.... Air America Radios Mike Malloy gave the most succinct and passionate explanation in his Wednesday, November 3, 2004, program: The American vote count is controlled by three major corporate players, Diebold, ESS, Sequoia, and a fourth, SAIC, Science Applications International. All four are hard-wired into the Bush power structure, the Bush crime family. They have been given millions of dollars by the Bush regime to complete a sweeping computerization of voting machines that were just used in the 2004 election. The technology involved had a trial run during the 2002 mid-term elections. Georgia had Diebold machines in every precinct. As a result, a popular Democratic governor and senator were both unseated in what the media called an amazing 16 percent swing. Diebolds Walden ODell, a top Bush fundraiser, publicly committed himself to delivering his home state Ohios votes to Bush. At Diebold, the election division is run by Bob Urosevich. Bobs brother, Todd, is a top executive at rival ES&S. The brothers were originally staked by Howard Ahmanson, a member of the Council For National Policy, a right-wing steering group stacked with Bush true believers. Ahmanson is also one of the bagmen behind the extremist Christian Reconstruction Movement, which advocates the theocratic takeover of American democracy. The four companies are interconnected; they are not four competitors. Ahmanson has large stakes in ES&S, whose former CEO was Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. When Hagel ran for office, his own company counted the votes, and his victory was considered an amazing upset. Hagel still has a million dollar stake in ES&S. Sequoia is the corporate parent of a private equity firm, Madison Dearborn, which is partner in the Carlyle Group. (Also see here.) Meanwhile, SAIC is referred to a shadowy defense contractor. They have gotten into the vote count game both directly and through spinoffs by its top brass, including Admiral Bill Owens, former military aide to Dick Cheney, and Carlyle Group honcho Frank Carlucci and ex-CIA chief Robert Gates. SAICs history of fraud charges and security lapses havent prevented it from becoming one of the largest Pentagon and CIA contractors, and will doubtless encounter few obstacles in its entrance into the vote counting business. https://youtube/watch?v=NsKbP5Ss89I democraticunderground/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x31265
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