Mike Connell

Ohio Cyber Security Expert Says 2004 KingPin Attack Benefited Bush - Discussion

Posted Thu, 10/30/2008 - 19:03 by luaptifer

Ohio News Bureau's John Michael Spinnelli reports on yesterday's filing of a motion to expedite the testimony of Mike Connell before Ohio's vote next week.

VR Calls on John McCain to Fire Michael Connell for Covering Up for Karl Rove in Federal Election Manipulation Lawsuit

Posted Tue, 10/07/2008 - 13:34 by luaptifer
Velvet Revolution today issued a press release (pdf format) calling for Republican candidate John McCain to fire computer expert Michael Connell from his campaign for covering up alleged election manipulations of Karl Rove and others.

Any oversight by Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight - www.ofheo.gov?

Posted Sun, 09/07/2008 - 15:03 by luaptifer
Bumped. -- GH Originally posted 2008-09-07 13:11:07 -0500.

Now that taxpayers are about to pick up the tab on another megabillion dollar problem of the Bush Administration, I have some questions. Note: this commentary began its life just moments ago as a comment on Taxpayers picking up the tab again --- Ever since I've known of this office, I've wondered if they have actually done any oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. What do they do? And how'd Mike Connell get the job of running their website back in 1999? Does George W. Bush get some sort of inside information from this arrangement? Connell has been Bush's IT guru for more than two decades now. It became a GovTech Solutions website after he created the company to launder NewMedia Communications as a 'non-partisan' company while he ran GeorgeWBush.com and RNC.org, and it still runs as a GovTech Solutions client today. You can see some of the pages under development as google captured them using this link: Google - "inurl:govtechsolutions.com" You also can see that www.ofheo.gov runs from the IP address right next door to govtechsolutions.com on Smartechcorp's address space: http://www.robtex.com/dns/www.ofheo.gov.html http://www.robtex.com/dns/govtechsolutions.com.html and they're all in the same block of IP address that runs Connell's technomania.com (though robtex has not apparently updated its cnet data lately) http://www.robtex.com/cnet/64.203.97.html Since taxpayers are now going to pick up the tab for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and we've been picking up the tab for OFHEO, I just wonder if there is any significance to the fact that we've also been paying Mike Connell's companies to do the web and database work that runs http://www.ofheo.gov? What does OFHEO do, anyhow? Just wondering, ya know?

Open Thread -- "Trust, but verify" Voting Edition

Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 21:15 by Open Thread

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"Trust, but verify."

        -- Ronald Reagan1
          40th US President

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As each election cycle approaches, more and more articles about alleged voter fraud, voter caging, vote manipulation and voter intimidation begin to come out. Sometimes, they are simply examples of fear-mongering used to attempt to move the public in one direction or another with regard to Voter Identification laws. Sometimes, they appear to be conspiracy theories by nutcases. And sometimes, they turn out to be grounded in reality. In all cases, you never know what you'll find unless you first look at the facts -- and sometimes getting to those facts takes Herculean efforts.

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"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."

        -- Josef Stalin (1879-1953)
          Georgian Soviet politician

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Why? Over the fold, some quotes, some reflections, some news about ongoing developments over at the Velvet Revolution and a list of related stories. This is an Open Thread.

Connell, Rove, and the GOP Boys, Positioned for McCain? - Discussion

Posted Sun, 08/10/2008 - 05:31 by ePluribus Media

Originally posted 2008-08-08 13:09:45 -0600 in the midst of other breaking news and the opening of the 2008 Olympics. Bringing back to the top for those who may have missed the first post - standingup

In his Journal article, Luaptifer asks and answers the question: “Why is it important to rehash what Connell did in 2000 Florida and 2004 Ohio? Those very same key elements of potential vote theft election are firmly in place within the McCain campaign for 2008.”

Also check out the related commentary on community: Who Is Tidewater's Roy Cales -- and what does he have to do with Connell, Rove and Ohio?

And just now, John Spinelli's Bush Wackers now wacking for McCain

Who is Roy Cales and What's his Connection to Mike Connell?

Posted Fri, 08/08/2008 - 10:40 by luaptifer
Florida's First CIO Roy Cales was Candidate Jeb Bush's 'Computer Dude' Roy Cales was gubernatorial candidate Jeb Bush's 'computer dude' in 1998. Cales incorporated Gencom Network, Inc. apparently to host Jeb.org, on his first day working for Bush in September 1997, two months after Connell registered the domain and the month before New Media unveiled the first statewide campaign website in the US.

Ohio Attorneys Seek Protection for Mike Connell and his Family against Alleged Threats from Karl Rove

Posted Thu, 07/24/2008 - 10:18 by cho

Sources close to the Ohio Corrupt Practices Act/RICO claim sent us a copy of the following letter that asks Attorney General Mukasey for protection for Michael Connell and his family who have been allegedly threatened by Karl Rove. Rove is believed to be the strategic mastermind behind the Bush 2004 re-election campaign and the possible Ohio election improprieties. The alleged threats appear to be the result of the re-opening, through the Ohio Corrupt Practices Act/RICO claim, of the stalled investigation into the 2004 Ohio Elections.

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:50:55 EDT Subject: Report of Rove threats against witness Michael Connell Dear Attorney General Mukasey: We have been confidentially informed by a source we believe to be credible that Karl Rove has threatened Michael Connell, a principal witness we have identified in our King Lincoln case in federal court in Columbus, Ohio, that if he does not agree to "take the fall" for election fraud in Ohio, his wife Heather will be prosecuted for supposed lobby law violations. This appears to be in response to our designation of Rove as the principal perpetrator in the Ohio Corrupt Practices Act/RICO claim with respect to which we issued document hold notices last Thursday to you and to the US Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform. See: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6189 and http://www.archive.org/details/ElectionFraudInOhioCourtCase. I have informed court chambers and am in the process of informing the Ohio Attorney General's and US Attorney's offices in Columbus for the purpose, among other things, of seeking protection for Mr. Connell and his family from this reported attempt to intimidate a witness. Concurrently herewith, I am informing Mr. Conyers and Mr. Kucinich in connection with their Congressional oversight responsibilities related to these matters. Because of the serious engagement in this matter that began in 2000 of the Ohio Statehouse Press Corps, 60 Minutes, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, C-Span and Jim VandeHei, and the public's right to know of gross attempts to subvert the rule of law, I am forwarding this information to them, as well. Cliff Arnebeck, Attorney 614-224-8771 Cell 614-361-9434 cc: Robert Fitrakis, Esq. Henry Eckhart, Esq

 

For background information, below the fold are the links GreyHawk and others have amassed.