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This videotaped testing session was witnessed by Black Box Voting investigators Bev Harris and Kathleen Wynne, Florida Fair Elections Coalition Director Susan Pynchon, security expert Dr. Herbert Thompson, and Susan Bernecker, a former candidate for New Orleans city council who videotaped Sequoia-brand touch-screen vot...
The Hursti Hack requires a moderate level of inside access. It is, however, accomplished without being given any password and with the same level of access given thousands of poll workers across the USA. It is a particularly dangerous exploit, because it changes votes in a one-step process that will not be detected in ...
One thousand two hundred locations in the U.S. and Canada use Diebold voting machines. In each of these locations, typically three people have a high level of inside access. Temporary employees also often have brief access to loose memory cards as machines are being prepared for elections. Poll workers sometimes have a...
Many locations in the U.S. ask poll workers to take voting machines home with them with the memory cards inside. San Diego County (Calif) sent 713 voting machines/memory cards home with poll workers for its July 26 election, and King County (Wash.) sent over 500 voting machines home with poll workers before its Nov. 8 ...
Memory cards are held in a compartment protected by a small plastic seal. However, these simple seals can be defeated, and Hursti has found evidence that the memory card can be reprogrammed without disturbing the seal by using a telephone modem port on the back of the machine.
The Hursti Hack, referred to as the mother of all security holes was first exposed in a formal report on July 4. (http://www.blackboxvoting.org/bbvreport.pdf).
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If we saw the economy falter which obviously is not in the cards right now and of course if inflation was to fall further, the policy may be reversed.
A 25 bps rate hike by the US Fed was very much on expected lines but there are also going to be three more rate hikes in 2018. What do you think would be the factors that would cause the Fed to shift from its dot plot for 2018?
Yes, obviously the 25 bps hike was well discounted in the market and certainly the fact that the statement on rate hike movement in 2018 and probably 2019 is no surprise because it is quite obvious that the US economy is doing well and as the Fed chief pointed out, inflation is still very much contained. It is not a qu...
Now what could reverse this? I suspect if we saw the economy falter which obviously is not in the cards right now and of course another thing would be if inflation was to fall further. But those two factors are not within the realm of reality at this time and I say that because while inflation is pretty much contained ...
You did speak about how there will be higher commodity prices, oil prices, etc. We did see that rally coming by in the month gone by. Nevertheless, the US CPI still slowed down in November. There were healthcare costs which were lower. There were biggest drops in apparel prices, etc. Don’t not you think that that would...
If we look back and if we go back a few years before we saw oil prices actually crumble, the average barrel of oil was somewhere between $75- 85 and at those levels, obviously, you are going to get a dose of inflation and so the oil prices at present level are not really causing any inflation because it is not being ac...
Of course, in terms of higher gasoline prices, we are seeing them actually show up in the top line of TPI but in general we are not seeing any real strength in terms of oil prices that is kicking in inflation at this time. That will change in 2018 and then of course there is another factor. It is simply this that we do...
This is the second of two articles adapted from the book "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III" by Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, New York, © 2006.
After President Bush won reelection in 2004, White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. got out an 8 1/2 -by-11 spiral notebook, half an inch thick, with a blue cover. He called it his "hit-by-the-bus" book -- handy in case someone in the administration suddenly had to be replaced. He had intentionally used a studen...
A second term traditionally leads to personnel changes. The question was whether one of them would involve Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Card had to approach the issue with delicacy. Iraq was the centerpiece of everything now, and the president was clearly predisposed not to do anything that would disrupt the war effort. If Rumsfeld left, what would the impact be on overall momentum and on the morale of those who were doing the fighting? Rumsfeld had a ...
The champions of change at the Defense Department included Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser who would soon be nominated to become the new secretary of state; her replacement as national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley; and Card himself.
Card had the names of 11 possible Rumsfeld replacements in his "hit-by-the-bus" book, among them Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), who had been Al Gore's vice presidential running mate in 2000 and was a staunch defender of the Iraq war, and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
But Card thought the best replacement for Rumsfeld would be James A. Baker III, who had been White House chief of staff and Treasury secretary under President Ronald Reagan, then secretary of state and chief political adviser to the president's father.
Card floated the names to Bush over the course of several weeks, all the while underscoring the advantages of change. But his focus was on Baker.
"Mr. President, this is my quiet counsel," Card said. "Put a diplomat in the Defense Department."
The president seemed genuinely intrigued.
"You don't have to rush to make a decision," Card advised.
Card spoke with Rumsfeld, who talked as if he presumed there would be no change. One of Rumsfeld's minions told Card, "Nothing will happen until the war is over."
A Daily Express journalist writing a news story about Britain's national debt was told to "put the boot into Corbyn" and make it clear "that Labour is NOT the solution", in what appears to be an instruction from his editor to ensure the report would be sufficiently biased against the Labour leader.
Unfortunately for the reporter, he then forwarded the instructions directly to the Labour party's press office while asking for a comment.
"I'm sure Labour might very well have something to say on the issue of spiralling debt?" journalist Jon Rogers asked the Labour press office.
"Any chance of getting something attributed to Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell?"
However, he appears to have inadvertently copied and pasted a short summary of the news story below, which included what looked like instructions from an unknown editor on how the story should be written.
The email from the reporter to the press office, passed to BuzzFeed News, reads: "Needs reaction from the Taxpayers Alliance, but let's def also put the boot into Corbyn (who wants to plunge us into even DEEPER debt) so as the readers are very clear that Labour is NOT the solution!"
It's unclear who issued the instructions. The email also includes a link to a file held on a computer belonging to "marshg". Geoff Marsh is the director of digital content at Express Newspapers, the owner of the Daily Express.
Neither Rogers not Marsh responded to multiple attempts to contact them.
While the Daily Express's pro-Brexit, anti-Labour editorial stance is well known, it's unusual to see such instructions from an editor in public.
The story eventually appeared on the newspaper's website on Tuesday under the headline "REVEALED: Britain now spends £49 BILLION paying INTEREST on debts EVERY YEAR", featuring a comment from the TaxPayers' Alliance.
Labour, perhaps unsurprisingly, did not provide a comment to the Express, and neither Corbyn nor the party was mentioned in the article itself.
Despite this, the piece was topped with an embedded video entitled "UK pays more in debt interest than on NHS thanks to Labour", while a large photo of Jeremy Corbyn appeared further down for unknown reasons.
Publicist Jonathan Jaxson – who is one of the few friends Amanda keeps in touch with – believes the troubled actress is heading the same way as Amy, who died in 2011 at the age of 27.
Jonathan also revealed Amanda's only companion is a new puppy and says she has completely cut her family out of her life.
He said: “She still doesn't surround herself around anyone on a daily basis and is a lonely blue jay.
“It's really sad. At least she has a dog now to keep her company, that she loves and treats like a newborn baby.
“[When I call her] Amanda generally makes very small talk. In texts her messages are that of a high school teen who just wants to be loved. You can sense there’s pain and loss of control in her personal life when talking to her. She’s been leaning on a few enablers, but quickly deletes them from her life and then moves...
“She's definitely not OK. Still more erratic as ever and between the drugs and what ever mental things she maybe is going through, she's only getting worse. From what I know, she’s not on medication or even seen a doctor.
“Her family have attempted to intervene but, last time they did, she fled to Buffalo. Every time they reach out she just gets angrier and angrier. She has alienated everyone.
A tropical storm system brought heavy rain into San Diego’s South Bay early Tuesday.
Throughout the day, much of the County got pelted by showers, some of them heavy. Throughout the afternoon and into the evening, many San Diegans saw widely scattered showers.
The rain brought trouble to San Diego's roads and several crashes slowed traffic.
"People can't drive. People definitely can't drive down here," said resident Cody Yates. "You've got people going 40 in the fast lane and people honking at each other. Definitely crazy down here."
County Vector Control officials say any puddles or standing water that may accumulate as a result of the rain are no different than sprinklers creating puddles.
Officials asked residents to canvas their yards and dump puddled water within a week, because it takes that long for mosquitoes to breed and hatch.
When it gets colder, it's not as big of a concern because the mosquitoes prefer the warm humid air. Officials are not concerned about the spread of Zika with this rain.
By Wednesday afternoon, most of the rain should be gone and NBC 7 Metereologist Kimi Evans forecasted sunshine for the final hours of summer.
Blake being led into police headquarters in Los Angeles Thursday.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Robert Blake remained behind bars Friday after Los Angeles police said investigators found "compelling and significant" evidence implicating the actor in the shooting death of his wife last May.
Police arrested Blake at his home in the gated community of Hidden Hills on Thursday evening, saying they had evidence he shot and killed his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, 44, outside a North Hollywood restaurant.
The 68-year-old actor was transferred to the jail's hospital section Friday morning, but authorities and Blake's attorneys said the move is a common security and safety consideration for high-profile inmates and that he does not need medical care.
Guards check the 10- by 10-foot cell, the same one that once held actor Robert Downey Jr., every 15 minutes through a small window in the door, but LAPD Cmdr. Gary J. Brennan insisted that Blake is not on suicide watch.
"He's being well-treated and he's getting his regular medications," Harland Braun, the actor's attorney, said after visiting his client Friday afternoon for the first time since the arrest. "He said it's ... like some of the parts that he's played."
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Meanwhile, police executed a search warrant at Blake's sister's home Friday, where he had been staying with Rosie, his nearly 2-year-old daughter with Bakley.
Authorities also searched the Burbank apartment of Blake's handyman and bodyguard, Earle Caldwell, who was also arrested Thursday in connection with Bakley's killing. Braun also said police searched the California desert home of one the actor's friends, whom police did not identify.
Investigators recovered papers, computers and weapons, but police did not provide any further details.
Police said they will present their case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office Monday morning and Blake could be arraigned later in the day. Blake is currently being held without bail, while Caldwell is being held at the LAPD headquarters on $1 million bail, Brennan said.
Blake will face two counts of solicitation of murder and one count of murder with special circumstances -- a charge that could lead to the death penalty, Brennan said.
"Robert Blake shot Bonny Bakley," Police Capt. Jim Tatreau said at a news conference Thursday night. "We believe his motive is that Robert Blake had contempt for Bonny Bakley. He felt that he was trapped in a marriage that he wanted no part of."
Police say they believe Blake, the star of the 1970s detective series "Baretta," tried to hire someone to kill his wife of six months and, failing that, pulled the trigger himself.
Caldwell was arrested "for conspiracy to commit murder of Ms. Bakley," Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks said.
Speaking after the LAPD news conference, Blake's attorney said his client always "impressed me as maintaining his innocence but being very calm about it."
"He says, 'I'm a father, I've lived almost 70 years, I'm going to face what I have to face,'" Braun said, who added that Blake's main concern was making sure Bakley's family does not gain custody of his young daughter.
"I believe the real killer is still out there," Braun said. "This is a very strange situation, and I'm not trying to besmirch (Bakley), but the woman had an extensive history, and there are people in her past that have made threats to her, people with motives."
Bonny Lee Bakley had been married to Blake for six months at the time of her killing.
Following an extensive investigation, police said they obtained arrest warrants against Blake and Caldwell on Thursday morning. Both men were taken into custody around 6 p.m. (9 p.m. EDT).
Cary Goldstein, the attorney for the late Bakley and members of her family, said he was pleased with the arrest.
"After thousands and thousands of hours of investigation by the LAPD, they have concluded that Robert Blake and Earle Caldwell are responsible for the death of Bonny Bakley," he told CNN.
"The police followed the lead and apparently it all fell into place. They have the evidence with which to do this," Goldstein said. "They're going to put on a thorough, competent case because they're not going to risk losing this."
The victim's sister, Margerry Bakley, said family members were "pleased with the LAPD and saddened just the same. We still lost Bonny and have not seen (Blake and Bakley's daughter) Rose."
The 11-month police investigation examined 900 pieces of evidence, followed 150 tips and led investigators to 20 states, police said. Authorities discovered the murder weapon days after the shooting in a garbage container adjacent to the restaurant where the couple had eaten -- and near where Bakley was shot.
Blake, who portrayed a killer in the movie based on Truman Capote's classic "In Cold Blood," had told police his wife was in the car after the two dined together May 4 in a Studio City restaurant. He told police he went back into the restaurant to retrieve his gun, and that when he returned to the car he found his wife...
But Joe Restivo, a co-owner of the restaurant Vitello's, told CNN Blake appeared to have retrieved nothing from the restaurant, but that he came in, drank two glasses of water and left. Restivo said Blake appeared flustered.
The story also swirled controversy last year because Blake's attorney went on the offensive, raising questions about Bakley's past, releasing recordings of her phone conversations to the news media and detailing her interest in celebrities.
Braun said the couple had a troubled relationship and that Blake had only married Bakley because she became pregnant with his daughter.
After calling Braun and asking him to prepare Blake for his arrest, police said that the actor was passive and cooperative when he was taken into custody wearing a white shirt and green baseball cap. Blake's grown daughter from a different marriage will look after the actor's young daughter, Braun and police said.
Braun said Friday that police arrested Blake nearly a year after they last talked to him.
Blake hugs his 11-month-old daughter Rosie during the funeral of her mother on May 25, 2001.
"What do they have to lose by interviewing the suspect?" Braun said. "Either he's going to bury himself or exonerate himself."
LAPD deputy chief David Gascon said that, even given the enormous media crush, investigators were extremely thorough.
"The detectives have been rather meticulous in how they approached this," said Gascon, who was the police spokesman who announced that O.J. Simpson was a "fugitive" the night he was arrested before the now infamous police chase.
Blake, who has said little about the case, had long been the focus of the police investigation. He was interviewed early in the investigation as a witness to the crime, and police twice searched his home.
At his wife's funeral in late May 2001, Blake walked to the casket, placed his right hand on it and bowed his head. Someone handed him a white rose from the floral arrangement atop the casket.
"I stand before God to make this pledge," he said just before the casket was lowered, "As long as I have breath, I will do everything to make my daughter Rosie's life the best I can."
In the weeks after the slaying, bodyguard Caldwell told CNN the possibility that the actor may have been responsible for his wife's death "never even crossed my mind."
Caldwell said he and Blake did not discuss the killing: "We look at the sky, we watch the birds, we don't talk about it."
The Democratic front-runner appears with Gov. Terry McAuliffe, one of her closest political allies, at a Virginia rally.
Hillary Clinton stepped out onto the stage in Old Town Alexandria on a gorgeous fall day with her old friend, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, and worked the rope line, shaking hands with supporters and smiling.
“Let me ask you, Virginians: do we love Hillary Clinton?” McAuliffe bellowed, to cheers from the crowd.
Welcome to Clinton’s victory lap.
Friday’s rally was a fitting way to wrap up what’s been the best 10 days of Clinton’s six-month-old presidential campaign. Between good reviews for her debate performance in Las Vegas last week, Vice President Joe Biden’s Rose Garden announcement that he’s not planning to seek the presidency, and an 11-hour Benghazi te...
The good news didn’t stop there. Just a few minutes before she walked on stage in Alexandria, she got the backing of AFSCME, the 1.6-million-member public-employee union. And, according to campaign aides, Clinton had her best fundraising hour of the campaign Thursday night during the end of her testimony, from 9 to 10 ...
In Alexandria, Clinton delivered her standard stump speech, but her good spirits were evident as she lingered before and after the speech to shake hands and meet voters.

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