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TaggartCiscontinenta 2 points ago +2 / -0

Edit 2: here you go https://search.wikileaks.org/?q=Smartmatic

Edit: Sorry, I got distracted with this Keaken/Palantir thing and forgot you were asking regarding Smartmatic

9/21/14:

“Continuing her obsession with data, Chelsea has led an effort to look at the lifetime of every CGI commitment over the past 10 years and figure out what can we learn from the commitments that worked, and what can we learn from the ones that didn't. With the help of Palantir, CGI is planning to release special report that examines this data and looks at what characteristics lead to the most successful CGI commitments. She's moderating a panelhttp://t.co/3KWDaxR5v6 on this topic on Tuesday during CGI and will also talk about a new data library launching on the Clinton Foundation website that can be a resource to others doing similar work.”

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Vivadiscordia 4 points ago +4 / -0

What’s up with Palantir? I thought Peter Thiel was based.

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prayinpede 3 points ago +3 / -0

Id also like to know

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pepe-wont-stop [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

Thanks, was just wondering if anyone was digging there and found anything relevant. I have not seen any posts on TD about digging Wikileaks regarding Dominion/Smartmatic.

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pepe-wont-stop [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

CARACAS' VIEW OF SMARTMATIC AND ITS VOTING MACHINES

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06CARACAS2063_a.html

A Shadow of Fraud

  1. (C) Of course, the Venezuelan opposition is convinced that the Smartmatic machines robbed them of victory in the August 2004 referendum. Since then, there have been at least eight statistical analyses performed on the referendum results. Most of the studies cross-check the results with those of exit polls, the signature drives and previous election results. One study obtained the data log from the CANTV network and supposedly proved that the Smartmatic machines were bi-directional and in fact showed irregularities in how they reported their results to the CNE central server during the referendum. (Note: The most suspicious data point in the Smartmatic system was that the machines contacted the server before printing their results, providing the opportunity, at least, to change the results and defeat the rudimentary checks set up by international observation missions. Since August 2004, the CNE has not repeated this practice.) These somewhat conspiratorial reports perhaps serve to breathe life into a defeated opposition, but have never proved conclusively the fraud (refs b and c).

  2. (C) The Smartmatic machines suffered a major blow, however, when in a test prior to the December 2005 National Assembly elections an opposition technician was able to defeat the machine's allegedly random storage protocols and, therefore, the secrecy of the vote. The technician took advantage of the fact that the computerized machines used a Windows operating system. A simple program downloaded from the Internet accessed underlying Windows files created "in order" as the machine processed Smartmatic's "randomizing" software. Although Smartmatic officials argued convincingly that such controlled results could not be feasibly replicated

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during a real election (ref d), the opposition parties boycotted. Abstention rates soared to at least 75 percent and confidence in the CNE among opposition voters plummeted. The disastrous results left Chavez with 100-percent control of the National Assembly, an albatross around the neck of a leader trying to appear democratic.

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pepe-wont-stop [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

HI FREDO

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pepe-wont-stop [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

Pede, I haven't seen anything from Wikileaks about Smartmatic at all on TD, have you? Also, what is up with the search feature? I tried searching to see if anyone was posting, but no luck.

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pepe-wont-stop [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

Thank you.

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TaggartCiscontinenta 1 point ago +1 / -0

Here’s a good one. Philippines election sounds like a total mess-

https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/11/1159449_insight-phil-elections-.html

On Monday, May 3rd, one week before election day, PCOS machines tested in localities around the Philippines failed at a rate of almost 100%. Contrary to initial reports, votes were miscounted for both local and national candidates, in different ways is different localities. At first, Smartmatic technicians claimed that the problem was because the ballot paper used for the testing was thinner than the real paper to be used on election day. When this was disproven, the official explanation from Smartmatic was that the compact flash cards were improperly programmed. Ballots were printed double-spaced, while the cards were programmed to read single-spaced ballots. Smartmatic took complete blame for the improper programming of the CF cards. On Tuesday, May 4th Smartmatic decided to recall all 76,000 CF cards, reprogram and replace them in time for a second testing to be held on May 7th. Kontra Daya and Bantay Halalan released statements enumerating multiple other possible problems with the AES, including: untested servers (that receive and store results from PCOS machines), PCOS modem firmware, untested public website, problems with source code (that may improperly count undervoting), lack of proper encryption and electronic security, misaligned ovals. GMA election lawyer, Rolumo Maclintal, as well as deputy Pre. Spokesperson Gary Olivar suggested that polls be postponed 15 days to allow Comelec to print all the forms for manual count. Comelec stated that it had information of politicians planning to disturb polls by making delays in voting and that it knows of vote buying conducted by two presidential candidates in order to destroy the credibility of the May 10 elections.