Bernie Sanders SUES DNC for $600,000 A DAY Over Removal Of Data Access

[Segami]

One DNC member, Heather Mizeur of Maryland, is threatening to resign her position in protest if the Sanders campaign does not regain access to the voter file. Mizeur, a former state legislator and gubernatorial candidate, wrote on her Facebook page: “If the DNC doesn’t reverse its decision to give the Sanders campaign access to its voter file data again, I am ready to resign my post as a Democratic National Committeewoman from Maryland in protest. The DNC is expected to stay neutral and supportive of all candidates during the primaries and their response to this situation is heavy-handed and ill-conceived.”

Bernie Sanders is suing the Democratic party for $600,000 a day in damages, claiming it breached its contract with the campaign by dramatically removing all access to crucial voter records just weeks before the Iowa caucus. A copy of the lawsuit filed with a federal court in Washington reveals that the agreement to use a shared computer system for voter registration and supporter data included a provision for a 10-day notice period for any changes to access. It comes as the Democratic National Committee (DNC) immediately suspended all access for the Sanders team to a shared database system as punishment for a data breach in which a number of staff accessed records belonging to Hillary Clinton’s campaign during a software glitch. The Clinton campaign responded equally angrily to the breach on Friday night, claiming the access amounted to “theft” on the part of their rivals and took place through 24 different queries to the database on Wednesday. It also disputed claims by Sanders that no downloads were made.

“This is incredibly disappointing,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told reporters. “This is someone who said they were going to run a different type of campaign, and yet stole our data and is fundraising off it.”

However, he declined to be drawn into the fairness of the DNC response, which Clinton staff suggested may simply be to make sure that software vulnerabilities, which temporarily removed a firewall between the two accounts, are not exploited again. “It’s up to the Sanders campaign and the DNC to work out whether anybody should be punished in one way or another,” added Mook. The Clinton campaign manager also hesitated when asked if any of his staff had access to Sanders records, saying he was sure no one had “reached into Bernie Sanders’ data and extracted it in the way that the Bernie Sanders campaign did this week”. Earlier, Sanders’ campaign team had claimed the DNC’s crucial voter information was being “held hostage” by party leaders who are “actively trying to undermine” the senator’s presidential campaign.


In a dramatic escalation of a row over Sanders officials accessing voter data belonging to the Clinton campaign, the Vermont senator’s campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, accused the DNC of actively trying to “sabotage” his campaign by denying it all access to the Democratic party’s master voter list as a punishment for the breach. The DNC insists Sanders’ campaign continues to possess private information from the Clinton campaign. This is vociferously disputed by the Sanders campaign, which claims that it first reported vulnerabilities caused by a faulty software system two months ago.

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The DNC has long been accused of trying to rig the Democratic primary to benefit Hillary Clinton. Only four debates were scheduled before the Iowa caucuses and they have been scheduled for weekend evenings when relatively few voters are home to watch. In a television appearance afterwards, Schultz, who endorsed Clinton in 2008, dismissed these complaints. “The Sanders campaign doesn’t have anything other than bluster,” she said. “We are taking on the establishment and I’m sure there are people in the Democratic establishment who are not happy at that,” Weaver added.



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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/18/bernie-sanders-set-to-sue-democratic-national-committee-over-data-access

[haikugal]

1. Go Bernie!!

[bjobotts]

70. "Sure Sanders data was there but we didn't look"-Clinton campaign

What nonsense and DWS's fraud is exposed by the comment about the Sander's campaign. It makes no sense even if a Bernie staffer did download Clinton data to cut the Sanders campaign access to their own voter data. DWS continues in her reputation for making sure democrats do not get elected. She proves that if you have nothing then you must make sure your competition is never heard from rather than just have a healthy open honest election. We are all sick of people like her and their dirty tricks. Nixonian.

[Kalidurga]

2. Shit just got real

Now he is talking about money. Somehow I think Hillary's 2008 escapades are going to come to light and it's not gonna be pretty.

[daleanime]

3. Well, if it has to come to this....

so be it.

[elana i am]

4. i'm kinda digging that he's doing something

proactive.

a democrat who actually fights the injustice. when is the last time that happened?

and yes, this IS an injustice. DNC should be called the democratic clinton committee. the whiff of impropriety is now a stench.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. K&R. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. This fight has been brewing since Chicago '68. K&R

[Hepburn]

11. Whoa...do I remember THAT convention.

One of my biggest heroes worships came out of that mess. Bill Kunstler. He is the man who sealed my fate on going to law school. I still have a ton of respect for him. What lawyering! I miss that man!

[LiberalArkie]

38. I used to have the old audio tapes from the trial. Bought them from WBAI, reel to real tapes to help

pay for the trial.

[Hepburn]

40. Wow...I would LOVE to have audio of that trial.

Judge Julius Hoffman...wow, what a hard ass...IMO, he was nuts!

[LiberalArkie]

45. I lost them so many years ago, and indeed just listening to the trial on WBAI was enlightening.

Hell the who thing from RFK being killed, through the police riots through Dan Rather on the convention floor, to "The whole world is watching" It was one hell of a time to become a young adult.

[Hepburn]

48. I recall listening to some of it...

...but I sure would like to re-visit it all these years later!

Oh, yeah, I came of age in the 1960s! An amazing time! Some of it memorable for bad reasons, too...like the day JFK was assassinated.

[LiberalArkie]

50. Born in 48 myself, although I wasn't 21 yet, RFK hit me hard when he died.

[Hepburn]

54. 1948...a vintage year...

...guess what year I was born?

Oh, man...I sat up all night watching a little black and white portable TV when RFK was shot. Hit me really hard, too. I am from SoCal...so it happened in my area. I used to see the Ambassador Hotel at times...but they tore it down some time back. It was such an awful, eerie feeling every time I saw that place...especially when it was shut before it was torn down.

[LiberalArkie]

59. I was working for AT&T and was in south Arkansas at the time, but was Transferred to NYC.

Loved it there. I was there for the first Earth Day, and all the protest marches etc. Managed to drive to Selma in 1965 with a Black friend who did not have a car but I did. His mama helped my mom every so often. We got beat up in Selma and the worse happened when got back home where his mom told one of his brothers to go and get her a switch. When I left I did not know she called my parents and my dad had his belt out already. Fun times.

[Hepburn]

63. War protesting ...

...and at the VA hospitals with the wounded when I could go. Man, I could not handle what was happening to people I grew up with. Made me ill. I came to HATE war and those who sent our young men and women. The YES on the IWR by Hillary sticks in my craw to the max. I cannot get over this hawk bullshit she spews.

[Mnpaul]

61. Here you go

[bjobotts]

74. He has over 2million individual donations.A record.

[McKim]

67. Amen!

Yes, this has brewing for decades and now it is out in the open. I was thinking of holding my noise to vote for Hillary in the final election, but no, after this I can't. This kind of behavior cannot be rewarded. No matter who I might vote for in the end I will still get war and more war! I gave Senator Sanders another large donation tonight.

[jwirr]

80. Yeah and we are no longer out in the streets - this time we

are in the hall.

[workinclasszero]

7. Was this all about MONEY from the beginning?

That there socialism is looking pretty capitalistic right now you know?

[Segami]

10. Pffft!

Nice try but no cigar........

[peacebird]

30. You DO remember what 'cigar' meant during Bills presidency, no?

[seabeyond]

14. He couldn't take money like the rest. We have been hearing a couple months too short. Why not. Nt.

[Joe the Revelator]

22. DUZY

Not in a good way

[Bubzer]

42. Right?!?

Just makes you want to

[arcane1]

75. Whatever It Takes(tm)

[mindwalker_i]

31. ...

:wank:

[Logical]

36. I love the Hillary whiners! What they do best! nt

[Divernan]

66. An HRC administration would be 1 Chinese firedrill FUBAR after another!

[MohRokTah]

8. I'll crack up afer the judge laughs it out of court. eom

[The Boss]

43. After slapping a permanent injunction against DNC/DWS

and grants Sanders the $600,000/day sanctions plus $1 million in punitive damages per day against DNC.

Let's see. That's a quite a lot of money against DNC just for two days alone.

[Bubzer]

44. Not gonna happen. The lawsuit is pretty good. See for yourself

Make sure you read the actual contract that was submitted as evidence.
http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000151-b72f-d1ae-add5-f76f14db0001

[Rose Siding]

9. Perfect.Who does he think supports the DNC?

Democrats! BS, ever the coalition building diplomat.

Reminds me of how impotent Boehner looked suing Obama.

[Hepburn]

13. Corporate interests?

[Meetello]

16. If the judge rules against Sanders, will he be called a corporate lackey?

I say yes.

[Hepburn]

18. So you got in 8 posts already?

Too funny...do you even understand what the petn for injunctive relief is all about?

[Meetello]

25. Sanders will either get $600,000 or he won't

If the judge rules against him, is the judge a corporate lackey?

[Hepburn]

28. If a judge rules against him...

...explain what you mean by that, OK.

[Meetello]

37. Explain again?

Let me type exactly what I typed earlier. Sanders wants $600,000 a day.
The judge may rule against him and say no. Do you know what ruling against someone means?

[Bubzer]

49. Have you bothered to actually read the suit? It specifies $600k/day as monitary losses.

Not necessarily the totality of what the campaign is seeking.
Contractually, the DNC is in violation. The judge wont rule against Bernie. It's not even in question.
Look for yourself:
http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000151-b72f-d1ae-add5-f76f14db0001

[Meetello]

53. The judge won't rule against Bernie because you say so?

Bernie supporter says Bernie will win this one. That settles it.

[Bubzer]

55. No, the contract does. Thanks for playing though.

[Meetello]

58. The contract does because you say so?

Thanks, Your Honor.

[OilemFirchen]

69. Dear "Former Lawyer",

9. Limitation of Liability. Neither party shall be liable to the other party or to any person claiming rights derived from the other party's rights, for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive or exemplary damages of any kind, as a result of breach of any term of this Agreement, regardless of whether the party allegedly liable was advised, had reason to know or in fact knew of the possibility thereof.

Since once is apparently not enough.

[jwirr]

81. Definitely not all Democrats and mostly DLC.

[seabeyond]

12. I guess that is one way to finance his campaign, while attacking other's super pacs. Nt.

[workinclasszero]

15. His third party run you mean?

It's coming

[seabeyond]

17. Then he dies the death of Nader. Nader has absolutely no respect. Both of ego. That is a hard way

to let the ego die.

[BeanMusical]

78. Hi Jules!

You finally got those shift keys repaired I see.

[peacebird]

32. I think Hillary has just energized a large number of folks to not only NOT vote for her

But to write in Sanders in the GE instead.

Check the @dwsteets

[840high]

57. Yes.

[Politicalboi]

60. Yes indeed

If Bernie were to go indy again, I would switch. I am so done with HilLIEry.

[peacebird]

62. Frankly if she getw the nom, I am registering as indie too

[newthinking]

65. Yep

[bjobotts]

73. Sanders is totally against a 3rd party run.Won't happen

[murielm99]

82. Notice that Bernie is once again using the resources of

the Democratic Party, namely the VAN software, after disdaining Democrats and refusing to join the party for years.

If VAN and the people who run it are so awful, such Clinton shills, why didn't Sanders compile his own voter data? The VAN software has not been around all that many years. Activists used to compile their own voter data from lists provided precinct by precinct, by county clerks. Purist Bernie should have done that.

I have asked repeatedly if anyone here has used the VAN software, or is familiar with it. Many activists and phone bankers are familiar with it. I am only hearing speculation and accusations that Hillary's campaign did something, that there is some huge conspiracy, when Bernie's staffers are the real culprits. Talk about projection!

[seabeyond]

83. It is bad. Clearly not ready for prime time. Nt.

[catnhatnh]

19. Hey-this is great news for all the Clinton supporters

...who were worried Bernie would not have enough money for a national campaign!

[Divernan]

71. Excellent!

Good grief! Hillary, through Debbie, has overplayed her hand yet again. She just never learns! And there's no time for her to focus group responses to the inevitable questions on this topic which will be part of the debate! HAH!

[MeNMyVolt]

20. Turning out to be worse than Nader.

[Joe the Revelator]

23. The DNC? You're right

Spoilers.

[plus5mace]

46. He exposed the lie of "Work through the primary for change".

The party elites don't care about primaries or democracy. They want the only choice to be their chosen candidate or a Republican.

[MeNMyVolt]

47. Fine, then leave.

[plus5mace]

51. The primary isn't over yet.

Clearly Hillary must be nervous about her chances to have her puppet pull this move.

[MeNMyVolt]

52. Yeah, she had BS's national data director steal data.

Great theory. What's your thought on the tides.

[plus5mace]

56. My thought is that I will look forward to Hillary losing.

The primary or the general, either way.

[Jester Messiah]

21. Yep, put up or shut up, DNC.

Because Bernie's not putting up with your shit.

[Hiraeth]

26. money talks bullshit walks.

[DJ13]

24. Its obvious that the DNC was getting very nervous about Sander's increasing momentum

So they felt a need to act quickly to try and blunt that momentum.

But this "leak" was a poor choice to use, it only paints the DNC as an organization solely dedicated to securing a Hillary victory.

The whole episode only serves to make people wonder how much deterioration the Hillary camp was seeing in their internal polling if they felt this shit storm was a viable alternative to continuing to have their MSM buddies completely ignoring Sanders.

[Segami]

27. The last two big Bernie endorsements was the trigger.

[RandySF]

29. They filed for an injunction. They are not seeking damages.

[OilemFirchen]

41. They are seeking damages.

They will regain access (because the DNC failed to provide adequate warning and failed to allow for corrective action), but can't collect damages (because the contract forbids them).

As it all should be. And would have been had the campaign simply met with the DNC.

[LittleBlue]

33. I'm sorry, but Bernie has been naive

I was so disappointed with him after tithe first debate, deflecting email questions from Hillary. You had to attack her.

He got played being nice when his opponent wanted to crush him by any means. He threw away victory to be the nice guy. I think he is finished, personally, but will still vote for him in the primary.

Obama knew how to deal with this poisonous family and their minions. He saw them for what they are. Bernie didn't until it was too late.

[OilemFirchen]

34. He won't GET a penny.

9. Limitation of Liability. Neither party shall be liable to the other party or to any person claiming rights derived from the other party's rights, for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive or exemplary damages of any kind, as a result of breach of any term of this Agreement, regardless of whether the party allegedly liable was advised, had reason to know or in fact knew of the possibility thereof.

http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000151-b72f-d1ae-add5-f76f14db0001

[newthinking]

68. They broke the contract by not giving 10 days

The contract also stated that there is a cool down period and the data can not be witheld during that time.

So I would say there is a pretty good chance there would be damages if the DNC does not show goodwill soon.

[OilemFirchen]

72. I've addressed that elsewhere.

The Sanders campaign will be granted access because the DNC violated the contract. The Sanders campaign will not receive compensation because the contract protects the DNC from liability.

[vorgan24]

35. Well, that's one way to secure campaign financing.

[Politicalboi]

64. Wall St already belongs to Hillary

But that doesn't bother her supporters one bit.

[WillyT]

39. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[Historic NY]

76. They can just deduct it from the money he hasn't raised like he agreed to also...

since no one from his campaign is donating to the DNC, he can take a chit out of petty cash.

[WDIM]

77. DNC playing favorites typical Clinton crony hacks.

Im ready to leave the Democratic party if this is the dirty politics they are going to play. Instead of letting the democratic process play out uninterupted and unbiased.

[BeanMusical]

79. Kickin' and Reccin'