Reply #54: Cocoa's scientists had never seen the documents [View All]

[BevHarris]

you know, the documents which prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Diebold broke both federal and state law by using software in actual elections which was NEVER certified at all, it is interesting to see that this argument is discussing (again) something that has nothing to do with the topic.

The scientists Cocoa refers to had not commented on the issue of using uncertified software and doing end runs around certification requirements, like California's rule that the software must be "tamperproof" combined with Metamor/Ciber certifying lab identifying a tampering mechanism.

This is the strategy, folks. Divert attention from the topic, because the topic here is, frankly, indefensible. Diebold's own memos show willful, wanton disregard of both state and national certification requirements.

I understand that someone else is now compiling several sets of memos which show a disregard for state and county requirements upon purchasing the systems. Specifically, there are exchanges in at least three states that say "such & such county requires that we do such & such" (in one case, in order to get a payment cut) and follow up memos which discuss how to end run the requirements by faking things. In one case, they did not have the software ready that they had sold a long time before, so they discussed just making something fake so a demonstration would look like what was promised.

I am working on the book all weekend, but the memos managed to propagate themselves all over the place (there are 15,000 memos) and people are combing through them now to develop reports on specific issues.

It's time for a congressional investigation, and it's time to file for an injunction. This is not a personal attack, This is not cynicism, that is called HOLDING VENDORS ACCOUNTABALE when they receive taxpayer dollars.

It's based on Diebold's own words, folks, including their senior engineers (Talbot Iredale and Ken Clark).

By the way, Diebold employees are not all onboard with this corporate culture. Both current and past employees have been feeding us inside information.

But thanks, Cocoa, for keeping this topic kicked to the front page!

Bev