Bush Pre-Emption Doctrine, Applied to Elections.

[Ready4Change]

That pretty much sums up my attitude toward this talk about postponing elections in the face of a terrorist attack.

Thoughts?

[teryang]

1. Plan A

Worth a look as an overview of the multi-pronged options to do away with democracy in November (or the remnants anyway). Bev Harris mentioned. Also freaky Georgia election outcomes in 2002.

E-Democracy: Stealing the Election in 2004
by Steve Moore
Global Outlook, No. 8, Summer 2004
www.globalresearch.ca 11 July 2004
The URL of this article is: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/MOO407A.html


<Avi Rubin, a computer-security expert at John Hopkins University claims the new voting machines are far below the minimal security standards. John Dill, a Stanford computer scientist says: "I think the risk of (a stolen election) is extremely high."(5) Writing for the Baltimore Sun, Avi Rubin comments:

"I still believe that the Diebold machine, and ones like them from the vendors, represent a major threat to our democracy. We have put our trust in the outcome of our elections in the hands of a few companies (Ohio-based Diebold Election systems, Sequoia Voting Systems, which is based in California and Election Systems & Software in Omaha, Neb.). They are in a position to control the outcomes of our elections, and there’s no way anyone can know if they, or someone working for them did something underhanded. And meaningful recounts are impossible with these machines." (6)

According to the April, 2004 issue of Vanity Fair magazine, 1600 independent computer science experts, including "200 Ph.D. computer scientists" agree that black box computers are insecure, subject to internal and external hacking and place democratic elections at risk. The total number of independent computer scientists who consider Diebold machines safe, secure and verifiable is "zero."(7)>

[teryang]

2. Plan B

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO407B.html

Coup d'Etat in America?
by Michel Chossudovsky
www.globalresearch.ca 13 July 2004
The URL of this article is: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO407B.html

<Legal procedures for canceling/rescheduling the elections are under study, at the request of DHS Secretary Tom Ridge, by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, which is examining the legal and constitutional implications. (Washington Post, 14 July, 2004)

The Military and Intelligence apparatus working in liaison with Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA) are indelibly behind this process, pointing to the unthinkable: the possibility of a Coup d'Etat in America.

Meanwhile, the cancellation / rescheduling of elections issue is presented to public opinion as a mere technical question, as a means to "protecting democracy," in the case of a terror attack. CNN has asked people "to vote" on their website, on whether they think the elections should be held in the case of a terror attack. It all sounds very democratic.>

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/TAR407C.html

Bush backers discuss canceling elections, Emergency Rule and Martial Law,
by Webster G. Tarpley
www.globalresearch.ca July 2004


<Newsweek said DeForest Soaries, chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, wants Ridge to ask Congress to pass legislation giving the government power to cancel or reschedule a federal election. Soaries said New York suspended primary elections on the day of the Sept. 11 attacks, but the federal government does not appear to have that authority.>

Rumor Becomes Fact as Bush Administration
Asks for Authority to Suspend the Election
by Michael C. Ruppert
From the wilderness, 12 July July 2004
www.globalresearch.ca 13 July 2004
The URL of this article is: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RUP407A.html


<What had been merely a rumor has now become fact.

The Bush administration has asked for legislation enabling it to postpone the November election as a result of a terror attack. While worded very carefully to suggest that an attack must take place for such a move, I do not see either of the stories unequivocally state that, if granted, these powers might not also permit elections to be "postponed" on merely a well-publicized threat. Don't believe the press stories. Read the legislation when it is introduced to see what it says there. If that discretion is included then we are at the edge of an abyss more dangerous than anything we have ever faced.>