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To: Bill who wrote (1029236)	8/31/2017 4:36:27 PM
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White House says new Comey revelation shows he was ‘not the right person’ to head FBI Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2017. (Associated Press) FILE more > By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Thursday, August 31, 2017 The White House said the revelation Thursday that former FBI Director James B. Comey decided not to charge Hillary Clinton months before the end of an investigation into her private email server provides more vindication of President Trump’s decision to fire him. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she wasn’t sure whether the president had heard about the development revealed by Senate investigators. But she added, “If it is as accurate as they say it is, that would certainly give cause and reason that Jim Comey was not the right person to lead the FBI.” She urged other media outlets to devote more coverage to the story. Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, revealed in a letter Thursday that a Senate investigation has uncovered evidence suggesting that Mr. Comey was drafting a statement to exonerate Mrs. Clinton in April or May last year, several months before the investigation concluded and before investigators even interviewed Mrs. Clinton.

To: Bill who wrote (1029236)	9/1/2017 12:14:52 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576882

Right. There hasn't been much in the way of looking for such evidence of vote alteration either. But of course, altering vote totals isn't the only way to mess with the election system. We have voter registration systems. If those are tampered with lawful registered voters might be de-registered or unauthorized people might be registered. Lots of games could be played. Sitting here thinking about it, I know I can look myself up in Texas's system and I can see my name, address, county and precinct number. If I were a hacker out to cause problems, I could alter some of this data directly or more primitively, send in a change of address with an address in another county. When you move to another county in TX, you need to re-register. Voila. I would've disqualified a voter. Now a massive operation like this would catch attention. And in most places it wouldn't make a difference unless the operation were massive. But if say, the vote was really close in a particular swing state and the scheme only affected a small number of folks in each precinct ... you might get away with a scheme like this.