Thread: A Bunch Of CIA Staff Got Fired For Stealing Snacks From Vending Machines

A Bunch Of CIA Staff Got Fired For Stealing Snacks From Vending Machines

The group of employees shared a vending machine hack to steal more than $3,000 in snacks.
Posted on June 21, 2017, at 1:03 p.m.

Several CIA contractors were kicked out of the agency for stealing more than $3,000 in snacks from vending machines, according to official documents newly obtained by BuzzFeed News.

The thefts took place starting in the fall of 2012 and continued through March 2013, according to a declassified Office of Inspector General report from October 2013. The report is one of hundreds only recently released to BuzzFeed News through a Freedom Of Information Act lawsuit filed in 2015.

The "theft scheme" involved unplugging a cable connecting the machines to an electronic payment system called FreedomPay, and then using "unfunded FreedomPay cards" to buy the snacks at no cost.

After being informed of the thefts, the OIG installed "surveillance cameras at several key vending locations where a high occurrence of thefts were taking place," according to the report.

"Video footage recovered from the surveillance cameras captured numerous perpetrators engaged in the FreedomPay theft scheme, all of whom were readily identifiable as Agency contract personnel," the report states.

Investigators pinpointed one unidentified contract employee as having masterminded the scheme thanks to "his knowledge of computer networks." The employee admitted to successfully testing the vending hack, before sharing the technique with several colleagues.

An unidentified number of other contract employees, one of whom was caught on camera, were identified as suspects. They quickly admitted to the thefts. All then surrendered their CIA badges, were escorted from the building by security, and were fired by their respective contract employers.

The workers were estimated to have stolen $3,314.40 worth of goods from the vending machines.

The OIG referred the matter to the US Attorney's office for Eastern District of Virginia for prosecution, but the Department of Justice declined to press charges.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopol...6yl#.pnP0LJkY9

Sigh. Our "INTEL" community ... infested with a bunch of hacking thieves .....

Some people might imagine a "snack machine" is just some gadget where you drop a few coins in and yank a handle for a candy bar. But you can get a lot of expensive stuff out of snack machines, sometimes entire dinners if the thing is stocked and equipped near the food service center of an office building. Sometimes they use debit cards.

It's sad, but too many people imagine they are James Bond if they can break into a vending machine or slip passed a toll booth.

The OIG referred the matter to the US Attorney's office for Eastern District of Virginia for prosecution, but the Department of Justice declined to press charges.

This is just another example of prosecutorial discretion within the Executive Branch, even for hacking thieves in the CIA. Hillary was "let go" due to prosecutorial discretion for her emails and related crimes related by the Department of Justice.

CIA hacking thieves are "let go" for hacking and stealing because of prosecutorial discretion. So it's obvious the Executive Branch has the full authority to prosecute or not to prosecute, so why the big deal about the President asking Comey or others in the DOJ to let Flynn go or go easy or hope it goes away or whatever was actually said or asked for?

From what I can see so far Flynn hasn't even committed a crime to investigate so what is wrong with asking investigators to wrap it up and leave him alone? Why hound and harass Michael Flynn when so far he hasn't even broken any laws? The President has the authority to stop that and I want to know why the FBI and DOJ are still investigating Flynn and why certain members of Congress are attacking him and demanding testimony, records and so forth from him that are none of their business???