[E-voting] Meeting with the Minister/Dept

[Catherine Ansbro]

>Lack of response is not the same as a lack of interest :) I for one
>watch th developments in the US in sheer awe.

Glad to know it.  I felt a little despondent about the apparent lack of 
interest.  BBV is just starting up upload massive amounts of documents as I 
type this.

> > That press release was really shocking, wasn't it.  It shows the
> > government's position and we can take nothing for granted.
>
>Absolutely, I think we can only hope that the fact that DoE had access
>to the report months ago and that the Minister was in South America at
>the time mean the Minister's own opinion might not be so appallingly
>uninformed and cynical.

If the press release reflects the attitude of the DoE civil servants then 
the problem is equally serious for us.  We need to help the top civil 
servants see the issues better, too.  They need to see the risk they put 
themselves in by promoting an appallingly insecure system.  They--and the 
government--will be shown as complete laughingstocks.  This will eventually 
happen in the US as the drip-drip-drip of irregularities becomes a tidal wave.

Catherine