Reply #9: A couple more quotes that need exposure... this article is kinda funny.. [View All]

[althecat]

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James Browning, executive director of Common Cause/Maryland, said he uncovered Genn's connections when researching Diebold and SAIC weeks ago. Browning said he's troubled by the appearance of connections between the companies, but that their significance is "not clear-cut."

The research also revealed that Diebold and SAIC are members of the Information Technology Association of America's Information Security Committee, which according to a recent article in the Akron Beacon Journal has begun an effort to improve the public image of electronic voting.

He also learned that Bill Owens, a former SAIC president, sits on the board of VoteHere Inc., a company that competes with Diebold in the electronic-voting market.

"There are not many degrees of separation between these voting machine companies," Browning said. "There can be no virgin birth here. Only insiders will know how the software works."

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Mark Radke, head of voting for Diebold, said Genn told several people in the company about his work for SAIC, and that Diebold also determined there was no conflict.

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NO KIDDING MARK.... WE DIEBOLD KNEW OUR LOBBYIST HAD TIES TO THE COMPANY THAT WAS DOING THE WHITEWASH FOR US (becoz he told us) and WE DIEBOLD DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS.... AND SO WE DECIDED NOT TO BOTHER LETTING THE GOV. IN ON ALL THIS

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Still, Browning of Common Cause has concerns about the results of the study, particularly because three-quarters of it was taken out by the state, which pointed to security reasons.

"I'm more concerned about the material not released in the SAIC report," he said. "The report looks like one of those old Mad Libs - insert your word here. Either we should get the information or the reasons why it was withheld."

State officials say they withheld the information to avoid providing a "road map" for hackers to disrupt election results.

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I reckon this browning cat is reading DU!!!!