More potential gold from The Blue Lemur.
A programmer was asked by former Florida state representative Tom Feeney to develop vote-rigging software (Feeney is now in the U.S House of Representatives). The programmer is a former NASA contractor, and his affadivit is here (pdf file).
An excerpt :
While working for Yang Enterprises in Florida, the 46-year-old programmer says he was instructed by then-Republican state representative Tom Feeney to "develop a prototype of a voting program that could alter the vote tabulation in the election and be undetectable."
Feeney, a former failed running mate of Gov. Jeb Bush, is now represents Florida's 24th district in the House of Representatives. At the time, he was serving both as general counsel and lobbyist for Yang Enterprises and the Florida state congressman.
There's more...
This is really sort of scary:
The programmer, Clinton Curtis, said that he was told the program needed to be "touch-screen capable, the user should be able to trigger the program without any additional equipment, [and that] the programming was to remain hidden even if the source code was inspected."
Curtis asserts that he told Feeney it would be nearly impossible to write a code to change the voting results if anyone were able to view the source code.
"However," he added, "if the code were compiled before anyone was allowed to review it then any vote fraud would remain invisible to detection."
The article concludes with something interesting about Yang:
Yang Enterprises is currently under investigation by the FBI. Curtis has filed a suit with the state alleging the the firm also overbilled the state on another contract, and his report of an illegal resulted in the arrest of a Chinese national in March who is accused of sending secret information to China about the development of the U.S. Hellfire missile.
Developing...
Again, I really don't think tinfoil is necessary anymore.
Programmers? Computer nerds? What do you think?
[editor's note, by Plutonium Page] The affidavit was originally posted on The Brad Blog, whose servers are apparently overloaded at this time. Just wanted to give credit to the folks who broke the story.
Update [2004-12-6 20:22:0 by Plutonium Page]: From the Raw Story front page, right now: "Late tonight: Exclusive interview with programmer and further details..." So since it's after 2 am here in Amsterdam, you guys keep an eye out for this interview.