Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumStatement by Jeff Weaver, Bernie Sanders 2016 Campaign Manager
Two months ago, shortly after our digital vendor who conducts modeling for our campaign told us that there was failure in the firewall that prevents campaigns from seeing one anothers data, we contacted the DNC and told them about the failure. We were concerned that our data could be compromised and we were assured at the time the firewall would be restored.
Instead, we found out two days ago that once again, this sensitive and important data was compromised because the DNC and its vendor failed to protect it.
We have invested enormous campaign resources in acquiring the rights to use this proprietary information. But the DNC, in an inappropriate overreaction, has denied us access to our own data.
Let me briefly discuss the three issues involved here.
First, this is not the first time that the vendor hired by the DNC to run the voter file program, NGP VAN, has allowed serious failures to occur. On more than one occasion, they have dropped the firewall between the data of competing Democratic campaigns. That is dangerous incompetence. It was our campaign months ago that alerted the DNC to the fact that campaign data was being made available to other campaigns. At that time our campaign did not run to the media, relying instead on assurances from the vendor that the problem would be resolved. Unfortunately, the other day, the vendor once again dropped the firewall between the campaigns for some data.
Secondly, after discussion with the DNC it became clear that some of our staffers irresponsibly accessed some of the data from another campaign. That behavior is unacceptable to the Sanders campaign and we fired the staffer immediately and made certain that any information obtained was not utilized. We are now speaking to other staffers who might have been involved and further disciplinary action . Clearly, while that information was made available to our campaign because of the incompetence of the vendor, it should not have been looked at. Period.
Thirdly, rather incredibly, the leadership of the DNC has used this incident to shut down our ability to access our own information, information which is the lifeblood of any campaign. This is the information about our supporters, our volunteers, the lists of people we intend to contact in Iowa, New Hampshire and elsewhere. This is information that we have worked hard to obtain. It is our information, not the DNCs.
In other words, by their action, the leadership of the Democratic National Committee is now actively attempting to undermine our campaign. This is unacceptable. Individual leaders of the DNC can support Hillary Clinton in any way they want, but they are not going to sabotage our campaign one of the strongest grassroots campaigns in modern history.
We are announcing today that if the DNC continues to hold our data hostage, and continues to try to attack the heart and soul of our campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking an immediate injunction.
What is required here is a full and independent audit of the DNCs handling of this data and its security from the beginning of this campaign to the present, including the incident in October that we alerted them to.
https://berniesanders.com/press-release/statement-jeff-weaver/
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)If the DNC doesn't trust the Sanders campaign, fine, but they are the gatekeepers of the data, so he has a lot more to worry about than the DNC does.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)is warranted. I think what is found will be very interesting.
nenagh
(1,925 posts)Bernie's campaign asking for a "a full and independent audit"...
Yes! Could be very interesting...
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)With recreated backups and bogus access files all with the same "creation" date in order to do so. Remember, the individual in charge of this IT - The individual that runs the company Nathaniel Pearlman, the CEO of NGP-VAN, was the chief technology officer of the Clinton 2008 campaign.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Old Codger
(4,205 posts)Until we dump that entire DNC crew and get someone in charge that really gives a shit about actual,real dem values and get rid of the dino's involved..ALL of them
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)Hillary SUPPORTS the corporate status quo.
Old Codger
(4,205 posts)same old same old..
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)And he was not a happy camper! I think DWS and HRH just ticked off the wrong person.
PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE
ViseGrip
(3,133 posts)It is a pledge such as this, that DWS needs to consider.
Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)yeah, right ... that's the ticket.
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)Take them to court and nail their filthy hides to the wall!
mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)Fuck this shit. The DNC is shoving Hillary down our throats - along with more war, TPP, etc. - and they are fucking corrupt as hell.
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)Likely making a full copy and updating it at each point, the vendor was told the data was accessible and continued the same behavior repeatedly. The individual that runs the company Nathaniel Pearlman, the CEO of NGP-VAN, was the chief technology officer of the Clinton 2008 campaign.
The DNC only cared about the security breaches when a low level Sanders staffer looked at some minor modeling files and the behavior was promptly reported by the Sanders campaign (within 30 mins. is quite prompt).
The DNC run by another Hillary '08 Campaign alumni has only taken action now, and that action is to lock out the Sanders campaign from it's own data. I assume the Hillary campaign has a complete backup of that Sanders data and the firm run by the Hillary associate is using this time to clean up evidence of access to the Sanders files.
This is all assumption of course, but based on deduction and past performance exhibited by the individuals involved.
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)Before starting CTSG, Stu worked directly on a number of campaigns, including working in the 1992 Clinton-Gore "War Room," and then in the Clinton White House.