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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 06:45 AM
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THE D. BOLD VIRUS SPREADS
http://www.freetimes.com/story/457



...He's got Diebold, bitches, and that's plenty. Just ask Bev Harris, founder of Black Box Voting, a nationwide nonprofit based out of Seattle that spearheaded a California lawsuit against the company for false claims of tamper-proof security. Diebold settled with that state's voters last year for $2.6 million.

But now, Harris says, it will be even harder to prove Diebold is up to no good. The company just purchased Actcom Inc., an ID security firm tied closely to the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security.

Diebold says it's just trying to get a bigger slice of the wartime pie; Harris sees a private company with openly partisan aims that's secured even greater acceptance at the highest reaches of government.

"We don't want to put all our personal data into the hands of a company that has lied to the American public," she says. "Now, they're saying we'd like to help the Department of Homeland Security with their national ID program? A company that permits fraud and lies? It's amazing."...

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Boredtodeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 07:29 AM
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1. Is it Diebold or Choicepoint?
Could you folks get your villians straight, please?

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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 07:36 AM
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2. Both D and CP
Both are a threat to our way of life and neither should be given any quarter. Don't you think?
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Stevepol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 07:44 AM
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3. Could you get your spelling correct, please? villains, not villians.
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Boredtodeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 09:48 AM
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6. Sorry. Too late to edit.
Hey, I was in a hurry. What can I say?

Had to go pay the car repairman $1,000.00.

Wasn't thinkin' straight. ;-)
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flyingobject Donating Member (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 08:15 AM
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4. Choicepoint donations to BBV.org?
Choicepoint donations to BBV.org?
or
Donna Curling donations to BBV.org?


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Boredtodeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-19-06 09:12 AM
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5. And, Choicepoint donations to DU as well!!!!!
OMG! :sarcasm:
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