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Update: FBI serves search warrant against UT student in Palin case
Becky Simmons Updated: 9/22/2008 5:40:46 AM Posted: 9/18/2008 4:53:06 PM
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The FBI is stepping up its investigation into the possibility that a University
of Tennessee student hacked into the personal e-mail of Vice Presidential
candidate Sarah Palin.
A person who identified himself as a witness tells 10 News that agents with the
FBI served a federal search warrant at the Fort Sanders residence of David
Kernell early Sunday morning. Kernell lives in the Commons apartment complex at
1115 Highland Ave.
David Kernell is the son of Mike Kernell, a Democratic state representative
from Memphis.
A Department of Justice spokesperson confirmed there has been "investigatory
activity" in Knoxville regarding the Palin case, but she said there are no
publicly available search warrants, and no charges have been filed.
A separate law enforcement source confirmed to 10 News that a search warrant
was served on Kernell's apartment.
According to the witness, several agents arrived at The Commons of Knoxville
around midnight.
They presented their badges upon entering Kernell's apartment, where several
students were having a party, and took down their names.
The witness tells us they asked him and those who did not live in the unit to
go outside. He believes the investigators took about 1.5 to 2 hours taking
pictures of everything inside the apartment.
Witnesses say Kernell and his friends fled the apartment when the FBI agents
arrived.
Kernell's three roommates were also subpoenaed, and must testify this week in
Chattanooga, according to the witness.
Knoxville blogger and WBIR contributor Terry Frank has posted what she says are
images from Kernell's Facebook page.
Numerous web sites say someone going by the name "Rubico" has admitted to
hacking Palin's email. According to www.wired.com, "Rubico" made the claim in
an internet posting. This person said it was easy to access Palin's yahoo
account by using information like her zip code and birthdate. Various people on
the internet have quickly associated Rubico with David Kernell.
Previous StoryThe son of state Rep. Mike Kernell has been contacted by
authorities in connection with a probe into the hacking of personal e-mail of
vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Kernell confirmed on Thursday.
Kernell, a Memphis Democrat, said his 20-year-old son David had been contacted
by authorities investigating the hacking of Palin's personal email account.
The FBI and the Secret Service started a formal investigation on Wednesday into
the hacking.
David Kernell is a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Mike
Kernell said he spoke to his son on Thursday, as he does on a regular basis.
Kernell otherwise declined to comment, or discuss his son's whereabouts and
whether he was in custody.
Reports that Palin's e-mail had been hacked bounced across blogs and into the
news on Thursday.
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