Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

womanofthehills

(10,672 posts)
32. Unfortunately this is also happenening to a DNC woman staffer - Alexandra Chapula(exposing Manifort)
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 03:28 AM
Jun 2017

This article is from January 2017.


About a month-and-a-half after Chalupa first started receiving hacking alerts, someone broke into her car outside the Northwest Washington home where she lives with her husband and three young daughters, she said. They “rampaged it, basically, but didn’t take anything valuable — left money, sunglasses, $1,200 worth of golf clubs,” she said, explaining she didn’t file a police report after that incident because she didn’t connect it to her research and the hacking.

But by the time a similar vehicle break-in occurred involving two family cars, she was convinced that it was a Russia-linked intimidation campaign. The police report on the latter break-in noted that “both vehicles were unlocked by an unknown person and the interior was ransacked, with papers and the garage openers scattered throughout the cars. Nothing was taken from the vehicles.”

Then, early in the morning on another day, a woman “wearing white flowers in her hair” tried to break into her family’s home at 1:30 a.m., Chalupa said. Shulyar told Chalupa that the mysterious incident bore some of the hallmarks of intimidation campaigns used against foreigners in Russia, according to Chalupa.

“This is something that they do to U.S. diplomats, they do it to Ukrainians. Like, this is how they operate. They break into people’s homes. They harass people. They’re theatrical about it,” Chalupa said. “They must have seen when I was writing to the DNC staff, outlining who Manafort was, pulling articles, saying why it was significant, and painting the bigger picture.”

Chalupa this month told Politico that, as her research and role in the election started becoming more public, she began receiving death threats, along with continued alerts of state-sp
onsored hacking. But she said, “None of this has scared me off.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ukraine-sabotage-trump-backfire-233446

and from NEWSWEEK - March 21, 2017

Yes, there had been an “attempted home break-in” last year, in her leafy, virtually crime-free neighborhood of northwest Washington, D.C., as Politico’s Kenneth P. Vogel and David Stern reported in January. Her iPhone was hacked, too, and a death-metal track popular in Russia appeared on her playlist. Her car was broken into and trashed twice, with nothing stolen. The second time, the burglar left a red, traditional Ukrainian blouse draped across the back seat. She reported the incidents to the D.C. police and FBI, which by then had opened a counterintelligence investigation into Russian subversion. No arrests have been made.

More strange things have happened since, to her and some of her friends, that she’s not ready to go public about

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-comey-russia-stranger-things-571349

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Holy shit ... Iowa.... pbmus Jun 2017 #1
Steve King supporters are insane. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #4
And I am sure he never once called on them to stop. LonePirate Jun 2017 #30
Steve King is insane NastyRiffraff Jun 2017 #64
Scary!!!! burrowowl Jun 2017 #2
GOP gangsters of politics kimbutgar Jun 2017 #3
King's probably bragging about it to his cronies emulatorloo Jun 2017 #5
King is claiming she is lying about the threats caraher Jun 2017 #66
King is amazingly ignorant, bigoted, illogical and cowardly. IndianaDave Jun 2017 #13
Definitely not "fringe" he's Bettie Jun 2017 #47
I really hope the FBI has been called into this still_one Jun 2017 #6
Yes shenmue Jun 2017 #7
I tweeted to Scott Dworkin bresue Jun 2017 #19
Thanks still_one Jun 2017 #26
So This Is What's It's Come To.....nt global1 Jun 2017 #8
With all the outrage over kathy griffin and bill maher, I wonder if at least as much outrage will still_one Jun 2017 #9
Bwahahahahahaha! gratuitous Jun 2017 #10
Hmmmmm still_one Jun 2017 #11
Exactly. dchill Jun 2017 #12
Good point superpatriotman Jun 2017 #44
Your point regarding where is the DNC is a good question. I will qualilfy that by saying because still_one Jun 2017 #45
We need tougher candidates! jazzcat23 Jun 2017 #14
Okay, you go do that yourself, jazzcat23. Then tell us how it feels to have yourself & family.... Hekate Jun 2017 #16
I so agree with you Hekate. montana_hazeleyes Jun 2017 #17
Really jazzcat23 Jun 2017 #76
I Was Wondering That, Too Leith Jun 2017 #21
That is definitely the piece missing from this account: the police, legal accountability, protection Hekate Jun 2017 #23
This is just so wrong I don't even know what to say. smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #31
The pigs in Iowa support the fascists. Only reliable protection will be community-based. - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #42
If you're waiting...... SergeStorms Jun 2017 #25
Who said I'm laughing Leith??? jazzcat23 Jun 2017 #77
Don't Attack an Ally Leith Jun 2017 #79
OOps jazzcat23 Jun 2017 #80
This is not the Netherlands DFW Jun 2017 #24
Gabrielle Giffords would agree, I suspect. mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #33
Gabby was always in favor of gun ownership rights, but within sensible limits DFW Jun 2017 #34
Republicans in Congress angrychair Jun 2017 #54
It really sucks that we live in a world where death threats are the new normal. Initech Jun 2017 #58
Actually, no... jazzcat23 Jun 2017 #75
It could have been phrased better but the sentiment is correct. Jacquette Jun 2017 #78
let us hope another candidate or two step up for the seat or the nazis win nt msongs Jun 2017 #18
They've already won....... SergeStorms Jun 2017 #27
Not really. This was actually good news for those opposing King FBaggins Jun 2017 #35
Apparently, she's not psychic, or she would have known that this run wouldn't work. nt NCjack Jun 2017 #43
Brilliant case of victim blaming. "She was far from ideal"--but SHE STEPPED UP ... Hekate Jun 2017 #57
That's ridiculous nonsense FBaggins Jun 2017 #60
Who ya got? Some rootin' tootin' open carry gun totin' NRA member who says he's a Democrat? Hekate Jun 2017 #61
I have to have someone in mind? FBaggins Jun 2017 #73
Well, I agree with you, jazzcat23. SergeStorms Jun 2017 #29
I have to agree treestar Jun 2017 #51
We don't know everything that happened to her and her family. nt tblue37 Jun 2017 #53
Sexist nonsense from an internet tough guy or lady mythology Jun 2017 #67
Make no mistake, the people making these threats are terrorists. Salviati Jun 2017 #15
Yes they are right-wing terrorist. rockfordfile Jun 2017 #20
Unfortunately this is also happenening to a DNC woman staffer - Alexandra Chapula(exposing Manifort) womanofthehills Jun 2017 #32
Kicking this in hopes that everyone in this thread reads it. We've been skillfully invaded... Hekate Jun 2017 #59
He should be banned from running... Period world wide wally Jun 2017 #22
Great. Know candidates are going to succumb to death threats by deplorables of the right. democratisphere Jun 2017 #28
if threats is all it takes, every democratic candidate will get them,..so do we all run and hide? beachbum bob Jun 2017 #36
Those were my thoughts also. Blue_true Jun 2017 #49
Has she been reporting this to local police, state police, her AG's office, and the feds? LBM20 Jun 2017 #37
Sounds like King's thugs have broken into or vandalized her home dalton99a Jun 2017 #38
Steve King is literally a white nationalist. He makes no apologies about it. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #39
yes this is how Nazis operate DBoon Jun 2017 #50
Something needs to be done about this. This isn't right and it's should be looked at by onecent Jun 2017 #40
Well she says after several week, of deciding, she also didn't want to Historic NY Jun 2017 #41
once again, our election process is tampered with Takket Jun 2017 #46
This is a text book example of terrorism but no mention from Donny 2 Scoops YCHDT Jun 2017 #48
So far heaven05 Jun 2017 #52
But...but there are no white American terrorists. Cheeto Jesus see so! muntrv Jun 2017 #55
K&R Scurrilous Jun 2017 #56
House of Cards stuff Sienna86 Jun 2017 #62
if it were me bora13 Jun 2017 #63
Read the story, but there's no incidents mentioned. In any articles. Why not? 7962 Jun 2017 #65
Agree 100% SharonClark Jun 2017 #72
The most important news! AlexSFCA Jun 2017 #68
She shouldn't have done that. Ligyron Jun 2017 #69
Someone borrowing from Putin? moondust Jun 2017 #70
This OP is over the top SharonClark Jun 2017 #71
...a dying democracy. spanone Jun 2017 #74
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Fearing for her life, Iow...»Reply #32