DNC vendor mistakenly allowed access to voter database. DNC denies Bernie access to database.. [View all]

[madfloridian]

DNC blames Bernie Sanders campaign and refuses to let them use the database for now.

Yet the vendor admitted to allowing the access while updating.

Frankly I am getting very tired of the way the party leaders are shutting out Bernie's campaign.

I entered the primaries with a completely open mind about both candidates while still preferring Bernie. I am remembering now how the party managed to shut out any leaders who supported Howard Dean in 2004, and how our local party effectively shut us up.

Not feeling so good about things now.

The article has already been posted here with a subject line accusing Bernie of hacking. From the Washington Post

The DNC maintains the master list and rents it to national and state campaigns, which then add their own, proprietary information gathered by field workers and volunteers. Firewalls are supposed to prevent campaigns from viewing data gathered by their rivals.

NGP VAN, the vendor that handles the master file, said the incident occurred Wednesday while a patch was being applied to the software. The process briefly opened a window into proprietary information from other campaigns, said the company’s chief, Stu Trevelyan. He said a full audit will be conducted.

The DNC has told the Sanders campaign that it will not be allowed access to the data again until it provides an explanation as well as assurances that all Clinton data has been destroyed.

Hell that could have been an accidental event with the window opened that should not have been.

I have a feeling the DNC leaders and other party leaders are heading toward the same lack of respect for the left, the populists, the liberals of the party.