'BradCast' 6/12/2019 (NC's Dr. William Busa, Daily Kos' 'Doc Dawg)

Published: June 13, 2019, 12:23 a.m.

On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 A follow-up to the disturbing story we broke earlier this week regarding North Carolina election system "master passwords" and other sensitive documents found, exposed and unprotected, online since before the 2016 election. Dr. William Busa of EQVAnalytics, a Democratic campaign consulting and technology firm in North Carolina, explains new developments since the blockbuster data breach was first revealed, including the North Carolina State Board of Elections' vague explanations for the vulnerable files that make the case appear even "murkier". Busa hits on "the bigger question" which is that no one -- not the FBI or DHS, or the states -- has conducted a forensic analysis of the computer voting systems and tabulators used in 2016 to verify they were not manipulated, despite the intelligence community's assessment that Russia penetrated at least 21 state elections systems in the 2016 election. Why did a US cybersecurity researcher discover the exposed files before DHS?\xa0 Busa also offers insights on two special elections for the US House, and his program REG WATCH at NCGoVote.org that automatically notifies NC voters if their registrations are changed or deleted. Also today:\xa0 in Constitutional Crisis news, the House Oversight Committee voted to recommend contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross for refusing to turn over documents revealing the lies the Trump Administration has told about adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks has reportedly agreed to testify behind closed doors to the House Judiciary Committee. A new Quinnipiac national poll shows six of the current top contenders for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination -- Biden, Sanders, Harris, Warren, Buttigieg and Booker -- all defeating Donald Trump in a head-to-head match-up, if the election were held today.