Athan Gibbs

[Stephanie]

What do you make of this?

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Death of a Patriot: No More 'Blind Faith Voting'
by Bob Fitrakis

The subject line on yesterday's email read: "Another mysterious accident solves a Bush problem. Athan Gibbs dead, Diebold lives." The attached news story briefly described the untimely Friday, March 12th death of perhaps America's most influential advocate of a verified voting paper trail in the era of touch screen computer voting. Gibbs, an accountant for more than 30 years and the inventor of the TruVote system, died when his vehicle collided with an 18-wheeled truck which rolled his Chevy Blazer several times and forced it over the highway retaining wall where it came to rest on its roof.

Coincidence theorists will simply dismiss the death of Gibbs as a tragic accident - the same conclusion these coincidence theorists came to when anti-nuclear activist Karen Silkwood died in November 1974 when her car struck a concrete embankment en route to a meeting with New York Times reporter David Burnham. Prominent independent investigators concluded that Silkwood's car was hit from behind and forced off the road. Silkwood was reportedly carrying documents that would expose illegal activities at the Kerr-McGee nuclear fuel plant. The FBI report found that she fell asleep at the wheel after overdosing on Quaaludes and that there never were any such files. A journalist secretly employed by the FBI, and a veteran of the Bureau's COINTELPRO operation against political activists, provided testimony for the FBI report.

Gibbs' death bears heightened scrutiny because of the way he lived his life after the 2000 Florida election debacle. I interviewed Athan Gibbs in January of this year. "I've been an accountant, an auditor, for more than thirty years. Electronic voting machines that don't supply a paper trail go against every principle of accounting and auditing that's being taught in American business schools," he insisted.

"These machines are set up to provide paper trails. No business in America would buy a machine that didn't provide a paper trail to audit and verify its transaction. Now, they want the people to purchase machines that you can't audit? It's absurd."

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http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0318-02.htm

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[RedEagle]

1. Carefull Scrutiny and Eyewittness Reports Needed

The death of Gibbs should be independently investigated.

Did he abruptly cut in front of the 18-wheeler, did something happen to the Blazer causing him to do that, was he trying to make an exit?

Was he wearing a seat belt or did the force of the accident propel him out of a belt? Other stories indicate he was ejected from the sedan.

[CaptainMidnight]

2. I think he was iced

Yet another conveeeeeeeenient death of someone standing in the way of the Bush Cartel and the Moneyed Elite.

A certifiable voter trail? No wonder he's dead!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x424247#424375

Captain Mike

[Stephanie]

3. It's very scary

I hope his family insists on a full investigation. And I hope our BBV activists are extra careful.