Obama's Indian-American info czar goes on leave amid FBI probe

More bad news on the Obama appointee front. Obama's Indian-American info czar goes on leave amid FBI probe It's not looking good for Vivek Kundra as reported by the Boston Globe, An aide to President Obama is on leave from his new job after the FBI raided his old District of Columbia government office yesterday, arresting a city employee and a technology consultant on corruption charges, a White House official said. The Feds have said the Obama appointee is not a target.



AAPP: Get this, what happened to a clean government ? These folks have been charged with bribery for rigging contract bids.

The charges were lodged against the two men at a federal court hearing as the FBI finished searching the city's technology office, which was led until recently by Obama's new computer chief, Vivek Kundra.

Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs would not say whether the White House knew the investigation was underway when it named Kundra last week but called the case "a serious matter."

Yusuf Acar, the acting chief security officer in the city's technology office, was ordered held without bond pending a hearing Tuesday. Prosecutors said $70,000 was found during a search of Acar's Washington home and that he posed a serious flight risk. Acar worked under Kundra, but a spokeswoman for Mayor Adrian Fenty of Washington said she was "very confident" Kundra is not a target of the investigation.

Source: Boston Globe