Mueller adds veteran cyber prosecutor to special-counsel team
Source: The Washington Post
By Matt Zapotosky January 10 at 2:06 PM
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has added a veteran cyber prosecutor to his team, filling what has long been a gap in expertise and potentially signaling a recent focus on computer crimes.
Ryan K. Dickey was assigned to Muellers team in early November from the Justice Departments computer crime and intellectual-property section, said a spokesman for the special counsels office. He joined 16 other lawyers who are highly respected by their peers but who have come under fire from Republicans wary of some of their political contributions to Democrats.
Dickeys addition is particularly notable because he is the first publicly known member of the team specializing solely in cyber issues. The others expertise is mainly in a variety of white-collar crimes, including fraud, money laundering and public corruption, though Mueller also has appellate specialists and one of the governments foremost experts in criminal law.
Zainab Ahmad and Brandon Van Grack have handled some cybercrime issues in the past, though they are recognized more for their work on terrorism and national security.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mueller-adds-veteran-cyber-prosecutor-to-special-counsel-team/2018/01/10/860f3364-f585-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html
irisblue
(33,020 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)One more tightening of the noose.
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)But they grind very fine
bucolic_frolic
(43,259 posts)Donald J. Trump is going to throw a "Stable Genius" defense at them!!
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)That alone makes me feel better.
pecosbob
(7,542 posts)Doesn't sound like he's going away any time soon, contrary to recent pronouncements from Twitler.
procon
(15,805 posts)Flynn and Papadopoulos have already pleaded guilty, Paul Manafort and his minion, Rick Gates, were indicted, and now Mueller has brought in a cyber prosecutor... who is next?
Maeve
(42,288 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,034 posts)Maeve
(42,288 posts)But as long as Jared is on the grill....
getagrip_already
(14,825 posts)But that doesn't say no conspiracy, money laundering, corruption, espionage, sedition, or treason.
Botany
(70,567 posts)Because it was a Russian cyber attack on America and when Mueller links those
Russian attacks to Team Trump, the GOP, the unending and unneeded congressional
hearings, the Mercers/Cambridge Analytica, and maybe even Fox News we will have
out in the open a case of treason.
Well stated!
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
red dog 1 This message was self-deleted by its author.
winstars
(4,220 posts)More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)Mueller's already got his cyber crimes in a row.