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Frankly I find this very hard to believe.
There's no way the son of an elected official of the opposition party, would be stupid enough to commit such a horrificly illegal and unethical act upon such a high-profile person as Palin.
This would rank up there with the Watergate break-in, 30-plus years ago. Those burglars were STUPID. They didn't learn much from their wiretaps, but it was the enormity of the act, and Nixon's coverup attempt, that brought down a President.
No way would the Democrats hand such a violation to the Republicans on a silver platter, in this day and age, and this close to a critical election.
The mind boggles.
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http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/sep/18/tennessean-state-reps-son-contacted-palin-e-mail-p/
State rep says son focus of Palin e-mail hacking rumors
News Sentinel staff and wire
Originally published 04:53 p.m., September 18, 2008
Updated 05:54 p.m., September 18, 2008
NASHVILLE - State Rep. Mike Kernell said today that he was aware of Internet rumors about his son being the subject of speculation that he accessed the personal e-mail of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Asked whether he or his son, a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, had been contacted by authorities investigating the break-in of Palin's account, he responded:
"Me, no."
As far as his 20-year-old son, David, he said: "I can't say. That doesn't mean he has or hasn't (been contacted by investigators)."
Kernell, D-Memphis, cited the father-son relationship.
He said he had talked to his son today, but that he talks to his son regularly.
He declined further comment.
Attempts to reach the younger Kernell for comment were not successful.
The FBI and the Secret Service started a formal investigation Wednesday into the hacking, according to the Associated Press.
A first-hand account reported by the Associated Press suggested her account was vulnerable because a hacker was able to impersonate her online and obtain her passord.
The alleged hacker, using the e-mail address rubico10@yahoo.com, posted Wednesday to a forum on the website 4chan about how he used Yahoo! Mail's password-recovery tool to obtain the Alaska's governor password.
"i am the lurker who did it, and i would like to tell the story," rubico10@yahoo.com wrote.
The hacker guessed that Alaska's governor had met her husband in high school, and knew the Republican vice presidential candidate's date of birth and home Zip code, the Associated Press reported.
Using those details, the hacker tricked Yahoo Inc.'s service into assigning a new password, "popcorn," for Palin's e-mail account, according to a chronology of the crime published on the Web site where the hacking was first revealed.
Yahoo declined to comment today on details of the investigation, citing Palin's privacy and the sensitivity of such investigations, according to the Associated Press.
The person who claimed responsibility for the break-in did not respond Thursday to an e-mail inquiry from the Associated Press.
The break-in of Palin's private account is especially significant because Palin sometimes uses non-government e-mail to conduct state business. the Associated Press reported.
There's no way the son of an elected official of the opposition party, would be stupid enough to commit such a horrificly illegal and unethical act upon such a high-profile person as Palin.
This would rank up there with the Watergate break-in, 30-plus years ago. Those burglars were STUPID. They didn't learn much from their wiretaps, but it was the enormity of the act, and Nixon's coverup attempt, that brought down a President.
No way would the Democrats hand such a violation to the Republicans on a silver platter, in this day and age, and this close to a critical election.
The mind boggles.
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http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/sep/18/tennessean-state-reps-son-contacted-palin-e-mail-p/
State rep says son focus of Palin e-mail hacking rumors
News Sentinel staff and wire
Originally published 04:53 p.m., September 18, 2008
Updated 05:54 p.m., September 18, 2008
NASHVILLE - State Rep. Mike Kernell said today that he was aware of Internet rumors about his son being the subject of speculation that he accessed the personal e-mail of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Asked whether he or his son, a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, had been contacted by authorities investigating the break-in of Palin's account, he responded:
"Me, no."
As far as his 20-year-old son, David, he said: "I can't say. That doesn't mean he has or hasn't (been contacted by investigators)."
Kernell, D-Memphis, cited the father-son relationship.
He said he had talked to his son today, but that he talks to his son regularly.
He declined further comment.
Attempts to reach the younger Kernell for comment were not successful.
The FBI and the Secret Service started a formal investigation Wednesday into the hacking, according to the Associated Press.
A first-hand account reported by the Associated Press suggested her account was vulnerable because a hacker was able to impersonate her online and obtain her passord.
The alleged hacker, using the e-mail address rubico10@yahoo.com, posted Wednesday to a forum on the website 4chan about how he used Yahoo! Mail's password-recovery tool to obtain the Alaska's governor password.
"i am the lurker who did it, and i would like to tell the story," rubico10@yahoo.com wrote.
The hacker guessed that Alaska's governor had met her husband in high school, and knew the Republican vice presidential candidate's date of birth and home Zip code, the Associated Press reported.
Using those details, the hacker tricked Yahoo Inc.'s service into assigning a new password, "popcorn," for Palin's e-mail account, according to a chronology of the crime published on the Web site where the hacking was first revealed.
Yahoo declined to comment today on details of the investigation, citing Palin's privacy and the sensitivity of such investigations, according to the Associated Press.
The person who claimed responsibility for the break-in did not respond Thursday to an e-mail inquiry from the Associated Press.
The break-in of Palin's private account is especially significant because Palin sometimes uses non-government e-mail to conduct state business. the Associated Press reported.
