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-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Shnelvar [mailto:ralphs@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:34 PM
To: BCV
Subject: Re: Tempest Security; Voting-Machine Makers To Fight Security
Criticism

Dear All:

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:01:46 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

>Paul,
>
>Other arguments aside, I agree with your comment below.
>Current deployments point to this being the easy and effective way to alter
votes,
>in my opinion.

I would tend to agree that the threat of a 100 or 1000 terrorists running
around the country with backpack-sized 16 Megawatt HERF guns on election day
could throw this country into a real tizzy.

So whether it is snooping or the vulnerability of the touchscreen machines
to EMPs, these machines pose a real problem.

Both of these things - snooping and the destruction of machines by EMP -
should be discussed.

Boy, paper and pencil just keep looking better and better.