{"id":50558,"date":"2022-07-18T12:26:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T19:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=50558"},"modified":"2022-07-18T16:27:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T23:27:22","slug":"groups-urge-officials-to-ban-cyber-ninjas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=50558","title":{"rendered":"Groups urge officials to ban Cyber Ninjas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy groups in Arizona are requesting that U.S. officials\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28419770.19113\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvdGVjaG5vbG9neS8zNTY0MzAyLWFkdm9jYWN5LWdyb3Vwcy1zZWVrLWZlZGVyYWwtYmFuLW9uLWN5YmVyLW5pbmphLWJ1c2luZXNzLz9lbWFpbD1iMGJlZmIyZGFmY2UzYTg3ZTdmMTM2YmIwNjU0ZGYwNTNmODQ1M2FjJmVtYWlsYT0xYTI3NTdlMzU4MDAxYmEyNjMxOGIwMmI4NmY0MTMxMSZlbWFpbGI9YzFiNTg5MWVjODJkZTA5ZGJjZjk3M2FkNDk1NDYwMzJlY2U3OTUwZmIzYTdlN2NhODZkZDljZmNjYWJlNjliOA\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB7f20b803\/email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" 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href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28419770.19113\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnJlbm5hbmNlbnRlci5vcmcvb3VyLXdvcmsvcmVzZWFyY2gtcmVwb3J0cy9yZWZlcnJhbC1sZXR0ZXItY3liZXItbmluamFzLWRlYmFybWVudC1jb25zaWRlcmF0aW9uP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB7970e250\/email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28419770.19113\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnJlbm5hbmNlbnRlci5vcmcvb3VyLXdvcmsvcmVzZWFyY2gtcmVwb3J0cy9yZWZlcnJhbC1sZXR0ZXItY3liZXItbmluamFzLWRlYmFybWVudC1jb25zaWRlcmF0aW9uP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB7970e250\/email&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1658268409925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BVzC2SkAVrflnPAXi1M9h\">a letter<\/a>\u00a0sent to the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee on Monday, the groups asked for the debarment of the company, citing a number of reasons the firm, Cyber Ninjas, isn\u2019t fit to conduct such election-related reviews.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The advocacy groups mentioned how the firm\u2019s work in Arizona did not meet election auditing standards and how it dismissed a court order to release public records related to its ballot review in Arizona.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf Cyber Ninjas is permitted to continue engaging in publicly-funded operations, the company will continue to undermine confidence in our federal elections,\u201d the groups said in the letter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy groups in Arizona are 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