96.
The Affiant further explains the vulnerabilities in the system when the
copy of the selected ballots that are approved in the Results folder are made
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to a flash memory card – and that is connected to a Windows computer
stating:
It is possible for an administrator of the “ImageCast Central”
workstation to view and delete any individual ballot scans from the
“NotCastImages” folder by simply using the standard Windows delete
and recycle bin functions provided by the Windows 10 Pro operating
system. … The upload process is just a simple copying of a “Results”
folder containing vote tallies to a flash memory card connected to the
“Windows 10 Pro” machine. The copy process uses the standard dragn-drop or copy/paste mechanisms within the ubiquitous “Windows
File Explorer”. While a simple procedure, this process may be error
prone and is very vulnerable to malicious administrators.
Id. at par. 11-13 (emphasis supplied).
106.
Then Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney wrote October 6, 2006 to the
Secretary of Treasury, Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Objecting to approval of
Dominion/Smartmatic by CFIUS because of its corrupt Venezuelan
origination, ownership and control. (See attached hereto as Exh. 24, Carolyn
Maloney Letter of October 6, 2006). Our own government has long known of
this foreign interference on our most important right to vote, and it had
either responded with incompetence, negligence, willful blindness, or abject
corruption. In every CFIUS case, there are two TS/SCI reports generated.
One by the ODNI on the threat and one by DHS on risk to critical
infrastructure. Smartmatic was a known problem when it was nonetheless
approved by CFIUS.
107.
The Wall Street Journal in 2006 did an investigative piece and found
that, “Smartmatic came to prominence in 2004 when its machines were used
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in an election to recall President Chávez, which Mr. Chávez won handily —
and which the Venezuelan opposition said was riddled with fraud.
Smartmatic put together a consortium to conduct the recall elections,
including a company called Bizta Corp., in which Smartmatic owners had a
large stake. For a time, the Venezuelan government had a 28% stake in Bizta
in exchange for a loan.’
20 …“Bizta paid off the loan in 2004, and Smartmatic
bought the company the following year. But accusations of Chávez
government control of Smartmatic never ended, especially since Smartmatic
scrapped a simple corporate structure, in which it was based in the U.S. with
a Venezuelan subsidiary, for a far more complex arrangement. The company
said it made the change for tax reasons, but critics, including Rep. Carolyn
Maloney (D., N.Y.) and TV journalist Lou Dobbs, pounded the company for
alleged links to the Chávez regime. Id. Since its purchase by Smartmatic,
Sequoia’s sales have risen sharply to a projected $200 million in 2006, said
Smartmatic’s chief executive, Anthony Mugica.” Id