I absolutely agree that it was morally wrong to publish everything in there. That's what I tried to indicate by saying "put everything out into public view", meaning as opposed to publishing the correspondence that was part of government business.
I'm conflicted about the role of private individuals using illegal methods (in this case breaking into an email account) to try and police government officials. On one side, I think we need a strong citizen watchdog to try and keep government honest. I don't think that government officials should have much of an expectation of privacy in their dealings as officials. On the other hand, I'd really rather see the watchdog role run through an active and independent mechanism for policing things, like FOIA requests. Judah On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > my issue is that he didn't just disclose the government emails, he > posted about the family pictures that were in there too, and then made > the password public. Had he let's say simple posted emails he thought > should not have been written with that account, I would agree that it > could be a whistleblower case. I know it's a fine line but it's an > important one. But he did say he decided to try because he wanted to > know if that was indeed what she was doing. > > So perhaps the moral is that if you are going to blow the whistle on > some perceived wrongdoing, you should avoid needless damage > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: >> >> I'm curious where you feel her role as a public official comes into >> play with this. She was using the Yahoo account for government >> business and seemed to indicate that she was doing so, in part, to >> evade public records laws. If someone in her office had seen damning >> emails in that account and put them out there, I would consider it a >> valid case of whistleblowing as she was using the account for >> government business. This case is obviously different because it is >> someone outside the whole deal who gained unauthorized access and then >> put everything out in public view. I don't think that's right but on >> the other hand, I think that correspondence in her official capacity >> in that account is fair game for being looked at by the public. So I'm >> a little conflicted. >> >> Judah >> >> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> As was pointed out earlier, we pretty much agree on this, except for >>> the culpability of Palin. >>> >>> You think she bears some of the blame for what happened. I disagree with >>> that. >>> >>> In my opinion, when you start placing blame on the victim you are >>> almost validating the crime and/or saying that they deserved it. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317372 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
