Republican IT consultant subpoenaed in case alleging tampering with 2004 election

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Source: raw story

COLUMBUS -- A high-level Republican consultant has been subpoenaed in a case regarding alleged tampering with the 2004 election.

Michael S. Connell was served with a subpoena in Ohio on Sept. 22 in a case alleging that vote-tampering during the 2004 presidential election resulted in civil rights violations. Connell, president of GovTech Solutions and New Media Communications, is a website designer and IT professional who created a website for Ohio’s secretary of state that presented the results of the 2004 election in real time as they were tabulated.

At the time, Ohio’s Secretary of State, Kenneth J. Blackwell, was also chairman of Bush-Cheney 2004 reelection effort in Ohio.

Connell is refusing to testify or to produce documents relating to the system used in the 2004 and 2006 elections, lawyers say. His motion to quash the subpoena asserts that the request for documents is burdensome because the information sought should be “readily ascertainable through public records request” – but also, paradoxically, because “it seeks confidential, trade secrets, and/or proprietary information” that “have independent economic value” and “are not known to the public, or even to non-designated personnel within or working for Mr. Connell’s business.”


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Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Republican_IT_consultant_subpoenaed_in_case_0929.html

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It begins to get interesting.

[foxfeet]

1. Finally, someone, somewhere is taking concrete action

to address vote tampering. Can we have some more please?

[Ellipsis]

4. You should read ePluribus Media.

Lots of good research


The State of Ohio's real-time, streaming election results are first diverted through Chattanooga, TN, to a GOP-only web firm and the servers currently hosting georgewbush.com, as well as other key Republican web sites.

http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2006/11/7/115314/922

[L. Coyote]

24. You quoted the false part of the story. Even the litigants admit this in an affidavit

by stating, 'if this scenario is true' LOL.

[Ellipsis]

27. Those damn internets... good to know.

[ozymandius]

7. Oh I'm sure that someone will take concrete action if this guy squeals.

In the form of, say, size fourteen cement shoes.

[L. Coyote]

37. You assume there is something for him to "squeal" about in relation

to this lawsuit? What would that be?

[L. Coyote]

23. This is an old law suit.

[vanboggie]

2. Excellent news

Thanks for posting. We have little time to shine a light on the thefts so the American Idol watchers will believe it when Rethugs try to steal 2008.

[Overseas]

3. Glad to see more lawsuits in progress.

A lot has been done to curb Republican election abuses but more is still needed.

[Dhalgren]

5. What are those guys thinking?

You can't subpoena a Republican! Jesus, you'd think they would know that. Republicans don't have to honor subpoenas...

:rofl:

[Ellipsis]

6. The Matrix - - Some data on Airnet Group

http://memes.org/meme-internet-security-missing-white-house-emails-stored-russian-federation-servers


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SmartechCorp provides IP/email services to the RNA...it also does business as "Streamtoyou com" and "streamtoyou com" which in turn is wholly owned and operated by Airnet Group INC, also out of Chat-tag-nooga, Tennessee. The controversy swirling around Airnet Group began with the 2004 Ohio Presidential count.

It seems that when the 1st official tally of all x,000 Ohio precincts was completed it was reported out to the News Media through an Airnet Servers. Funny thing is, Airnet was just providing email accounts to the RNC it wasn't contracted to provide "data" or "servers" for the Ohio Election Committee".

The question arose how in HELL did the official precinct results seem to get a "direct" feed onto Airnet Servers in the 1st place. (There's a far bigger story here...just wait for iT)

To make a long story, stranger, it was "Airnet" (if I have the story straight) that released the figures to the press NOT the State of Ohio, servers. No, Airnet doesn't provide the State of Ohio with ANYTHING. I'm sure that's perfectly legal but,....like our "stray female cat"..I wonder where those "numbers were before Airnet/Smartech" shared them with us. I also want to know how the RNC got the Ohio tally BEFORE the State of OHIO? I'm just "curious yellow"!

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[L. Coyote]

25. U: "the RNC got the Ohio tally BEFORE the State of OHIO"

Not possible. It is NOT the Ohio tally until the Ohio SoS releases it.
Maybe someone got a scoop, by that does not translate to a case of the RNC deciding what the vote was!! :rofl:

[Ellipsis]

30. Knowing what the vote was is still a bit funky don't ya think?

"Not possible. It is NOT the Ohio tally until the Ohio SoS releases it."

Understood... call it a final vote count then.



We'll just have to see if the guy ends up testifying or not... but until then parse away, just trying to demonstrate the common "connections" between different elections.

[L. Coyote]

33. U: "call it a final vote count then."

The "final count" is the official election results, and those are released weeks after the vote.

This factor is overlooked in this discussion of the hypothetical scenario no one has proven. If there is a "MIM" while counties are reporting on election night, not only will the counties see their reports are altered, but they also had to file official results long after the SmarTech server was out of the loop. I seems the speculation that a web server altered county totals is spurious and not even thought out fully!

[Ellipsis]

35. Or in short supposition.

[L. Coyote]

29. D'oh. AirNet is part of SmarTech.

The Ohio SoS sent the results to them TO POST on the Internet.
That is what they were PAID TO DO! (if I have the story straight) LOL.

[Ellipsis]

31. Do you?

[L. Coyote]

32. I know who is saying they are stating hypotheticals. Read the lawsuit filings.

Lawsuits are not based on what is posted in discussion groups, they are based on the case pleadings and testimonies.

And, obviously, those posting in discussion groups are not even reading the lawsuit. The FACTS of the case are there, not here on DU!!

[Ellipsis]

36. I've read the filings. I don't at all disagree with you.

I would only reinforce the he has in place an infrastucture... or even mores specific, A PHYSICAL NETWORK which would allow for user access to several unique computer networks.

His company/connections/clients is a common denominator.

[JonLP24]

8. Is it too late to swear Kerry in? n/t

[Nihil]

21. He doesn't want it. He didn't then either.

Remember, once a Bonesman makes an agreement, he sticks to it.

And some people still believe that there is no election rigging.

[Stevepol]

9. Highest K&R!

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10. .

[sarcasmo]

11. It took four years to get a subpoena?

[Ellipsis]

12. 8 years, 10 years maybe even more really...

He goes back to the begining of the Karl and George show... George's Pa too.


He was in Florida in 2000.

[sarcasmo]

13. Just a sad, WOW!

[Ellipsis]

14. Supposition. So here's some info on Florida 2000

"Why is it important to rehash what Connell did in 2000 Florida and 2004 Ohio? Because those very same key elements for potential election theft are firmly in place within the McCain campaign for 2008."

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In 1998 Connell also created jeb.org which helped elect Jeb Bush governor of Florida. Running the website that elects the Governor provides entrée for getting contract jobs all over state government. Following the election, Connell’s company received multiple contracts to develop and manage websites for Florida state agencies. Our research identified four state technology jobs done by Mike Connell:

* Florida Executive Office of the Governor
* Florida State Board of Administration
* Florida Departmet of Education - Public Schools Reports
* Florida Department of Community Affairs

These sites were under Connell's active development while, simultaneously, he was working on development and update of a slew of GOP and GOP candidate sites. He was also introducing the RNC's army of operatives to the eGOP Project.


more...


http://thejournal.epluribusmedia.net/index.php/features/1-latest-news/137-connell

[sarcasmo]

15. Self Delete. Dupe.

[sarcasmo]

16. Thanks, I have bookmarked this page.

[L. Coyote]

26. The lawsuit was filed in Fall 2006.

[DainBramaged]

17. This is intense, and unbelievable

Bev Harris was right.

[crossroads]

18. Karma finally kicks in... about time for these crooks to face justice! nt

[rainbow4321]

20. 8 yrs and 10's of thousands of deaths later.....

What do ya wanna bet it is bastards like this that chimpass pardons?


All this coming out and yet there he sits..on McCain's payroll.

[rainbow4321]

19. Take a peek at who is on McCain's current payroll..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7237618&mesg_id=7237618

Posted it late Sun night but it sank faster than the market did today.

[yoodle]

22. I really hope we are ready this time

we need every vote counted!

[L. Coyote]

28. Some comments on Larisa's article:

"created a website for Ohio’s secretary of state that presented the results of the 2004 election in real time as they were tabulated"

TRUE. But, Blackwell did not report the results "in real time as they were tabulated" for over an hour as the tally neared completion. There was a big gap in the updating near midnight, and when the Ohio SoS office finally posted the updated numbers, the election was reversed by the reported results.

So, it is true that the website was crerated to do this. It is not the case that it was done that way, unless a gap in reporting for over an hour is "real time".

TRUE. Connell is refusing to testify.
ALSO unreported, he is claiming Spoonamore is a competitor!

So, at the end of the day, what do we have? Larisa says it best, "raised eyebrows."

WOW. Raised eyebrows!! At least Larisa stuck to the facts in reporting speculations and hypothetical scenarios others have hyper-hyped.

[AndyTiedye]

34. Did He Hire Lawyers Who Went to 'Liberty' University?

His motion to quash the subpoena asserts that the request for documents is burdensome because the information sought should be “readily ascertainable through public records request” – but also, paradoxically, because “it seeks confidential, trade secrets, and/or proprietary information” that “have independent economic value” and “are not known to the public, or even to non-designated personnel within or working for Mr. Connell’s business.”

The ability to accept two completely contradictory ideas simultaneously is obviously one of the skills taught there,
so it is likely that their law school would take on the finer points of welding such contradictions into something that sounds like a legal argument.

[Peace Patriot]

38. K&R!!! That is a beautiful, wicked "Catch 22"--and perfectly expresses what's wrong

with our election system, the very heart of the matter--that our voting system is now "confidential, trade secrets, and/or proprietary information” that “have independent economic value” and “are not known to the public...".

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"Connell is refusing to testify or to produce documents relating to the system used in the 2004 and 2006 elections, lawyers say. His motion to quash the subpoena asserts that the request for documents is burdensome because the information sought should be 'readily ascertainable through public records request' – but also, paradoxically, because 'it seeks confidential, trade secrets, and/or proprietary information' that 'have independent economic value' and 'are not known to the public, or even to non-designated personnel within or working for Mr. Connell’s business.'”

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Ah, yes, that "paradox"!

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I found it to be mind-boggling, when I read about the Florida-13 case in 2006, where ES&S voting machines 'disappeared' 18,000 Democratic voters for Congress, in an election that the Puke 'won' by only about 350 votes. When lawyers for the Democrat took it to court, and asked to review ES&S's 'TRADE SECRET' programming code--to try to figure out what happened to those 18,000 votes--ES&S refused, and argued that their right to profit from our elections trumps the right of the voters to know how their votes were counted. And the fracking judge agreed with ES&S!

In a PUBLIC election--the PRIVATE corporation's SECRETS are more sacred than the PUBLIC's right to know.

I knew something was UPSIDE DOWN AND BACKWARDS, and we were in "Alice in Wonderland," when that happened. The Paradox: private corporations running public elections with secret code.

My jaw dropped--that a corporation would even assert such a thing, and that any American judge, even a Bushbot (ahem...Supreme Court excepted) could openly agree with it. I could see a Bushbot judge sneaking around, and ruling for ES&S in some underhanded way. But openly stating that the public has LOST ITS RIGHT TO PUBLIC VOTE COUNTING? It staggered me. It really did.

But what staggered me even more was when the DEMOCRATIC Congress black-holed the entire matter, and somebody in Congress (I can only presume a Democrat) pushed the head of the GAO to resign, most likely because of the smelly whitewash that the GAO was somehow forced to issue--the GAO, the last shining light of integrity in our government, gone out.

Then I knew that things were REALLY bad--but it did give me some shock resistance when the DEMOCRATIC Congress, elected by the people to end the war on Iraq, escalated it, instead, and this last week, when the DEMOCRATS could not jump to Bush's tune fast enough, to give lying, mass murderer Bush and his thieving cohorts a bottomless cup of Fool's Gold starting with $700 BILLION for the richest people in America and Saudi Arabia and China.

Nothing could surprise me now--not the wildest scenario. Pelosi and Reid switching parties and endorsing McBush and Ms. Bridge-to-Nowhere. Bush pulling his pants down and mooning us all on TV. Osama bin Laden buying the Bank of America and requiring all the tellers to wear burka. Really. I am unshockable.