Bernie Sanders Withdraws Lawsuit Against DNC After Being Proven Correct About Data Breach

[silvershadow]

After an independent investigation into the data breach before the Iowa caucuses concluded that the Sanders campaign told the truth, Bernie Sanders has withdrawn his lawsuit against the DNC.

In a statement, the Sanders campaign said:

An independent investigation of the firewall failures in the DNC’s shared voter file database has definitively confirmed that the original claims by the DNC and the Clinton campaign were wholly inaccurate – the Sanders campaign never “stole” any voter file data; the Sanders campaign never “exported” any unauthorized voter file data; and the Sanders campaign certainly never had access to the Clinton campaign’s “strategic road map.”

more: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/29/bernie-sanders-withdraws-lawsuit-dnc-proven-correct-data-breach.html

[arcane1]

1. "claims by the DNC and the Clinton campaign were wholly inaccurate"???

Say it isn't so! I'm glad I was sitting down for THAT!

[abelenkpe]

2. Interesting nt

[bkkyosemite]

3. It's the truth!

[noretreatnosurrender]

4. Not Surprised

I wonder if the Sanders campaign will be the only ones to comment on this.

[truedelphi]

6. Can you imagine if the reverse was true? The Main$tream Media would

be glibly chatting on about Bernie's treachery non-stop.

Twenty four seven we would be hearing about how the Senator from Vermont was a snake!

[silvershadow]

11. Well the media is complicit in Debbie-gate, so... nt

[senz]

37. The media is complicit in the Hill campaign

especially MSNBC and NPR.

[silvershadow]

38. MSNBC, owned by Comcast, the authors of large parts of TPP. nt

[senz]

39. And Comcast would not be where it is if not for BC's 1996 Telecom Act

which deregulated the media, allowing for monopolies, including cable television.

The Clintons did horrible things to our country.

[silvershadow]

41. That's progressive, dontcha know? nt

[BigBearJohn]

5. I'm sure someone will apologize

[truedelphi]

9. Who needs their apology?

So much is going on to make the Righteous have their day and regain their democracy that today is a great day for celebrating.

From the fact that Bernie is hiring workers left and right here in California, to the fact that the US Congress' truly liberal leaders are devoting time to addressing voter suppression to the word getting out that this is going to happen - not just for Bernie - but for everyone the neo cons have hurt - it is all really really SWEET!

[LiberalArkie]

7. I am sure that the Hillary group will be swamping this group with apologies any second

[FourScore]

8. What it doesn't tell us is whether the DNC or Hillary for America accessed Bernie's info during

the times when the firewall was down ,or when he was not granted access to his own files (just before Super Tuesday).

[truedelphi]

10. Good point! n/t

[silvershadow]

12. No it doesn't. Debbie-gate is still unresolved. nt

[GoneFishin]

19. If the flipped Democratic voter registrations predominantly affected Bernie supporters then it makes

sense that they would have needed to get a list of Bernie supporters from somewhere.

[FourScore]

20. Exactly. There needs to be an investigation as to who the purged voters would have voted for. n/t

[senz]

35. Yes! Maybe he ended the lawsuit too soon.

There are still so many unresolved issues related to the original offense.

[Land of Enchantment]

13. BOOM! Thread of the Day!!!

Who wants to wager how many talking heads will recant their wild accusations and trashing of Bernie? Somehow, I don't expect to hear a peep from the DNC or Camp Weathervane.....

I can't wait to hear an explanation of how so many Sanders voter registrations were/are being flipped as a result of the DNC's SHARED VOTER FILE DATABASE.

[Land of Enchantment]

22. Not to my knowledge and I doubt it will be reported.

It's an honor to support Bernie! He is the candidate of my lifetime.

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[desmiller]

27. Always an honor to support the Bern. n/t

[senz]

32. Yes, precisely. Love your cartoon, too!

[thereismore]

14. Time for Bernie to apologize.

For a frivolous lawsuit. Against the queen's operation at the DNC.

[truedelphi]

25. I know - I know! Remember when

The Onion published that article abut how the Catholic alter boys needed to apologize for seducing the priests?

[senz]

31. This is done to little girl victims all the time. It's commonplace.

[MisterP]

34. their reality's headline will be "Sanders withdraws lawsuit!"

HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR

[GoneFishin]

15. What? You mean the same propagandists who wrongly smeared Bernie as racist, sexist, uncaring,

disconnected, and NRA loving, were lying about the database breach?

Hmm. Who'd have thunk?

[silvershadow]

18. Who do you think was behind Debbie-gate? Just curious... nt

[GoneFishin]

21. If you mean the database fiasco, the decision would have been made at the highest level because a

mid-level or low-level person has little to gain when weighed against the shit storm they would face if it blew up and they were exposed.

[silvershadow]

23. I agree. nt

[truedelphi]

26. thanks GoneFishin --

And we also know that if it hadn't been on DWS' side of things, the Media would have stayed on it like pepperoni/double cheese on pizza!

[senz]

30. I will not forgive any of them for those smears.

To me they are trash.

[leftcoastmountains]

17. I don't have a TV so has anyone heard this on MSM? I could on the Internet.

But stopped listening to them. I don't want to start.
My guess is not. I listened to the radio today while
driving around and did not hear a thing. Also people
won't care least of all Hill groupies.

[jillan]

24. This needs to go viral cuz corporate media is not going to cover it. Check in if you are on twitter.

We need a hashtag. Let's brainstorm. And then let's go for it.

#ApologizeDWS

#Apologize2Bernie

[senz]

29. ^^^ This ^^^

#ApologizeDNC

#ApologizeHillary (didn't she bring it up in a debate? -- and Bernie apologized and fired a tech guyl)

[senz]

28. The filthies were blapping about it for months afterwards.

Wish I could rub each and every one of their noses in this.

I hope it's on GD-P and that our Twitter/FB warriors will scatter it far and wide and try to get it out onto the MSM.

It's nice of Bernie to drop the lawsuit but we still don't know if Hill's campaign stole our data. Too many Bernie supporters started getting Hill campaign emails afterward.

[Cassiopeia]

33. I'm sure the apologies will be posted shortly.

Nah, they'll still claim he stole from Hillary and did it on purpose.

[djean111]

36. Never doubted that for a second.

And won't be uniting with the yapping mob that smeared Bernie for so long.

[senz]

40. How could anyone "unite" with those who do such things?

They have made themselves despicable.

[Babel_17]

42. It's a fact!

[Wednesdays]

43. Wow, look what fell out of the Friday afternoon news dump!

Perfect timing to be totally swept under the M$M rug... When nearly all the news people are heading home for the weekend!

[Silver_Witch]

44. Where are all the HRC supporters now!

Where are the apologies for calling Sanders names. Liars all of them!

[nashville_brook]

45. reported on Friday, 4:38 pm -- might as well have not have not happened.

...unless this is the campaign's core message all weekend, and then all through the Sunday shows, no one is going to be aware of this game-changing piece of info. it will be become a footnote.

but it's so important, especially b/c the way the backdoor opened, it's just as likely that Clinton staff pilfered Sanders' database. the whole episode reeks.


Hillary Clinton and Electoral Fraud
Why it is 99.9% certain electoral fraud was committed for Hillary Clinton

https://goo.gl/n2owMv

[TheRickles]

46. What did the report actually say?

I'm confused. The post quotes the Sanders' team's interpretation of the analysis in a way that validates the Sanders' claims, but the linked PolitcsUSA article quotes the DNC's Communication Director as saying that the independent analysis validates the DNC's claims.

So both sides are understandably interpreting the findings to support their positions, but in the absence of the actual analysis, it's hard to know what's really going on. I know whose version I'd tend to trust, but it'd be nice to see the actual report of the independent investigation. Can anyone find that link? Thanks in advance.

[TheRickles]

47. Here's the DNC's full response (but still not the independent report itself)

It's posted elsewhere on DU, at http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511867429

Thanks to JaneyVee, "FULL AUTOPSY statement on Bernie Data Breach", in General Discussion: Primaries