Diebold information leaked to writer (leaker is now being prosecuted)

[joeunderdog]

A criminal case involving Cleveland law firm Jones Day, Summit County voting machine maker Diebold Inc. and an obscure, part-time Hollywood actor is expected to unfold in a Los Angeles courtroom today.
The actor, Stephen Heller, has been charged with felony theft of confidential records from a Jones Day office where he was temping in 2004.

Heller is alleged to have given the records to an investigative writer who had just published a book saying Diebold had installed uncertified voting systems in California. A copy of the records landed in the hands of an Oakland Tribune reporter who used them to report embarrassing details about Diebold's hasty use of uncertified software with its machines.

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The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says that on five days over a three-week period in early 2004, Heller copied more than 500 pages of Diebold-related documents. Some were stamped "attorney work product, privileged and confidential." One was an estimated Jones Day budget of $535,000 to $925,000 for two months of Diebold work.

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As for Heller, he and his wife have covered his legal bills with personal savings and a second mortgage on their home. He was fired from two jobs when employers learned of his criminal case and is, according to his lawyer, "desperately looking for work."

This poor schmuck is a hero getting throttled by the A-holes who are helping destroy our country. His legal defense fund is here: http://www.hellerlegaldefensefund.com


http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business/1145867701235570.xml&coll=2

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. A relative of mine is an attorney with Jones Day in Cleveland...

I'll have to ask him about this case...but he might not be able to talk about it....I can still ask though.

[Berry Cool]

3. He won't tell you anything, unless he does it in an underground garage.

He would have signed the same confidentiality agreement anyone else in the firm would have.

[marmar]

2. Seems to be the latest tactic to frighten whistleblowers...

and silence critics. Prosecute them. You will face legal action if you tell the truth! You either lie with us or tell the truth against us!

[Oversea Visitor]

4. This battle

cant win. Legally nothing to fight.

Is why he does it thats important.
1) It is to protect the right to vote of all American present and future

I would have done the same thing.
I would just say what I did was against the LAW but it is not wrong.
Protecting the future of my children and everyone children and the future of America can never be wrong.

Let the punishment be declare
Then fight the punishment is better move.

First battle ground cannot win
Second terrain better. Better place to fight.
Maybe sentence should be doing social work in end. That is something reasonable.