Yes, the government is compiling all kinds of information about us, but that would surely never be used against anybody, such as a political opponent. Tell that to Congressman Kevin McCarthy who was set to succeed John Boehner as House Majority Leader.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, McCarthy pulled out of the race. It turns out that his Wikipedia entry had just edited to include the rumor that he has been having an affair with another member of Congress. Both McCarthy and the woman named have denied the affair, but he seems to have been responding to a letter from another Congressman (from the same state as the alleged mistress), warning no one to run for a leadership position if they have committed any “misdeeds.”
Washington Free Beacon Lachlan Markay did some checking and found that the IP address of the person who put the damaging information on Wikipedia was from the DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY!
From Did DHS Edit The Wikipedia Page Of Kevin McCarthy? | The Daily Caller:
An Internet address originating from the Department of Homeland Security was tied to entries made on the Wikipedia pages of North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers and California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, alleging that the two Republicans were having an affair.
It is unclear if someone at the federal agency actually was behind the edits, which were first noted by Washington Free Beacon reporter Lachlan Markay. But both changes — McCarthy’s and Ellmers’ — show that a user at the IP address, 216.81.81.85, made them on Thursday.
That address comes from DHS’ offices in Springfield, Va.
An alleged affair between McCarthy, the House Majority Leader, and Ellmers, became the source of intense speculation on Thursday after McCarthy announced in a closed-door meeting that he was dropping out of the race to replace John Boehner as Speaker of the House.
Both McCarthy and Ellmers have denied the affair.
In explaining his bombshell decision, McCarthy said that he is now unable to lead House Republicans and referred to comments he made last week that the House Select Committee on Benghazi has caused Hillary Clinton to suffer in presidential polls. Despite those remarks, McCarthy was still considered a lock to win the Speaker race.
But one turning point for McCarthy seems to be a letter from North Carolina U.S. Rep. Walter Jones urging Republicans running for leadership positions to drop out of the race if they have committed “any misdeeds” in Congress.
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If the administration used the Department of Homeland Security to spy on citizens and then to plant damaging information against political opponents, that would be malfeasance and abuse of office. But surely that wouldn’t happen. Would it?
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