In Diebold they trust

What makes the NY Times so great sometimes is its reporters' and editors' ability to tease out a comment in the midst of an otherwise dry article that makes you spit out your corn flakes:

David Bear, a spokesman for Diebold Election Systems, said the potential risk existed because the company's technicians had intentionally built the machines in such a way that election officials would be able to update their systems in years ahead.

"For there to be a problem here, you're basically assuming a premise where you have some evil and nefarious election officials who would sneak in and introduce a piece of software," he said. "I don't believe these evil elections people exist."

Really?

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.