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2010-08-21 07:42:57 UTC
Forwarded message from Narasimha Rao
FLASH - HARI PRASAD ARRESTED OVER EVM EXPOSE'
Write to me at ***@indianEVM.com
FLASH . . . . . .
In a dramatic move, Hari Prasad, Technical Coordinator of VeTA has
been arrested by Maharashtra Police this morning in Hyderabad at the
insistence of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The arrest was
made on the unsubstantiated and atrocious charge that the EVM used
for exposing EVM vulnerabilities was "stolen" when in fact it was
made available by a local official for research purposes. VeTA
condemns this vengeful action by the ECI and advises the ECI
restraint. In the past, the ECI had never taken any stringent action
when over a hundred (perhaps several hundreds) EVMs have been stolen
in various states.
VeTA condemns this intimidation tactics of the ECI. VeTA hopes saner
counsel will prevail in the ECI and it would go after criminals
hacking democracy and not those trying to save it by exposing EVM
vulnerabilities.
The latest move by the ECI to persecute the whistle blowers reveals
the "fascist" face of the Election Commission of India and its utter
incompetence in improving the voting system in the wake of exposure
of EVM vulnerabilities.
The arrest is contrary to the assurance by the ECI deputy election
commissioner Ashok Shukla at the workshop on trustworthy elections in
Washington D.C on August 9 when Prof. Alex Halderman, a co-researcher
who exposed EVM vulnerabilities along with Hari Prasad clashed with
him over the issue of police's questioning of Hari Prasad.
The good news is that Hari Prasad remains totally unfazed. He has in
fact declined to apply for an anticipatory bail to evade arrest as he
says, "we have done no wrong. We have done this (EVM exposure) in
public interest. We will face whatever are the consequences."
I would request all of you who disapprove of the ECI's intimidation
attempts to speak up against this brutal action.
Please write to me briefly (30 to 100 words) what you think of this
action. We will display it on our campaign website www.indianEVM.com
Narasimha Rao
President, VeTA
End of forwarded message from Narasimha Rao
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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FLASH - HARI PRASAD ARRESTED OVER EVM EXPOSE'
Write to me at ***@indianEVM.com
FLASH . . . . . .
In a dramatic move, Hari Prasad, Technical Coordinator of VeTA has
been arrested by Maharashtra Police this morning in Hyderabad at the
insistence of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The arrest was
made on the unsubstantiated and atrocious charge that the EVM used
for exposing EVM vulnerabilities was "stolen" when in fact it was
made available by a local official for research purposes. VeTA
condemns this vengeful action by the ECI and advises the ECI
restraint. In the past, the ECI had never taken any stringent action
when over a hundred (perhaps several hundreds) EVMs have been stolen
in various states.
VeTA condemns this intimidation tactics of the ECI. VeTA hopes saner
counsel will prevail in the ECI and it would go after criminals
hacking democracy and not those trying to save it by exposing EVM
vulnerabilities.
The latest move by the ECI to persecute the whistle blowers reveals
the "fascist" face of the Election Commission of India and its utter
incompetence in improving the voting system in the wake of exposure
of EVM vulnerabilities.
The arrest is contrary to the assurance by the ECI deputy election
commissioner Ashok Shukla at the workshop on trustworthy elections in
Washington D.C on August 9 when Prof. Alex Halderman, a co-researcher
who exposed EVM vulnerabilities along with Hari Prasad clashed with
him over the issue of police's questioning of Hari Prasad.
The good news is that Hari Prasad remains totally unfazed. He has in
fact declined to apply for an anticipatory bail to evade arrest as he
says, "we have done no wrong. We have done this (EVM exposure) in
public interest. We will face whatever are the consequences."
I would request all of you who disapprove of the ECI's intimidation
attempts to speak up against this brutal action.
Please write to me briefly (30 to 100 words) what you think of this
action. We will display it on our campaign website www.indianEVM.com
Narasimha Rao
President, VeTA
End of forwarded message from Narasimha Rao
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are
not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright
owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of
your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the
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