December 08, 2004
Has the left found it's Matt Drudge in Brad Blog and Raw Story?
by Liza Sabater
A blogger with a penchant for sleuthing breaks the story of a software developer who, in a sworn affidavit, claims was hired to create a prototype program that could "prove" how elections could be stolen with e-voting machines for an employer and a Florida congressman who later bragged about having rigged the elections himself.
The story is covered by the a news blog that is not even a year old but has left it's mark as one of the true journalism blogs on the Left.
The blogosphere explodes.
Watch your ass Matt Drudge. Meet your makers in Brad Friedman of THE BRAD BLOG (which now has a sister site called BradBlogTOO, needed after getting slammed with the traffic) and the editors and writers of The Raw Story | Liberal news with an edge.
I cannot be more excited.
Here are some images of the sworn affidavit Brad Friedman scooped from Clinton Curtis, a former NASA programmer who was hired by now Florida congressman, Tom Feeney. In the affidavit, he claims he was hired to "develop a prototype of a voting program that could alter the vote tabulation in the election and be undetectable."
Click the image, so you can read where Mr. Curtis' gets to the heart of the matter:
The following image is of the last page; where he claims to have talked with Homeland Security, the FBI and the Florida State Attorney General's office. The page contains the seals of certification :
This kind of evidence is what the Left may need to bitch-slap this country into the reality of e-voting. For years now The Electronic Frontier Foundation has been publicizing the possible consequences of electronic voting developed and managed by for-profit companies like Diebold. Remember Dieblod, the company with the Republican CEO who fought tooth and nail to execute their contracts under proprietary licenses and who promised to deliver Ohio?
No paper trails, no open source code, no accountability. What better way to steal an election.
Whether Mr. Curtis' prototype helped rig an election in Florida is beyond the point --although it should be thoroughly investigated.
At our art affiliate, potatoland, Mark Napier developed a software art piece called The Waiting Room. One of the discussions we had about the interface and usability design was whether or not the control buttons should have been transparent or almost transparent, so as to not distract from the artwork being generated by the user. We agreed the piece needed to a visual cue, given the concept of a painting being developed by touching a screen was more than most people could comprehend. This piece was developed between 1999-2000.
In the context of software art, invisible buttons are nothing new. The use of invisible buttons in the context of an e-voting machine, that's what's fresh.
That the Democrats had no strategy for dealing with this kind of corruption of accountability is just outrageous. If the Kerry camp --including the Clintonistas-- continues its long silence in the face of these allegations --a silence that Edwards obviously did not favor on the eve of November 3rd-- then the Democratic Party deserves to die a swift and decisive death.
Should we start making plans for the building of a new Progressive Party?
More at The Raw Story:
The Blue Lemur - Progressive Politics and Media News » In sworn affidavit, programmer says he developed vote-rigging prototype for Florida congressman; Congressman's office silent
The Blue Lemur - Progressive Politics and Media News » In interview, programmer details what led him to file vote-rigging affidavit
The Blue Lemur - Progressive Politics and Media News » Programmers weigh in on plausibility of vote rigging software, as RAW STORY confirms some claims in affidavit
The Blue Lemur - Progressive Politics and Media News » Washington watchdog group which wrote DeLay complaint meets with programmer
Posted by Liza Sabater in 2004 Elections, Computers, Corruption, E-Voting, Open Source, Software, Transparency
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