PUBLISHED PARTIAL RESULTS WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE RESULTS
EXPECTED BY 5:00 P.M. TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, CONCORD.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, AS
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES STUMP IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE, QUESTIONS
SWIRLING ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG
DURING IOWA’S DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
>> WE HAVE WORKED WITH CYBER
SECURITY EXPERTS,
SECURITY EXPERTS, NATIONALLY-RENOWNED EDED CYBER
SECURITY EXPERTS.
SECURITY EXPERTS. WE FOUND AN IRREGULARITY AS THE
RESULTS CAME IN.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS MADE BY
THIS APP, SHADOW INC., A
FOR-PROFIT COMPANY BASED IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., DESCRIBING ITS
TO CREATE A PERMANENT ADVANTAGE
FOR PROGRESSIVE CAMPAIGNS AND
CAUSES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.
SHADOW NOW ISSUING AN APOLOGY
SAYING THEY SINCERELY REGRET THE
DELAY IN THE REPORTING OF THE
RESULTS OF LAST NIGHT’S IOWA
CAUCUSES.
CAUCUSES. THE COMPANY, WHICH WAS FOUNDED
BY FORMER HILLARY CLINTON
STAFFERS, WAS PAID $60,000 TO
IMPROVE THE REPORTING OF CAUCUS
RESULTS.
RESULTS. IT WAS LAUNCHED LAST YEAR BY A
DEMOCRATIC NONPROFIT CALLED
ACRONYM.
ACRONYM. ITS CEO WAS MARRIED TO A SENIOR
ADVISER OF PETE BUTTIGIEG, WHICH
THE CAMPAIGN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED.
THERE’S BEEN NO SUGGESTION OF
ANY WRONGDOING OR EVIDENCE THAT
THE APP WAS HACKED.
PRECINCT CHAIRS WERE SUPPOSED TO
SEND RESULTS TO THE IOWA
DEMOCRATIC PARTY VIA THE APP.
BUT MANY HAD TROUBLE DOWNLOADING
IT AND USING IT.
WHEN DID OFFICIALS KNOW WHEN THE
APP HAD PROBLEMS?
AN E-MAIL CHAIN PROVIDED TO NBC
NEWS, SHOWED THAT PRECINCT
CAPTAINS AND CAUCUS ORGANIZERS
IN THE IOWA CITY AREA NEW OF
PROBLEMS WITH THE APP AS EARLY
AS MONDAY MORNING.
9:13 A.M., A PRECINCT CHAIR
REPLIES, I GAVE UP ON THE APP.
A FEW MINUTES LATER AT 9:29,
ANOTHER JOKES, JUST DON’T SUBMIT
YOUR RESULTS.
YOUR RESULTS. BY 10:00 P.M., SOME PRECINCT
CHAIRS HAD ABANDONED THE APP
ALTOGETHER AND RESORTED TO A HOT
LINE TO CALL IN RESULTS.
BUT THERE WERE PROBLEMS.
SOME CALLERS WERE BEING PUT ON
HOLD FOR HOURS.
>> I COULDN’T GET THROUGH.
I TRIED A NUMBER OF TIMES.
>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING
ON.
ON. >> Reporter: OTHERS WERE ASKED
TO TEXT PHOTOS OF THE RESULTS.
>> THEY WANTED US TO TAKE --
WANTED ME TO TAKE A PICTURE OF
MY CALCULATION SHEET AND HOW I
ARRIVED AT THE FIGURES THAT WE
HAD AND SEND IT TO THE IOWA
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY. >> Reporter: SECURITY EXPERTS
TELL NBC NEWS, THEY’RE ALARMED
THAT THE PARTY HAD REFUSED TO
REVEAL WHO MADE THE APP IN THE
LEAD-UP TO WORSE, THAT THE PARTY
THE CHAIRS TO DOWNLOAD IT TO
THEIR UNSECURED CELL PHONES.
CHAD WOLF, THE DIRECTOR OF
HOMELAND SECURITY, HAD THIS TO
SAY.
SAY. >> OUR CYBER SECURITY AND OUR
SECURITY AGENCY HAS OFFERED TO
TEST THAT APP FROM A HACKING
PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. THEY DECLINED.
THEY DECLINED. >> Reporter: THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC
CHAIRMAN, TROY PRICE, APPEARING
TO DENY THAT.
>> I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
MAKING THAT OFFER TO US.
>> 15 MORE --
>> Reporter: NOW, THE IOWA
DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEFT TO PICK UP
THE PIECES OF WHAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE THE STATE’S BIGGEST NIGHT.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. LOOKING AHEAD, NEVADA HAS A
CAUCUS, TOO, AND EVIDENTLY HAD
KRLT
KRLT CONTRACTED WITH THE SAME FIRM
BUT IS NOT GOING TO USE THAT.
>> NEVADA PAID ITS MONEY TO THE
SHADOW COMPANY.
SHADOW COMPANY. AND THEY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY
THEY WEREN’T GOING TO BE USING
THE APP OR THE COMPANY AND ARE
EVALUATING THOSE OPTIONS.
THOSE CAUCUSES ON FEBRUARY 22nd.
FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, A
SHOUTOUT TO GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED
PAPER.
PAPER. BECAUSE ALL CAUCUS ATTENDEES HAD
TO WRITE DOWN WHO THEIR
CANDIDATE WAS AND SIGN IT WITH
THEIR OWN NAME.
AND THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE
COUNTING, THE PAPER.
WE CAN’T BELIEVE THE RESULTS AT
THE END OF THE DAY, BUT WOO HOO.
>> IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THEY
DIDN’T DO A DRY RUN, LIKE STRESS
TEST THE APP.
>> THEY HAD FOUR YEARS.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AND ONE JOB.
ALL RIGHT.