Great article about JFK's Diebold Qui Tam lawsuit.

[Stevepol]

Another take on the Qui Tam suit filed within the past day or two. VotersUnite



News > July 17, 2006
Blowing the Whistle on Diebold
By John Ireland

On July 13, the Pensacola, Fla.-based law firm of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a “qui tam” lawsuit in U.S. District Court, alleging that Diebold and other electronic voting machine (EVM) companies fraudulently represented to state election boards and the federal government that their products were “unhackable.”

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Qui tam lawsuits stem from a provision in the Civil False Claims Act, which Congress passed in 1863 at the behest of President Abraham Lincoln to respond to price gouging, use of defective products and substitution of inferior material by contractors supplying the Union Army. The provision allows private citizens to file a suit in the name of the U.S. government charging fraud by government contractors and other entities that receive or use government funds.

Long known as “Lincoln’s Law,” it is now commonly referred to as the “Whistleblower Law.” Since the mid-’80s, qui tam recoveries have exceeded $1 billion, mostly after exposing medical and defense overcharging.

Mike Papantonio, partner in the law firm and co-host with Kennedy on “Ring of Fire,” a weekly radio show on the Air America Network, explains the value of the qui tam approach. “The problem with injunctive relief, or mandamus, or prohibition-type writs, is it all comes down to politics. … How do you bring injunctive relief with Blackwell? How do you get Jeb Bush to do anything? They won’t. You have to move outside of that political realm.”

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Link: http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2750/

[acmavm]

1. From the little bit I've been able to learn about this type of suit, it

seems to be the best way to put the makers of the voting machines on the defensive and to expose the fallacy that they are safe and reliable.

In the first line of your thread I do believe you mean RFK and not JFK. That had me confused for a second.

[Einsteinia]

6. I thought he was dead?

But what a nice comeback!

[Stevepol]

2. RFK RFK RFK RFK RFK not jfk RFK RFK RFK

My editing period is over. No more grace, only punishment.

[Wilms]

3. My convalescences.

And thanks for posting.

[Kurovski]

5. Reegrettable, but no big prablam.

I wonder what DNC head John Dean thinks of all this? ;-)

K&R!

[BeFree]

4. RFK has whistleblowers

Whistleblowers. He has some insiders telling all.

It's what we have been praying for from day one. Gawd, I wish we could get to hear them whistling already, but I know we will have to wait. But, damn, I can hardly wait.

It took someone like RFK to get a whistleler to whistle, and there he is. Thank you, Robert. Finally. What we have been praying for has almost been delivered.

Hey, George! That whistle is blowing for your sorry ass! I hope you can hear it, loud and clear!

[Kurovski]

7. Kick

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[Kurovski]

8. Kick

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