Folks, this forum was mentioned in the court memorandum (page 28 of 35). Evidently, this forum was instrumental in detecting the flawed results. Way to go!!!!!
(“On May 1, reports of the lottery selection began
to pour in on a popular immigration message board, forums.immigration.com. By that evening,
members – many of whom hadn’t been chosen – began to post comments saying that most
people who had won applied over the course of just two days . . . . State Department officials say
that, as such evidence accumulated in online forums, they started to investigate.”).
(“On May 1, reports of the lottery selection began
to pour in on a popular immigration message board, forums.immigration.com. By that evening,
members – many of whom hadn’t been chosen – began to post comments saying that most
people who had won applied over the course of just two days . . . . State Department officials say
that, as such evidence accumulated in online forums, they started to investigate.”).