![cats in time secret level cats in time secret level](https://i.redd.it/f5rat5zv3e631.jpg)
The scandal is likely to reverberate in Washington as additional details emerge. Pair busted for pretending to be federal agents, gifting lavish bribes to Secret Service
![cats in time secret level cats in time secret level](https://www.aspca.org/sites/default/files/andy-a19100076_2018may15_0008.jpg)
Taherzadeh further stated that Ali was the individual that funded most of their day-to-day operation but Taherzadeh did not know the source of the funds,” the new filing says.Īuthorities say they seized guns, sniper scopes, a drone, police lights, protective vests, gas masks, “breach equipment,” law enforcement insignia and equipment to make fake IDs. “Taherzadeh stated that Ali had obtained the electronic access codes and a list of all of the tenants in the apartment complex. Many journalists, government workers and members of Congress live either in the building or nearby. The men allegedly gained access codes to all units in the building and claimed to be able to surveil residents’ cellphones. Alleged co-conspirator Ali’s passport showed recent trips to Iran and Pakistan. Taherzadeh, who is not allowed to possess guns due to a 2013 domestic violence conviction, blabbed to interrogators after being busted this week, according to the Friday filing requesting that he and Ali be held pending trial.
#CATS IN TIME SECRET LEVEL PLUS#
The men plied Secret Service agents plus at least one Department of Homeland Security official with gifts and free rent - and even shot one of their “applicants” to the phony unit with an Airsoft rifle “to evaluate their pain tolerance and reaction,” according to court documents. They claimed to be special agents at the Department of Homeland Security’s non-existent US Special Police Investigation Unit. Taherzadeh and Ali, operating out of five units of a ritzy apartment building in DC’s Navy Yard neighborhood, allegedly told their targets that they were working on covert investigations into last year’s Capitol riot as well as doing undercover anti-gang work. Facebook Arian Taherzadeh was one of the alleged conspirators who claimed to be working in covert ops. AP Haider Ali (above) and Arian Taherzadeh operated out of a high-end apartment building in DC’s Navy Yard neighborhood, according to federal prosecutors. Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali are alleged to have posed as federal agents and compromised at least four Secret Service agents in a bribery and infiltration scheme. The precise aim of the men is not yet clear, but unnerving details are emerging. Secret Service agents typically rotate through different details over time and it’s unclear whom the agents were assigned to protect when FBI agents raided a Southeast DC apartment building late Wednesday and arrested Taherzadeh and Ali.
![cats in time secret level cats in time secret level](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/74/fb/1c/74fb1cf8c07ffd662adf64712e6c67a2.jpg)
RealClearPolitics reported Friday that members of the president and Harris’ details were also implicated. Prosecutors say one compromised Secret Service agent was assigned to first lady Jill Biden’s security detail. The feds say Ali boasted of links to Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency and his passport indicated recent trips to Iran and Pakistan. Secret Service agents assigned to the security details for President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are involved in a bizarre bribery and infiltration scheme operated by a pair of phony federal agents, according to a new report.Īt least four Secret Service members were compromised by alleged conspirators Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali, according to a Friday filing by federal prosecutors. ‘Do you want me dead?’ Hunter Biden raged at sister-in-law-turned-lover after she tossed his gun in trashīiden spotted at Delaware beach after security scareīad boys: Secret Service agents sent home from South Korea after drunken incidentĭozens of cars - including FDNY vehicles - found with tires slashed overnight in NYC