I've never asked people in a diary to recommend it before, but I'm asking now. I have uncovered solid evidence of a devious, coordinated campaign to discredit Bev Harris and BBV research, which strikes at the heart of something we all should support - our right to vote, and have our votes counted.
Here's my opening salvo:
Shortly after Bev Harris' site was shut down by Diebold in September 2003, Bev Harris wanted to set up a new site as a temporary measure, because the California Recall was only a couple of weeks away. Ignoring Bev's initial (edited) objection, David Allen (her publisher at the time, fired in 2004, and now the overt leader of the "BASHBEV.COM" movement) contacted Tom Flocco's right-hand man, who set up this insecure site.
His name is Robert Mendenhall Jr. of Whitestar Website Design. He only had a handful of clients. Besides tomflocco.com, his only other claim to fame was this site for Vreeland crap. Not coincidentally, Andy Stephenson was a regular at the Vreeland site, as well as moderator at the insecure temp site.
I expect some ferocious attacks this time!
I've already documented some of Bev's accomplishments, as well as some of the lies put out by her former publisher, David Allen, and his gang of Bev-bashers
here,
here, and
here.
Later this week, I will present additional evidence that IMO proves there is a coordinated effort to malign Bev Harris, in order to hamper real BBV research. This conspiracy involves David Allen, Tom Flocco, Robert Mendenhall Jr, and others who shall be named. The tags I have applied to this diary are very relevant. This conspiracy could be the work of one entity (the right wing), or the work of two entities (the right wing, and far left LaRouchie-like conspiracy nuts) with some shared agendas...I'm not sure yet, since some right wing trolls are quite clever at appearing to be on the left instead of the right.
Clearly, Tom Flocco is a right wing disinfo freak, and very proud of his right-wing ties, and hey...there's his right-hand man Whitestar (Robert Mendenhall Jr, David Allen's buddy) again!
I'd like to close this chapter with a quick refresher on what Bev Harris has done for us. Those who have accused her of being a freeper, a scam artist, not on the side of truth and justice, yada yada yada, should be deeply ashamed of themselves. Her story is a testament to what an average, everyday American can do, when confronted with something that has to be done.
THERE IS NO BETTER EVIDENCE IN THIS WORLD THAN EVIDENCE THAT PROVES SOMEONE "WALKS THE WALK," INSTEAD OF MERELY "TALKS THE TALK."
- It was Bev Harris who discovered that "Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., had an ownership share in Election Systems & Software (ES&S)" and "ES&S voting machines count all the votes in Hagel's home state of Nebraska, except in those counties that tally ballots by hand...When she posted the information about the situation on her (previous) Web site, she promptly received a cease-and-desist order from ES&S lawyers. She e-mailed the cease-and-desist order to 3,000 of her media contacts."
- It was Bev Harris who found the Diebold source code on the internets, and took the appropriate steps to get it in the hands of people to examine and determine its flaws.
- It was Bev Harris who first posted internal Diebold/Global Election Systems emails online, and took the appropriate steps to spread them far and wide. Diebold shut down her blackboxvoting.org site for 30 days as a result, during which time she did not have access to her files, the emails, the source code, or membership lists. But David Allen did.
- It was Bev Harris (same link as #3) who was under investigation for a hack into the Bellevue, Washington company known as VoteHere. She correctly (IMO) recognized the subsequent attempt to convince her to look at the hacked information as a set-up.
- IT IS BEV HARRIS, and the fine people involved at blackboxvoting.org, who continue to do whatever they can to take down the machines - machines that can cheat.
Bev Harris is a true American hero. I will not rest in my efforts to get the word out, and I will not be deterred by noise from trolls, some who pretend to be one of us.
My name is John Dean, from Santa Ana, CA. Trolls, bring it on! Special thanks to those who assisted me with this research!