Two separate items you need to read on Brad's Blog.

The Men Who Knew Too Much? NSA Wiretapping Whistleblowers Found Dead in Italy and Greece

Is someone murdering people who know too much about NSA wiretapping overseas?

Two whistleblowers — one in Italy, one in Greece — uncovered a secret bugging system installed in cell phones around the world. Both met with untimely ends. The resultant scandals have received little press in the United States, despite the profound implications for American critics of the Bush administration.

Sounds like a great trailer for a James Bond movie, not what you want to hear is going on in 'real' life

And...

CNN's Lou Dobbs: Pinellas Co. Florida E-Voting Test Fails

Logic and Accuracy Test of The County's Sequoia Machines Fails

Tonight Kitty Pilgrim reports that Pinellas Co.'s voting machines passed Logic and Accuracy (L&A) Tests until a Sequoia Voting Systems technician changed some software. A subsequent test failed so the county changed the software back and re-did the test successfully. There was no report as to what caused the problem or why Sequoia tried to install software that was, very apparently, unnecessary; or was it?

...PILGRIM: Since the machines don't have a voter verified paper trail, a problem could go undetected.

BILL BUCOLO, VOTING INTEGRITY ALLIANCE: In a case of a problem with an election, there's no way to recount the vote, because there's nothing to count.

PILGRIM: Sequoia said the software technician working with the database is stranded during testing, and they stand by the results of their machines.

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PILGRIM: The county also stands by their testing results and says it has no fears about accuracy. Early voting is already underway. But voter watchdog groups fear without a paper trail it's impossible to know if the results are accurate.