Comment Re:Personal reply from Bev Harris.... (Score 2, Interesting) 360
I've been researching this stuff for three years now.
VERY scary shit.
About Diebold:
http://www.bartcop.com/diebold.htm
About ES&S:
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0131-01.htm
A Diebold machine is hacked, step-by-step and an election rigged here:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00064 .htm
Congressman Rush Holt's bill:
http://holt.house.gov/display2.cfm?id=6282&type=Ho me
Contact your Congressman here:
http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item =2754
A personal letter from Bev Harris I just received:
I like what I'm hearing. I'm not decided on what to do, but as far as mobilizing thousands, we need mirrors on the memos, and here is an update you may find interesting.
Please, send, tell or distribute this as widely as possible, including to blogs, your email list, and the media:
An update from Bev at Black Box Voting: Diebold, of course, demanded shut down of http://www.blackboxvoting.org (see London Inquirer article, "Diebold takes down blackboxvoting.org" http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11743 ) because we published a link to another web site. More on this here http://www.blackboxvoting.com , and you'll find the letter from the Diebold attorney http://www.thoughtcrimes.org here -- and for a small hoot, please notice that the letter, which is not copyrighted, INCLUDES THE LINK (three times) which they object to, and therefore republishing the letter telling people not to publish the link actually serves to publish the link. We're working on replacing the site.
Here's what I've been doing for two days now:
REPORTER: Why is Diebold sending cease and desists?
ME: Because they don't want anyone to see their memos
REPORTER: Oh. What is in the memos?
ME: Oh, admissions by their top programmers about security flaws and using uncertified software and using cell phones to intercept and transfer votes and discussions of how to fake things...
REPORTER: Wow. Where can I download these?
ME: At this web site http://211.117.160.48:8000/s/lists/index.html or this web site
http://www.smashthetrifecta.com/diebold-memos-1.ht m
REPORTER: Okay I'm going there now, okay, it's downloading, when I'm done will you give me a guided tour?
ME: Sure. And also, go to this article for an easy-to-read primer: http://salon.com/tech/feature/2003/09/23/bev_harri s/index.html and also, here is a neat little web page
http://new.globalfreepress.com/mnogosearch/search. cgi
where you just enter any search term and it instantly searches and find you the Diebold memos that match
REPORTER: What search terms should I start with?
ME: Try "boogie man" and also "hack" "cel phone" "broken" "fake" "vaporware" and one of my personal favorites, "King County is famous for it" (I live in King County)
REPORTER: Here's one: "What good are rules" -- Gosh, what is he doing? Is that legal?
ME: No. And so it goes. Excellent plan, Diebold. Yes, shut down a web site, that'll help. Besides reporters, the memos have now been downloaded by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Postscript: Today, the SAIC report came out evaluating Diebold. It summarizes: FAILURE TO MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND Information Security Policy and Standards indicates that the system is vulnerable to exploitation. The results of a successful attack could result in voting results being released too soon, altered, or destroyed. The impact of exploitation could lead to a failure of the elections process by failing to elect to office, or decide in a ballot measure, according to the will of the people. The impact could be a loss of voter confidence, embarrassment to the State, or release of incomplete or inaccurate election results to the media.
AND HERE IS THE DIEBOLD PRESS RELEASE, which doesn't match: "The thorough system assessment conducted by SAIC verifies that the Diebold voting station provides an unprecedented level of election security." If you see the above, it means your reporters were not diligent enough to read the report, which is here:
http://www.dbm.maryland.gov/dbm_search/technology/ toc_voting_system_report/votingsystemreportfinal.p df
Decide for yourself. Then go read some memos, and see if even the report is convincing. Bev Harris Black Box Voting
Spread the word fast, kiddies. Time is short, as they say.
VERY scary shit.
About Diebold:
http://www.bartcop.com/diebold.htm
About ES&S:
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0131-01.htm
A Diebold machine is hacked, step-by-step and an election rigged here:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S0006
Congressman Rush Holt's bill:
http://holt.house.gov/display2.cfm?id=6282&type=H
Contact your Congressman here:
http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&ite
A personal letter from Bev Harris I just received:
I like what I'm hearing. I'm not decided on what to do, but as far as mobilizing thousands, we need mirrors on the memos, and here is an update you may find interesting.
Please, send, tell or distribute this as widely as possible, including to blogs, your email list, and the media:
An update from Bev at Black Box Voting: Diebold, of course, demanded shut down of http://www.blackboxvoting.org (see London Inquirer article, "Diebold takes down blackboxvoting.org" http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11743 ) because we published a link to another web site. More on this here http://www.blackboxvoting.com , and you'll find the letter from the Diebold attorney http://www.thoughtcrimes.org here -- and for a small hoot, please notice that the letter, which is not copyrighted, INCLUDES THE LINK (three times) which they object to, and therefore republishing the letter telling people not to publish the link actually serves to publish the link. We're working on replacing the site.
Here's what I've been doing for two days now:
REPORTER: Why is Diebold sending cease and desists?
ME: Because they don't want anyone to see their memos
REPORTER: Oh. What is in the memos?
ME: Oh, admissions by their top programmers about security flaws and using uncertified software and using cell phones to intercept and transfer votes and discussions of how to fake things...
REPORTER: Wow. Where can I download these?
ME: At this web site http://211.117.160.48:8000/s/lists/index.html or this web site
http://www.smashthetrifecta.com/diebold-memos-1.h
REPORTER: Okay I'm going there now, okay, it's downloading, when I'm done will you give me a guided tour?
ME: Sure. And also, go to this article for an easy-to-read primer: http://salon.com/tech/feature/2003/09/23/bev_harr
http://new.globalfreepress.com/mnogosearch/search
where you just enter any search term and it instantly searches and find you the Diebold memos that match
REPORTER: What search terms should I start with?
ME: Try "boogie man" and also "hack" "cel phone" "broken" "fake" "vaporware" and one of my personal favorites, "King County is famous for it" (I live in King County)
REPORTER: Here's one: "What good are rules" -- Gosh, what is he doing? Is that legal?
ME: No. And so it goes. Excellent plan, Diebold. Yes, shut down a web site, that'll help. Besides reporters, the memos have now been downloaded by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Postscript: Today, the SAIC report came out evaluating Diebold. It summarizes: FAILURE TO MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND Information Security Policy and Standards indicates that the system is vulnerable to exploitation. The results of a successful attack could result in voting results being released too soon, altered, or destroyed. The impact of exploitation could lead to a failure of the elections process by failing to elect to office, or decide in a ballot measure, according to the will of the people. The impact could be a loss of voter confidence, embarrassment to the State, or release of incomplete or inaccurate election results to the media.
AND HERE IS THE DIEBOLD PRESS RELEASE, which doesn't match: "The thorough system assessment conducted by SAIC verifies that the Diebold voting station provides an unprecedented level of election security." If you see the above, it means your reporters were not diligent enough to read the report, which is here:
http://www.dbm.maryland.gov/dbm_search/technology
Decide for yourself. Then go read some memos, and see if even the report is convincing. Bev Harris Black Box Voting
Spread the word fast, kiddies. Time is short, as they say.
