[Dialogue] Elections and Passports ripe for stealing

[Chagnon at comcast.net]

Two pieces in today, Monday, 9/18 from the Information Clearing House for 9/16 
and 17   
You can read this newsletter online http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ 
Please pass it on to colleagues whose scientific background may further illuminate the issues.
Thanks.
Lucille Tessier Chagnon
Wilmington, DE
 
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Video; How to steal an election: 
Princeton University: Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting 
Machine
http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/voting/                 (Be sure to read the FAQs.  LTC) 

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The ID Chip You Don't Want in Your Passport: 
If you have a passport, now is the time to renew it -- even if it's not set to 
expire anytime soon. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/15/AR2006091500923_
pf.html        That underscore before   pf.html   is part of the URL
(My question about this one concerns the Ads by Google at the end--are they as 
safe as or safer than my local passport agency?  How do I find out?   LTC)