SPTimes Covers Clint Curtis...Sort Of; BradBlog Responds

[Wilms]

Blogs spin tale of computers, conspiracies

The Web sites say an Oviedo Republican asked a programmer for software to alter electronic vote totals.

By LUCY MORGAN

Times Tallahassee Bureau Chief

Published April 9, 2005

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No one has proven anything, and no serious investigation appears to be under way, but the blogs are lighting up with the news and suggestions for proving corruption.

They have seized on an affidavit Curtis wrote Dec. 6 about his allegations of vote fraud. The affidavit was initially published the same day on bradblog.com. On March 3, Curtis passed a lie detector test given by Tim Robinson, retired chief polygraph operator for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

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"All I can tell you is I didn't do any of the illegal things Curtis says I did," Feeney said, "and I didn't lead the purple Martian invasion of Earth either."

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Litigation involving the Yangs, DOT, Curtis and Georgalis continues in Leon County.

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http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/09/State/Blogs_spin_tale_of_co.shtml




ST. PETE'S TIMES REPORTS CLINT CURTIS PASSES POLYGRAPH EXAM!

Story Broken in Florida's St. Petersburg Times by Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter!

Still Manages to Mangle, Misrepresent and Omit Several Key Elements of the Story!

Blogged by Brad on 4/8/2005 @ 4:13pm PT

After many months and many requests and many challenges from both critics and Mainstream Media types, The St. Petersburg Times is reporting -- and The BRAD BLOG can confirm -- that Clint Curtis took a polygraph test on March 3rd...and passed!

The lie-detector test, administered to Curtis by Tim Robinson, the retired chief polygraph operator for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, found that the Florida whistleblowing software designer who has charged in a sworn affidavit that he was asked by U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) to create an electronic vote-rigging software prototype in 2000, was indeed found to be truthful in all of his reponses!

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Despite her impressive credentials, the month-long exclusive access to Curtis' test-results that Morgan was given, and the full cooperation of The BRAD BLOG along with our months of reporting and materials acquired during our continuing investigation, she still managed to publish a number of errors and more than a few key ommissions.

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We knew there was trouble afoot from the first beat as the story was headlined "Blogs Spin Tale of Conspiracy, Computers". Which prompts us to wonder what headline The Times might have used when covering Woodward and Bernstein's series of Watergate articles in 1972: "Washington Post Spins Tale of Conspiracy, Cover-up"?

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http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001313.htm

[tommcintyre]

1. Do you think we could get Feeney to take the polygraph test too?

"All I can tell you is I didn't do any of the illegal things Curtis says I did," Feeney said, "and I didn't lead the purple Martian invasion of Earth either."

I'm sure he'd fail on the former, and pass on the latter. ;)

[Bill Bored]

3. slow down

What exactly did Curtis say that Feeney did that was illegal?
Was it illegal to ask him to write a program to demonstrate how to steal votes?
Was it illegal to say he was concerned about Dems hacking the vote?

AFAIK, it was Ms. Yang who told Curtis the true purpose of the program was "to control the vote in South Florida", right? Did Feeney ever actually ask Curtis to do that?

So perhaps Feeney could pass a polygraph test, if he believes that what he did was not strictly illegal.

What am I missing? (Must be something.)

[tommcintyre]

4. Intent my friend... intent

"he believes that what he did was not strictly illegal"

Remember, a polygraph measures stress, not the TECHNICAL truth of the matter. When Nixon said, "I am not a crook", he may have believed it in his own deluded way, but I expect his overall guilt-related stress levels would have caused the needle to jump. If not for the tapes, he was probably TECHNICALLY right.

I doubt Mr. Feeney would have a clear conscience answering that question. And the fear of his true intent being revealed would probably cause plenty enough stress to cause the needle to jump also.

Also, I'm assuming he would be asked a series of connected revealing questions. (Example: Did you INTEND to use the software for vote-flipping? BINGO!) These questions CERTAINLY would reveal his guilt. (Unless Curtis made it all up. Not too likely, is it?)

Wouldn't you just love to get Feeney to take that test? Hmmm.... I wonder why he hasn't offered to, since it would put this all to rest, for all intents and purposes.

Maybe we should all contact him, and issue a challenge to do so, to clear his "good" name.:evilgrin:

Here's his contact info:

DC Address: The Honorable Tom Feeney
United States House of Representatives
323 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0924
DC Phone: [phone]
DC Fax: [phone]
Email Address: http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Click here to send an
E-mail to your members of Congress
WWW Homepage: http://www.house.gov/feeney/

[Bill Bored]

5. Capital idea tom! Or is it capitol? nt

[Coexist]

2. Hey - that's my newspaper!

I guess I'd better go get it off my driveway and read it. My kids had sports games from 8:00 a.m. until after 2:00 and I came home and napped - then dinner, then "Dodgeball". I can't believe, of all the days to just leave it there - I pick today.

I hope it is better than it sounds here - the St. Pete times is usually a great paper.