In the past 20 months, Harris has become America�s leading critic of electronic voting. Her reporting on the problems with new computer voting machines has been a key component in a national, grassroots movement to safeguard voting. Her astounding discoveries have resulted in important studies by distinguished computer scientists. She has been leaked thousands of pages of internal memos from Diebold Election Systems, one of the country�s leading electronic voting companies. She is frequently cited by newspapers across the country and is a guest on national and local television and radio stations. Thousands of people visit her Web site and participate in its reader forums. Now, Harris claims, the government wants our names, forum messages, and computer addresses.

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To date, Harris writes, she has had five meetings with [Secret Service agent Michael] Levin. By April 29, she was completely fed up. �This investigation no longer passes the stink test,� she writes. �I�ll tell you what it looks like to me: a fishing expedition.� Harris states that the Secret Service claims it is investigating the VoteHere hack but never spends much time on it while interviewing her. �Most of the time is spent on the Diebold memos, which they claim they are not investigating.�

Harris sounds the alarm about what the government wants her to turn over. �They want the logs of my Web site with all the forum messages and the IP [Internet protocol] addresses.� IP addresses are unique, numerical pointers to one or more computers on the Internet, making it possible to identify, or narrow the search for, a computer that has visited a given Web site. Writes Harris: �This has nothing to do with a VoteHere �hack� investigation, and I have refused to turn it over.�