Voting programmer worked for White House Plumbers chief

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Esther Dyson <edyson () edventure com>
Date: January 26, 2006 9:46:57 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: [Diebold] Voting programmer worked for White House Plumbers  
chief

amazing and alarming (or perhaps not so amazing these days)

(Also, note his wife's firm: Spectrum Print And Mail = SPAM)


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> Contact: Black Box Voting - Bev Harris 206-335-7747 or 425-793-1030
>
> Convicted of 23 felonies for computer crimes, Jeffrey Dean
> was sent to prison for four years. Shortly after his release
> from incarceration, his company was awarded one of the
> largest ballot printing contracts in history, and he began
> programming voting systems that later became Diebold Election
> Systems.
>
> In a 2003 deposition, Dean states that he was a scapegoat
> who was left holding the bag in a series of unapproved payments
> from Culp, Guterson & Grader, one of the most politically connected
> law firms in Washington state.
>
> One of this firm's partners at the time was Egil "Bud" Krogh,
> who headed the White House "plumbers" unit under Richard Nixon.
> Krogh ordered the burglary of Pentagon Papers whistleblower
> Daniel Ellsberg.
>
> Dean claimed that other persons from the firm were involved in
> a scheme, and upon discovery of illicit payments (averaging
> $14,000/month) he was made to take the blame. Krogh became a
> partner at Culp Guterson & Grader in 1984, Dean says he received
> illicit payments of approximately $15,000 per month from 1985 - 1987.
>
> Like Jeffrey Dean, Krogh did time in prison -- four months for
> Watergate-related crimes. Krogh was disbarred, but after a fight
> from a Culp Guterson & Grader attorney, his credentials were
> restored. At the time, the firm was called "Culp Dwyer Guterson
> & Grader."
>
> 'He [Krogh] was hired on the merits of his character, intelligence
> and skills as a lawyer,'' said William L. Dwyer, the firm's senior
> partner, who had represented Mr. Krogh in his disbarment fight.
> Dwyer became a U.S. district judge.
>
> DEAN BECOMES A BALLOT PRINTER
>
> Shortly after Jeffrey Dean was released from prison on the Culp
> Guterson Grader matter, a company owned by his wife (but run
> by Jeffrey Dean) was awarded one of the largest ballot-printing
> contracts in history, with King County, Washington. In SEC documents,
> this company (Spectrum Print & Mail Ltd.) lists assets located in the
> Seattle area, British Columbia, San Francisco and in the Norwalk (CA)
> location that houses the Los Angeles County Elections Division.
>
> DEAN DEVELOPS COMPUTERIZED ELECTION SYSTEMS
>
> According to depositions taken in 2003, Jeffrey Dean programmed
> the ballot sorting software used to process incoming and outgoing
> mail-in ballots. He also developed the Vote Remote software used
> to track and authenticate mail-in ballots.
>
> "Key logs" from King County Elections show that Jeffrey Dean was
> given intimate access to the GEMS server (Diebold central tabulating
> software); internal memos from Diebold refer to an ongoing consulting
> arrangement with Dean, and document that he had management
> involvement in the touch-screens, the 1.96 version of the optical  
> scan,
> the votercard encoder and the Windows CE operating system used in
> Diebold voting machines. In addition, during recent litigation Dean  
> called
> Peter G. Martin as a witness, indicating that he had worked closely  
> with
> Martin, who programmed the new upcoming High Speed Central Count
> system.
>
> RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE DEAN FAMILY
>
> Black Box Voting has learned that Jeffrey Dean and his wife Deborah
> have recently been ordered into Chapter 7 bankruptcy by a trustee
> who become fed up with their "gamesmanship" in recent attempts to
> obstruct discovery of their assets.
>
> A 25 YEAR HISTORY OF TROUBLE
>
> Jeffrey Dean has a 25-year history of financial problems, tax liens
> and litigation, going back to a company he formed while working for
> Boeing. Though he refers to this company in recent depositions as
> "Astec," its real name was Advanced Systems Technology, Inc.,
> a company run by Dean and partner Michael C. Redman. Dean
> represents that this company did aircraft design, and says that
> he sold it to Raleigh-Durham Aviation in 1980. Legal documents
> show that he had a $700,000 tax lien imposed on him in connection
> with the "failed business" in 1984, and several creditors filed civil
> suits against him in 1979 and 1980.
>
> By 1982, Dean was a contractor for Culp, Guterson & Grader. Assets
> began accumulating under his wife's names. When Dean divorced
> his first wife and married wife #2, Lorimay, she began accumulating
> real estate under an entity called "JAL Investments Inc." This entity
> and its real estate was transferred to Dean's third wife, Deborah M.
> [Pederson] Dean.
>
> These efforts failed when it was revealed that over $180,000 of
> inappropriately received funds were spent on Deborah Dean's house,
> and that Deborah had been cashing checks as large as $10,000 at a
> time from the illicit funds.
>
> Although she was involved in litigation over restitution issues,
> Deborah Dean was not prosecuted in the thefts from Culp, Guterson
> & Grader.
>
> Jeffrey Dean entered an Alford Plea admitting to 23 felony counts,
> and was ordered to appear at the Shelton Correctional facility to
> begin his incarceration. Instead, he failed to show up and went to
> Oregon, where he apparently lived under a different name. Bench
> warrants were issued and he went to prison.
>
> Meanwhile, wife Deborah began "Spectrum Print & Mail Ltd."
> According to depositions, this firm was mostly delivering newspapers
> to contract deals like the Washington ferries.
>
> Shortly after Jeffrey Dean got out of prison, however, Spectrum
> Print & Mail got into ballot printing and designing software for  
> elections.
>
> This ballot printing plant, using software Dean claims to have
> developed, handles ballot printing and mail-ballot processing for
> counties like King County (WA) and Los Angeles County, Fresno
> County, San Diego County, Alameda County (CA), and for the state
> of Georgia and many other locations.
>
> The Deans were rewarded for Jeffrey Dean's ballot printing and
> election software programming work with a $4 million buyout by
> Global Election Systems shortly before election 2000. The Deans
> became the largest stockholders of Global Election Systems, and
> Jeffrey Dean took a position on the board of directors.
>
> In January 2002, Diebold Inc. purchased Global Election Systems.
> Jeffrey Dean says he resigned on the same day Diebold bought the
> company. Oddly, in a 2003 deposition, Jeffrey Dean claims that his
> contact with Global was always Pat Green -- but Green is a Diebold
> employee, not a Global Election Systems employee. Yet Diebold claims
> it hasn't worked with Jeffrey Dean.
>
> The Dean's ballot printing company was acquired by Diebold in the
> Global Election Systems acquisition.
>
> WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
>
> The Vote Remote software and the absentee ballot processing
> software developed by Jeffrey Dean was never submitted for
> certification, has not been examined by anyone, and due to  
> technicalities
> in the certification regulations, is not subject to certification.  
> Several
> counties have recently announced plans to force voters into all  
> mail-in
> voting, including King County, Jeffrey Dean's first elections client.
>
> Exactly what Jeffrey Dean was doing to the GEMS database
> program, what "oversight" he was providing to the touch-screen
> technology purchased by Diebold, and what expertise he provided
> for the votercard encoder, the optical scan 1.96 series, and the
> upcoming High Speed Central Count are not publicly known at this time.
> Diebold claims that the software is proprietary and will not allow
> public officials or political parties to examine the system.
>
> DIEBOLD CLAIMS MERIT FURTHER SCRUTINY
>
> Diebold claims that it did not work with Jeffrey Dean after acquiring
> Global Election Systems in Jan. 2002. However, the Dean depositions
> reveal that in May and June 2002, during the time a "rob-georgia"
> patch was created, Jeffrey Dean was called back to do consulting
> for Diebold.
>
> The Deans have been accused of obstructiveness and
> evasion by attorneys seeking to recover funds in a pending bankruptcy
> case. Specifically, when asked to identify monies paid by or due from
> Diebold Election Systems, they omitted answers.
>
> YA'LL COME BACK NOW: DOCUMENTATION GOING UP SHORTLY
>
> Depositions, documents, and supporting documentation will be
> posted on the Black Box Voting Web site this week. These documents
> include depositions, bankruptcy papers, criminal court records, SEC
> documents and civil litigation records for Jeffrey Dean and related
> companies.
>
> Jeffrey Dean prison records:
> http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/2197/14323.html
>
> (by Black Box Voting investigators Bev Harris, Kathleen Wynne, and
> Jim March, with assistance from Black Box Voting members Pat Vesely
> and John Howard.)
>
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