Sunday, June 25, 2006
Where to Find Information about ChoicePoint:
June 2006
If you are not familiar with ChoicePoint you should find out how familiar you are to them. The government cannot legally gather extensive personal information on innocent Americans – so they get ChoicePoint to do it for them. It’s scary how much information they have on all of us, and how they’re handing it over to our government upon request, without a warrant or probable cause or any sliver of justification whatsoever.
But how they helped pervert the 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections, and how they intend to do it again in 2008 is the even scarier part.
Recommended reading: “Armed Madhouse” by Greg Palast, and “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” also by Greg Palast. Mr. Palast is a former forensic accountant turned BBC journalist. (He’s an American but not welcome in this country because he goes after crooks and liars and people who subvert democracy – meaning the people running our country.) Check out the articles on his web site for a taste of the brilliant reporting from his books and work with the BBC:
Greg Palast Articles.
The following is a list of good information sites I found regarding CP. It’s important to talk about these guys and press for a public congressional investigation of this company and its founder, who happens to be a close friend of the Bush family and the President.
And his company makes touch-screen voting machines. ChoicePoint makes the controversial machines with no paper trail and no outside verification system. We have to take the company’s word for it. Do that inspire your trust in our electoral system at present?
I didn’t think so.
I – and many journalists and organizations outside the reach of the Bush Administration – believe this company has tampered with our last two presidential elections, and they are going to do it again. There is a growing body of evidence to support this claim.
At the very least this warrants an thorough investigation, but the Republicans will block any such move as long as they control all the branches of our government, along with all the other investigations they have blocked through procedural dirty tricks and close votes – a litany of valid criminal investigations like the one that is sorely needed when it comes to ChoicePoint.
Talking about this company and how they are violating our privacy and our rights is important. The next election we have will be about more than just Iraq and Hurricane Katrina, (as if that’s not enough.) If we don’t demand more openness from ChoicePoint when it comes to our voting system it will be difficult to overpower those who keep us mired in corruption, death, suspicion and fear. The Bush Administration and ChoicePoint will take the next election from us (again) if we don’t call attention to this now and until November 2006, and November 2008.
I urge you to learn about this company and talk about this company. They are just one facet of the problem but it’s a very big facet.
This matters. This is key to all Americans.
Here’s the rest of the links:
Electronic Privacy Information Center - ChoicePoint.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
Wired Magazine article.
Shareholders Sue ChoicePoint.
Consumer Affairs.
Alarmed – The Never-Ending Choicepoint Story.
June 2006
If you are not familiar with ChoicePoint you should find out how familiar you are to them. The government cannot legally gather extensive personal information on innocent Americans – so they get ChoicePoint to do it for them. It’s scary how much information they have on all of us, and how they’re handing it over to our government upon request, without a warrant or probable cause or any sliver of justification whatsoever.
But how they helped pervert the 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections, and how they intend to do it again in 2008 is the even scarier part.
Recommended reading: “Armed Madhouse” by Greg Palast, and “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” also by Greg Palast. Mr. Palast is a former forensic accountant turned BBC journalist. (He’s an American but not welcome in this country because he goes after crooks and liars and people who subvert democracy – meaning the people running our country.) Check out the articles on his web site for a taste of the brilliant reporting from his books and work with the BBC:
Greg Palast Articles.
The following is a list of good information sites I found regarding CP. It’s important to talk about these guys and press for a public congressional investigation of this company and its founder, who happens to be a close friend of the Bush family and the President.
And his company makes touch-screen voting machines. ChoicePoint makes the controversial machines with no paper trail and no outside verification system. We have to take the company’s word for it. Do that inspire your trust in our electoral system at present?
I didn’t think so.
I – and many journalists and organizations outside the reach of the Bush Administration – believe this company has tampered with our last two presidential elections, and they are going to do it again. There is a growing body of evidence to support this claim.
At the very least this warrants an thorough investigation, but the Republicans will block any such move as long as they control all the branches of our government, along with all the other investigations they have blocked through procedural dirty tricks and close votes – a litany of valid criminal investigations like the one that is sorely needed when it comes to ChoicePoint.
Talking about this company and how they are violating our privacy and our rights is important. The next election we have will be about more than just Iraq and Hurricane Katrina, (as if that’s not enough.) If we don’t demand more openness from ChoicePoint when it comes to our voting system it will be difficult to overpower those who keep us mired in corruption, death, suspicion and fear. The Bush Administration and ChoicePoint will take the next election from us (again) if we don’t call attention to this now and until November 2006, and November 2008.
I urge you to learn about this company and talk about this company. They are just one facet of the problem but it’s a very big facet.
This matters. This is key to all Americans.
Here’s the rest of the links:
Electronic Privacy Information Center - ChoicePoint.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
Wired Magazine article.
Shareholders Sue ChoicePoint.
Consumer Affairs.
Alarmed – The Never-Ending Choicepoint Story.
# posted by Phillip T. Alden @ 9:19 PM 
