Sanders camp is guilty of accessing Clinton data. So what if the man was fired--he still

[riversedge]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/278228-sanders-drops-lawsuit-against-dnc
did it--!!


April 29, 2016, 05:14 pm

Sanders drops lawsuit against DNC

By Ben Kamisar


Bernie Sanders' campaign is dropping its lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee for restricting access to its voter files.

The move came Friday after an independent investigation into Democratic presidential campaigns' handling of party voter data.


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But Sanders' campaign claimed the investigation showed the unauthorized access came from "the DNC's security failures" and that only four campaign staffers, including one who was immediately fired, were aware they could access some of Clinton's data for a one-hour window.

The DNC said the investigation confirmed what they first learned.

“The forensic analysis conducted by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike confirmed that the DNC’s initial findings, which were the basis of the temporary shutdown in December, were accurate," said DNC communications director Luis Miranda in a statement.

"The audit confirmed that one campaign gained unauthorized access to the data of another, and the audit further confirmed that the results of those searches were saved within the system and that data was exported. Following the conclusion of the audit that confirmed the DNC's original findings, the Sanders campaign withdrew its lawsuit."

The DNC also provided a timeline that notes that the four Sanders staffers "conducted 25 searches using proprietary Hillary for America score data across 11 states."

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Yes, they stole the data.

They stole it, and used it, and lost.

[scscholar]

10. And then sued because they did something wrong

This is like a story from The Onion.

[Agnosticsherbet]

11. It is common for adults who get caught with their fingers in the cookie jar to hire a lawyer,

Feign shock and insult and let the lawyer talk them out of it.

Hey, lawyers are part of the Political Industrial Complex. They need a paycheck, too.

[KingFlorez]

18. Cheaters never prosper

[SidDithers]

2. Cheaters. I'm glad they lost...nt

Sid

[noretreatnosurrender]

3. Nice Try

but we already read about what happened. This spin is far too late and not very good at that.

[silvershadow]

6. +1. Debbie-gate. They're obfuscating and muddying the waters. nt

[The Second Stone]

13. That would be Bernie-gate when you talk about the Sanders

campaign people feloniously accessing private computer data for the benefit of the campaign. Sanders was correct in firing the head of the ring. I notice he hasn't apologized for what was done on his behalf even though he did not order it. Nixon didn't order the Watergate break-in, but it was done on his behalf. This is no different except that Sanders didn't order a cover-up. Still a break-in, still a felony. Had Clinton been proven to do what Sanders has been proven to do, there would be calls for her indictment from the Sanders people. The actual perpetrator should be indicted, not just fired. Accessing private data to which you are not authorized is a felony.

[silvershadow]

14. Oh I meant the early and sustained collusion between the DLC and the Hillary campaign.

We don't actually have a legitimately functioning DNC it would seem.

[The Second Stone]

15. Here, have a tissue and a good cry. It hurts to lose a majority vote

but it's better than dictatorship.

[nc4bo]

7. Spin-a-rama. Spinnerettes trying to spin that dried up crap into something it was not.

And now proof that it was - NOT *---AND---* just the opposite of what Camp Make Believe said.

[Lil Missy]

5. Yes, they stole data. Obviously it didn'y help. n/t

[NurseJackie]

8. Even with that "advantage" Bernie STILL won't be the nominee.

I imagine this thing would have ended much more abruptly if they hadn't stolen proprietary voter data for eleven states.

Am I recalling correctly that in the beginning they said it was just one state and just a couple of search queries?

And then they SUED to try and bully and intimidate ... to feign innocence? And only fired ONE person?

[liberal from boston]

19. Go Bernie

Shortly after the data breach occurred, Wasserman-Schultz accused the Sanders campaign of not responding to requests for information about what happened. This was her rationale for cutting off access to data. During an interview with MSNBC, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver held up his phone displaying proof that he had, indeed, been in contact with her, and was willing to provide more information about it.
Because of the favorable outcome of the investigation, the Sanders campaign chose to withdraw its lawsuit against the DNC, satisfied that it has been vindicated in any wrongdoing. It also proves that Wasserman-Schultz overreacted to the data breach and broke DNC rules by not giving the campaign 10 days to remedy the situation before cutting off access to the database.

Full link
Suggest you read this: http://www.inquisitr.com/3046525/sanders-proven-right-again-drops-dnc-data-breach-lawsuit/

[CrowCityDem]

9. So when the campaign said nothing happened, it was another lie. Good to know.

[Hoyt]

12. On top of stealing info, they tried to blame it on Clinton and DNC,

even going so far as to file a frivolous law suit. Then, when formally proven in the wrong, had the temerity to say they were dropping law suit because the investigation exonerated them. What a crock of crud.

[-none]

16. That server is owned and operated by the DNC.

The DNC, through Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a DINO who has backed Republicans over Democrats, is four square, 100% behind Hillary. Hillary was supposed to be the one and only nominee. Bernie running wrecked that plan.
There is evidence someone local was in the server when the firewall went down. After that some Bernie supporters started getting political mail from Hillary. Bernie's head IT person was recommended by the DNC. The other four that were fired were hired by him.
Bernie supporters found their voter registrations changed to independent or even deleted. Bernie supporters were much more inconvenienced than Hillary supporters were/are, who didn't seem to be having any similar problems.

There are just too many little things wrong with this whole primary Democratic campaign for the DNC or Debbie to be operating fairly for the party as a whole, or the will of the people.

[mcar]

17. Right

He still did it. To pretend this isn't an ethical violation at the very least, is concerning.

[uponit7771]

20. If it was the Clinton campaign that did some shit like that they'd be up in arms

[snowy owl]

21. Another Bernie-hate thread. Move along.

[bigtree]

22. kick

[Scurrilous]

23. Boink!