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In reply to the discussion: One thing is for sure, that message allegedly from Anonymous about Ohio and Rove [View all]johan helge
(1,157 posts)14. What everyone should know about Ohio 2004
Source here:
THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CONNELL
(Republican Dirty Tricks-boss) Karl Roves chief IT consultant, (the "Web wizard" Mike Connell (..) mysteriously died in a private plane crash in (December) 2008. The day after Connell was killed, the election protection organization VR wrote:
" A) person close to Mr. Connell has recently been discussing with a VR investigator how Mr. Connell can tell all about his work for George (W.) Bush. Mr. Connell told a close associate that he was afraid that (..) George (W.) Bush and (then Vice-President) Dick Cheney would 'throw ((him) under the bus (i.e. sacrifice him, probably because of his role in a case about election irregularities in the swing-state Ohio in 2004).' A tipster close to the McCain (2008) campaign disclosed to VR in July (2008) that Mr. Connells life was in jeopardy (..). VRs attorney (in the case about Ohio 2004), Cliff Arnebeck, notified (among others) the United States Attorney General (..) about these threats and insisted that Mr. Connell be placed in protective custody (as a witness)."
ELECTION FRAUD IN OHIO IN 2004?
"A lifelong Republican, (Stephen Spoonamore) is (..) one of the world's acknowledged experts on cybersecurity, with a resume that includes work for the U.S. armed forces and the FBI."
" I)n Ohio's 2004 presidential election (..) there was a sudden and unexpected shift in votes for George W. Bush. (..) Spoonamore concluded from the architectural maps of the Ohio 2004 election reporting system that, 'SmarTech (a firm controlled by Republicans) was a man in the middle'" "Spoonamore further testified that the only purpose for such man in the middle architecture is to commit crime." "A 'man in the middle' is a deliberate computer hacking setup, which allows a third party to sit in between computer transmissions and illegally alter the data." "'(T)here were three points on election night when SMARTech's computers took over from the secretary of state' says (the abovementioned VRs attorney) Arnebeck. 'It is during that period that we believe votes were manipulated.'"
" A)t an IT conference in London (approximately in late 2006), Spoonamore confronted the pro-life Connell about the Ohio election (in 2004): '(Connell) said, 'I'm afraid that in my zeal to save the babies (from abortion by getting Bush re-elected in 2004), the system I built may have been abused.'
Three days later, in the back of a cab (..), Spoonamore asked Connell if he would be willing to talk to a Congressional judiciary committee about what he knew. 'I actually took Mike's hand and said, 'If I can arrange for a private meeting for you to sit down with the committee and explain what you think may have happened in 2004 and how your systems may have been abused, will you do it?' And he said, 'Yes.'' Connell never did talk to the judiciary committee."
MORE ABOUT CONNELL'S DEATH
"In September 2009, an anonymous letter was sent to (among others) the FBI (..). 'Enclosed is a document that is not meant to exist,' begins the anonymous writer. Included is what purports to be an 'afteraction report' by a black ops agent. ('A black operation or black op is a covert operation by a government, a government agency, or a military organization.') All names have been redacted, but the report provides a detailed time log of actions taken to install an AMD (microprocessor) in (..) Connell's plane (..) the night before he made his fatal last flight. (..) (A) number of experts from the intelligence community who have seen the document believe it to be genuine."
"Former CIA operative John Perkins wrote about such (assassins) in his book, 'Confessions of an Economic HitMan', and says: It wouldn't surprise me a bit (if Connell was murdered). They've certainly assassinated a lot of people in this country. The Kennedys were assassinated. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. It's entirely possible that (liberal Senator) Paul Wellstone was assassinated. We've had a long, long history of assassinations.
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One thing is for sure, that message allegedly from Anonymous about Ohio and Rove [View all]
Quixote1818
Nov 2012
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Intelligence Agencies primarily work for the 1%. They won't go after those who manipulate votes
Zorra
Nov 2012
#7
You could be 100% correct which is why that statement should scare the hell out of anyone
Quixote1818
Nov 2012
#10
how do you know anonymous doesn't work for the 1%? things aren't always what
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#42
supposedly. but where did the name & publicity come from? fact is, we don't really know.
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#50
I Thought About The Possibility Of The Repugs Trying To Turn This Around And Blame Anon For Messing.
global1
Nov 2012
#29
One thing for sure, those who believe in this bullshit should keep it away from Daily Kos
RomneyLies
Nov 2012
#37