Diebold Patch May Be Evidence of '02 Election Tampering 526
An anonymous reader writes "Stephen Spoonamore, founder of IT security firm Cybrinth and former advisor to John McCain, claims he has new evidence of election tampering by Diebold in the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial and senate races. A whistleblower gave Spoonamore a patch that was applied to Diebold machines in person by the Diebold CEO. Spoonamore confirmed that the patch did not correct the clock problem it supposedly addressed, but contained two parallel programs. Without access to the hardware, he could not learn more. He reported his findings to the Justice Department, which has not acted."
"Contained two parallel programs" (Score:5, Funny)
Were the Diebold voting machines Euclidean or non-Euclidean? Without this key bit of information, we can't know if these programs intersected or not.
No actors in the DOJ. (Score:4, Funny)
> He reported his findings to the Justice Department, which has not acted.
Bush co already patched the justice dept.
No worries.
Obstruction of Justice Dept. (Score:3, Funny)
If the patch is not suspicious enough, inaction by the Justice Department is damning.
Re:Obstruction of Justice Dept. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:and (Score:5, Funny)
Once was America, now the Uber-Banana Republic.
Now is when we sing the UBR anthem...
[hand on crotch] "Yes, we have no bananas. We have no bananas today."
Re:Why not open source voting code? (Score:5, Funny)
Why doesn't Diebold allow for open source code?
* They are afraid of scrutiny. They might have errors and some might turn out to be embarrassing.
* Competition might ensue.
* Hide any funny business.
* Have to follow someone else's rules
* Have to spend effort/expense making code available.
* Code files too big as they were written with PowerPoint (tm)
Yes but they didn't answer the big question....... (Score:1, Funny)
Who is going to be the next President? I can't wait until November I wish Diebold would just tell us now.
Re:Its domestic terroism of course! GITMO? (Score:1, Funny)
If the CEO dies there, without breaking, will he DIE BOLD?
Re:Of two minds... (Score:2, Funny)
Intellectually, I hate this. Our oligarchy* requires free and fair elections.
But in terms of news-as-entertainment, this is the stuff the best thrillers are made of.
(*: used in place of "democracy" for maximum correctness)
Fixed that mistake for ya.
Just in case you don't know. (Score:0, Funny)
Yes, I'm sure you are kidding but those charges are related:
Re:Metagovernment (Score:2, Funny)
WTF??? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Of two minds... (Score:4, Funny)
You're so cynical that it makes you cool.
Re:"Up against the wall, MF" (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder how many people have stopped to think through the implications of this charge. If it's proven to be true, it could very well mean Diebold's CEO is guilty of treason. In a time of war (which President Bush has repeatedly said is the case), that's a death penalty offense. While I don't favour the death penalty, I think you have to take a very serious look at it for somebody who hasn't just killed people, but who has attempted to kill democracy in an entire nation. This particular incident may have been restricted to one state, but Diebold has been very active in attempting to get its machines and methods protected from legal supervision at the federal level.
So what you're saying is, not only are liberals going to actively pursue the death penalty, but they're going to have to admit that we're at war to get there?
I don't know if I see that happening.. But I'm heading to the grocery store for some popcorn, just in case.
(yes, you can mod me down now)
Re:"Up against the wall, MF" (Score:1, Funny)
Yes, its been a popular liberal theory that all of the armed forces are just on vacation.
Re:"Facts" wrong (Score:1, Funny)
My original point remains: confusing the CEO of Diebold (a $2.4 billion company) with the President of then Global Elections (a $XX million company) is kinda like calling Jesse Ventura the President of the U.S.
Re:Anybody surprised? (Score:1, Funny)
Why don't you just come out and say that you hate Republicans for some irrational reason (perhaps you were molested as a child by Republicans)?
Well, duh.
I know they were rigged (Score:3, Funny)
Because I wrote the patch and I gave it to him and I personally watched him install it.
What? You don't believe me?
Guess I should have posted anonymously.
Re:Manipulating elections another way (Score:3, Funny)
The pictures from Abu Ghirab showed naked men in black hoods, not tinfoil hats.
Re:Suspicious... (Score:3, Funny)
Is that so? Seeing the blue dot next to your name makes me want to ask...
Are you hiring?
Consider this a joke if you aren't hiring, otherwise I'm serious.
Re:Manipulating elections another way (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Manipulating elections another way (Score:2, Funny)
Cheques and balances after British Banks took over (Score:2, Funny)
Just a note here for our British friends -- our founding fathers initiated a system of checks and balances -- that is, a check is kindof like a body-block in football. Balance is kindof like keeping one's balance in gymnastiques.
As any Larouche party member can tell you, it wasn't until the British banques took over that the U.S. Quonstitution was said to have a system of Cheques (that is, payments made from the British Banque controlled Federal reserve) and Balances (that is, the amount of money left in the account, which is ... ahem ... quite embarrassing).
More to answer your pointe, our foundinge fatherse never trusted the common populace to run the Countrie. That is whye neither women, nor slaves, nor men without lande could vote. That is also whye they chose a republique, instead of a Democracie. It is but a naturalle extensione of the systeme, that a Companie that supplies hackable equipment to ye Britishe Banques should also be usefulle in properlie controlling ye Electionse, now that just any Tom, Dick, and Harry can vote.
Re:Manipulating elections another way (Score:1, Funny)
Finally, Someone admitting to being an intelligence failure.