Suppressing the overseas vote: "On Monday, the International Herald Tribune reported that the Pentagon is restricting international access to the Web site for the Federal Voting Assistance Program, the official government agency that helps Americans living abroad register to vote in the November election," reports Salon.com. "According to the IHT, Americans who connect to the Internet using one of several foreign Internet service providers have reported difficulty logging in to the voting-assistance site. The Pentagon confirmed that it is blocking traffic from these ISPs - which provide Internet service in 25 countries - but it declined to say why." Allegedly, their aim is to "thwart hackers." Please forward this information to friends overseas: Verifiedvoter.org reports on the Pentagon's move, offering mirror and proxy sites where overseas voters can get information on the sometimes tricky processes of absentee voting.