Sanders files suit to regain access to DNC voter database

[SandersDem]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to regain access to a Democratic National Committee voter database.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/da7e5f2765814506a2519ea03055c1e6/dnc-barring-sanders-team-accessing-data-after-breach

[morningfog]

1. Good, the DNC should fold quickly.

[bigdarryl]

2. If this was Hillary you wouldn't be saying this

[Vinca]

4. If it was Hillary we probably wouldn't have heard about it.

[Ed Suspicious]

5. ++

[arcane1]

7. I would be shocked if the Clinton campaign didn't exploit this hole.

After all, it was her own people who created the hole in the first place.

[tecelote]

16. Yes.

Wasserman Schultz was campaign co-chair for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.

Nathaniel Pearlman (vendor) was chief technology officer for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.

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Where is the outrage over the incompetent handling of sensitive data?!

The DNC just told Americans that they can't be trusted with their data.

They hurt the whole Democratic party. Hillary too.

[elias49]

21. DWS is poo. Just watched her on TV

F'n bullshitter.

[Plucketeer]

26. Given it was Sander's folks that first hollered out about this........

It smells like a TRAP to me. Heh - and NOW it's the trap setter that gets to shut out the whistleblowers while THEY investigate.

[MynameisBlarney]

8. Nope.

Not a peep.

[daleanime]

11. +1

[Cassiopeia]

20. It was Hillary in 08

and no, we never heard about it.

The filing today:

http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000151-b72f-d1ae-add5-f76f14db0001


23) Upon information and belief, a similar security incident arose with the NGP VAN
software during the 2008 national presidential primaries, resulting in the unintentional
transmission of Confidential Information to the campaign of Democratic primary candidate
Hillary Clinton (the “Prior Incident”).

32) Upon information and belief, no action was taken in response to the Prior Incident
in 2008, nor was any candidate’s access to Voter Data suspended as a result of that Incident.

[Volaris]

27. This, to me, is a big damned deal..

So the DNC didn't care when this happened previously, but now, NOW it's a hanging offence...
Yeah I don't buy it.

[bigdarryl]

33. Oh please if Hillary farts it's going to make news

[Vinca]

34. DWS would have buried it and poured cement on the hole.

[mhatrw]

9. LOL. A Clinton staffer wrote the program and has full unfettered access to the database! nt

[Vinca]

3. Good. They've got no right to refuse access to his own data.

[pa28]

6. Good news. Let the DNC explain itself for us.

While we're at it let's see if the Hillary campaign downloaded Sanders campaign data in October with impunity.

[Duval]

10. I'm waiting for that news.

[NastyRiffraff]

12. I am a Hillary supporter but

I think the DNC overreacted here. The "breach" apparently originated through a company hired by the DNC. As for the Sanders campaign exploiting the breach, I don't have an opinion on that because, like almost everyone else, I don't know.

To the person implying that the Clinton campaign downloaded Sanders data "in October," I'd love to see your evidence. (Your opinion is not evidence.)

[SandersDem]

13. k/r ++

I fully support Bernie Sanders, AND appreciate this comment.

Thank you

[2pooped2pop]

15. the sun also rises

after years of watching the sun rise in the east, you can be pretty sure it will do so, even if you don't see it.

[PatrynXX]

17. they've inferred someone did

Whether it's Omally or Clinton don't know. the fact remains it was at least 2 months ago the DNC was notified.

[Calista241]

14. i dunno, i kinda think this is a made up "controversy"

with the Repubs stealing nearly ALL of the media coverage, Dems are doing something to remain in the news.

[PatrynXX]

18. Well if it was made up

Bernie just got alot of free press coverage that probably isn't a good thing for Hillary. and because it looks bad it's not exactly bad coverage.

[Newsjock]

19. Fargin war!!!

[trof]

22. OK, I think the DNC is for Clinton.

Just my opinion, but I think they want Clinton.
Are they supposed to be 'unbiased' prior to the actual candidate selection?
I don't know how that works.

But it's pretty obvious to me that Hillary is Debbie's and the DNC's choice.
Fuck them.
Now I really like Bernie.

And I don't give a shit if he "can't win".
I voted for Obama, who also, early on, "couldn't win".

[rdking647]

23. according to time the breach was a lot more than what has been reported

According to data reviewed by TIME, the Sanders campaign appears to have obtained files with lists of voters that the Clinton campaign had cultivated in 10 early states including Iowa and New Hampshire.

Beyond simply reviewing the data, the logs show the Sanders staffers took deliberate steps to harvest and store the information. According to the logs, the Sanders staff created from scratch no fewer than 24 lists—consisting entirely of data pulled down from the Clinton campaign’s database—and saved them to their personal folders.



http://time.com/4155185/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-data/


it looks like the sanders campaign really screwed up.

[people]

24. DNC way overreacted.

Now that I've read the legal complaint that was filed by the Sanders campaign against the DNC, I can't believe that the DNC did what it did today - unilaterally cutting off the Sanders' campaign access to the democratic voter database, without first providing notice and giving the Sanders campaign the opportunity to deal with this issue. Yes, Bernie's head IT guy should have been fired - he was stupid and deserved to be fired for his poor judgment, even assuming that he was doing what he says, trying to preserve evidence that the firewall was down. However, the rashness and timing of the DNC's cutting the Sanders campaign off from the democratic voter data base is way over the top and looks completely illegal according to their contract with the campaign. Each of the presidential democratic campaigns could have sued the DNC months ago for its failure to provide a secure data base for each of the candidates' voter data. Well, at least Bernie is in the news now. I hope it doesn't hurt him.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

28. Welcome to DU,

[bluestateguy]

25. I think the Court should schedule a hearing on his claim in 6 months

Busy docket, you know.

[Paulie]

29. I'm all for it!

The 600k per day fine against the DNC will be a great help to the campaign.

[SandersDem]

32. They usually fast track this kind of thing

but I was looking at the court dockets today. Best guess this will go before a judge on Monday at the latest.

[progree]

30. the lawsuit said the campaign would lose approximately $600,000 in donations a day

"Without it ((access to their data base)), the lawsuit said, the ((Sanders)) campaign would lose approximately $600,000 in donations a day."

That's quite a lot -- that would be $4.2 million a week.

[Attorney in Texas]

31. k+r