public has no right to know what government employees are doing illegally.
obama called it transparency.
There is no security or trust what-so-ever
in the federal government.Our FBI CIA DOJ
are criminal & treasonous.China and Russia
probably have access to everything thru computers.
When does CW 1.10 start ???
When you stop guffawing about “We live in a republic” – and those of you with serious face, because you don’t know what a republic is – show of hands… Congressional kiddie porn? Or off-shore bank records?
I was writing about this earlier today, and wanted to check a few references. I used dudduckgo. At the top of the list was IOTW. I searched for information, not author or site.
Just though I’d pass that on. Maybe this place is getting legitimacy.
https://iotwreport.com/trump-supporters-chant-lock-her-up-about-dianne-feinstein/
This guy should be hanging upside down in a dungeon somewhere.
He is the son of greg cosko, a close business associate of feinstein’s husband, richard c. blum.
That is the same feinstein that had a chinese spy as her office manager
No wonder they emptied the courtroom to talk about him.
It appears that the doxxer daddy’s construction firm teamed up with another firm to build the Salesforce Tower/ Transit Center in SF. That’s the building with the 2 structural cracks. Big time problem there. That firm also appears to be tied into the building of the adjacent Millennium Tower- that’s the building that is leaning.
He is yet another appendage of the fungus that is in our government. And feinstein has a lot to do with it.
A whole lot.
If wolfe (who previously worked for feinstein) got only 2 months jail time, this guy will get off to. He’ll jump the turnstile of the justice system, just like the clintons and obamas. Just like wolfe, he knows too much to punish appropriately.
You have no idea how much that statement scares the crap outta me.