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NEWS ... GLOBAL NEWS ... recounted, was stalled by the Republican PENTAGON WOULD ATTACK EU SATELLITES IN WARTIME Party and not allowed to go the vote. enior Pentagon officials have warned Brussels that they will not hesitate to Shortly after the 2 November election, blow European Union satellites out of the sky if they are used against America countless stories of problems with the by a hostile power such as China. machines began to surface. Many people who tried to vote for Kerry said that when the final screen confirma- tion came up, it said they'd voted for Bush. In one precinct in Ohio, 4,258 votes were given to Bush, where there were only 638 registered voters! In an astonishing confrontation at a private conference between the United States and the European Union (EU), European delegates insisted they would not be prepared to turn off or jam signals from their proposed Galileo navigation satel- lites, even if they were being used in a war against the US. In response, the US delegates replied that they understood this and intended—if faced with such a threat—to take whatever action they felt appropriate. Many more stories about the black-box Galileo is a joint European Union—European Space Agency initiative for a voting machines, their problems and the global navigation system. A constellation of 30 satellites orbiting the Earth at an investigation into their tampering are circu- altitude of 23,300 kilometres, it is scheduled to be fully operational worldwide lating. Blackboxvoting.org is leading the | before the end of this decade. Earlier this month, the EU announced that China way in the investigation to prove that the _ | had become a partner in its € 3.5 bn (US$4.4 bn, £2.4 bn) Galileo satellite system. results were tampered with. The state of Pentagon thinking on Galileo is confirmed in a US Air Force doc- ¢ Exit Polls: Exit polls were taken in | trine document issued on 2 August 2004. In a foreword, Peter Teets, Under- every state. In those states that had verifi- | Secretary of the US Air Force, asks: "What will we do 10 years from now when able paper trails for their ballots, the exit _ | American lives are put at risk because an adversary chooses to leverage the global polls were virtually the same as the real _| positioning system of perhaps the Galileo constellation to attack American forces results. However, in the states where elec- | with precision?" tronic voting machines were used, the exit The conference, on the "Future of Transatlantic Military Space Relations", was polls were mysteriously very different from | held at London's Royal United Services Institute, this month [October]. A senior the final reported totals. / European delegate said: "The Americans were very calm. They made it clear that ; ° Unusual Results: In the areas where they would attempt what they called reversible action, but, if necessary, they computers were used to cast votes or tally | \ guid use irreversible action." The US would first try unilaterally to jam Galileo's them, some very strange results have sur- : nari, fT 8 : A — an signals, but if this failed it would use attack-satellites to destroy one or all of its aced. Here is just one example. In Baker Ane ; C +4. ; . units in an unprecedented Star Wars-style raid. ‘ounty, Florida, there are 12,887 registered . " voters, 69.3% of whom are registered The London meeting also confirmed that the EU and US are well aware of Democrats and 24.3% Republicans. The Galileo's military potential, a fact until now denied by the UK government. It vote count was only 2,180 for Kerry and reflects mounting US anger at the EU's decision, formalised this month, to include 7,738 for Bush. Are we supposed to | China in its space program. Some Pentagon figures are believed to suspect that believe that five out of every seven regis- | the EU may even have given China secret assurances that it would never shut tered Democrats voted for Bush? This down the system, giving China a massive boost if it were ever to attack Taiwan—a ind of pattern was seen in many Florida key US ally. and Ohio counties. Speakers at the meeting included Robert Dickman, Deputy for Military Space, * Intimidation: In addition to the elec- | US Department of Defense; Luc Tytgat, head of the Space Unit, European tronic voting machine fraud, there was | Commission; Major General Robert Kehler, Director of the National Security widespread voter intimidation and disen- | Space Office, US Department of Defense; Gerhard Brauer, head of the Security tanchisement on election day. In many | Office, European Space Agency; and Major-General Michael Hamel, Commander Democratic areas, people waited hours to | 14th Air Force, USAF Space Command. Top UK delegates were also present. vote, while Republicans "challenged" vot- The USAF is working on a new generation of so-called "killer satellites" as part ers rights to vote, forcing them to fill outa | of a secretive project called the Experimental Satellite Series (XSS). It follows rovisional ballot instead of a real ballot. | recommendations contained in the Air Force's 1999 Microsatellite Technology and The provisional ballots were not counted Re sta Meat A . equirements Study of a need for the deployment of satellites "to intercept, image on election day, and we may never know : : : con . . and, if needed, take action against a target satellite". A test satellite, coded XSS- ow many of them there were or what rules A rr . ; we 10, was successfully launched in 2003, and the contract to build its successor, will be used to qualify them. A oe) Three Congressmen have sent a letter to XSS-11, with a more specific sensor payload, has already been awarded. the Government Accountability Office Top Brussels officials are recommending that EU member states should pool all requesting urgent action and an investiga- space navigation resources, fuse their civilian and military programs and allow tion. Ralph Nader is leading a consumer __| COllective access to them. This plan was discussed on 8 September by the investigation into voter fraud countrywide, | European Council's political and military strategy group, and it will be debated at and has already filed an official challenge _| ministerial level by the end of the year. The European Commission recently said: to the voting results in New Hampshire. "Space systems can also provide direct contributions to the Union's Common (Source: from Gary Beckwith, The Solar Bus, _ | Foreign and Security Policy and its European Security and Defence Policy." 8 November 2004, http://www.solarbus.org/ | (Source: by Allistar Heath and Tracy Boles, The Business [Europe's global business stealyourelection) news], 24 October 2004, http://tinyurl.com/6j44p, http://www.thebusinessonline.com) recounted, was stalled by the Republican Party and not allowed to go the vote. Shortly after the 2 November election, countless stories of problems with the machines began to surface. Many people who tried to vote for Kerry said that when the final screen confirma- tion came up, it said they'd voted for Bush. In one precinct in Ohio, 4,258 votes were given to Bush, where there were only 638 registered voters! Many more stories about the black-box voting machines, their problems and the investigation into their tampering are circu- lating. Blackboxvoting.org is leading the way in the investigation to prove that the results were tampered with. ¢ Exit Polls: Exit polls were taken in every state. In those states that had verifi- able paper trails for their ballots, the exit polls were virtually the same as the real results. However, in the states where elec- tronic voting machines were used, the exit polls were mysteriously very different from the final reported totals. * Unusual Results: In the areas where computers were used to cast votes or tally them, some very strange results have sur- aced. Here is just one example. In Baker County, Florida, there are 12,887 registered voters, 69.3% of whom are registered Democrats and 24.3% Republicans. The vote count was only 2,180 for Kerry and 7,738 for Bush. Are we supposed to believe that five out of every seven regis- tered Democrats voted for Bush? This ind of pattern was seen in many Florida and Ohio counties. + Intimidation: In addition to the elec- tronic voting machine fraud, there was widespread voter intimidation and disen- ranchisement on election day. In many Democratic areas, people waited hours to vote, while Republicans "challenged" vot- ers’ rights to vote, forcing them to fill out a rovisional ballot instead of a real ballot. The provisional ballots were not counted on election day, and we may never know ow many of them there were or what rules will be used to qualify them. Three Congressmen have sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office, requesting urgent action and an investiga- tion. Ralph Nader is leading a consumer investigation into voter fraud countrywide, and has already filed an official challenge to the voting results in New Hampshire. (Source: from Gary Beckwith, The Solar Bus, 8 November 2004, http://www.solarbus.org/ stealyourelection) NEXUS +9 DECEMBER 2004 — JANUARY 2005 www.nexusmagazine.com