==(2004) 'Confidential' Cable from Venezuela = [DS] in US Gov KNEW [Smartmatic] 'Integrity' Was Questionable.==
(wikileaks doc)
Date: 2004 June 28, 21:49 (Monday)
Canonical ID: 04CARACAS2108_a
Original Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
VENEZUELA'S AUTOMATED VOTING SYSTEM: UNDER FIRE BUT MOVING FORWARD
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(C) Venezuela's new automated voting system will make its
premiere in the August 15 recall referendum against President
Hugo Chavez. '''The consortium behind the untested system, led
by the U.S. company Smartmatic,''' has yet to finalize its
contracts with the National Electoral Council (CNE).
'''Critics have attacked nearly every aspect of
the system including the reliability of the machines,''' ==the
vulnerabilities to "backdoor" tampering,== '''and the expedited
manner in which the CNE granted the concession to Smartmatic.'''
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(C) '''The Smartmatic machines are re-engineered lottery
machines''' with a six-inch touch screen, a built-in printer,
and a network connection.
(Cable uses the term "Operational Glitch". ← Planned Excuse?)
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(C) Fraud aside, there is still a possibility that some
unforeseen operational glitch crashes the system.
(imho: Below is why - Anonymous business registrations based IN DELAWARE MUST END = [Infiltration].)
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(C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) on February 16
awarded the concession for a new automated voting system to
the SBC Consortium (see ref). The Consortium is led by
Smartmatic, a Delaware-registered firm founded by Venezuelans
with offices in Boca Raton, Florida. The firm maintains a
research and development office in Caracas and has offices in
Mexico. Smartmatic's owners are Antonio Mugica, Alfredo
Anzola, and Roger Pinate, young Venezuelan computer engineers
who went to the U.S. several years ago to make it in
business. There are diverse rumors over the true identity of
Smartmatic's investors; among them are Caracas daily El
Universal, owners of Caracas' renowned Tamanaco Hotel, and
even Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel. Jorge Tirado, an
electoral expert working with Smartmatic, told poloff June 23
that Mugica and Anzola come from upper class anti-Chavez
families – Anzola's father is a member of the Coordinadora
Democratica – but the two engineers have kept quiet about
their politics.
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There's moar in the cable.
The point is:
USA Gov entities = Knew [Smartmatic] was/is a National Security Risk way back in (2004).
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2108_a.html