The following article explains how a Democrat state lawmaker's son in Tennessee has apparently hacked into S. Palin's e-mail account.
While no charges have been laid, daddy is trying desperately to disassociate himself from any knowledge of what his son was doing in their family home. I had no knowledge or anything," "I was not a party to anything of this nature at all," he said. "I wasn't in on this - and I wouldn't know how to do anything like that." "I had nothing to do with it" Alright we believe you already!! And why would he be interested in Sarah Palin's e-mails? God forbid that he would lower himself into the gutter by using a little juicy tidbit he might learn from her e-mails that could be used to discredit her (especially as she doing fine job on her own) This part is where it gets a bit too much for my sensitive stomach. The McCain campaign confirmed the break-in and called it a "shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of law." Did you get that? It's "shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of law." Shocking, shocking, shocking! The Republican's find this violation of the law and Palin's privacy absolutely repellent. And so they should, as the new laws passed by congress clearly state, only the government is permitted to spy on the private communications of its citizens, not the other way around. The young culprit could be forgiven for thinking that the law allowed the hacking of confidential and private communications of all those that are US citizens regardless of their status, making invasion of privacy a democratic act. The one hitch of course is his daddy is a law maker (whatever that means) and that may prove to be a hitch for our young hero. Of course it could be argued that reading Sarah Palin's e-mails is a fate worse than death and let the boy go free with periodical psychiatric observation. The important thing is that all illegal wire tapping by the government is legal, even when when it wasn't legal, just to be on the safe side. I really hate to labor the point, but are any Democrats concerned that Obama voted for the latest amendments that make you have to worry who are talking to and what you say in private? Democrat's son searched over Palin hack. September 24, 2008 The FBI searched the residence of the son of a Democratic state lawmaker in Tennessee over the weekend looking for evidence linking the young man to the hacking of Republican US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account, two law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press. David Kernell, 20, has not returned repeated phone calls or e-mails from the AP since last week. He is the son of state Representative Mike Kernell, a Memphis Democrat and chairman of Tennessee's House Government Operations Committee. The father declined last week to discuss the possibility his son might be involved in the case. "I had nothing to do with it, I had no knowledge or anything," Mike Kernell told the AP. "I was not a party to anything of this nature at all," he said. "I wasn't in on this - and I wouldn't know how to do anything like that." A hacker last week broke into one of the Yahoo e-mail accounts that Palin uses, revealing as evidence a few inconsequential personal messages she has received since John McCain selected her as his running mate. The McCain campaign confirmed the break-in and called it a "shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of law." Palin used "gov.sarah" in one of her Yahoo e-mail addresses she sometimes uses to conduct state business. The hacker targeted her separate "gov.palin" account. After the break-in, a person claiming responsibility published a detailed chronology of the hacking on the Web site where the break-in was first revealed. That person identified his e-mail address as one that has been linked publicly to David Kernell. Experts said the hacker apparently left an easy trail for investigators. "He might as well have taken a picture of his house and uploaded it," said Ken Pfeil, an Internet security expert. "He should have just set up a big beacon that said, 'Here's my house,' or confessed. If they can't catch this guy based on all the information posted on the Web then all bets are off." The hacker described guessing correctly that Alaska's governor had met her husband in high school, and knew Palin's date of birth and home postcode. Using those details, the hacker tricked Yahoo's service into assigning a new password, "popcorn," for Palin's e-mail account. What started as a prank was cut short because of panic over the possibility the FBI might investigate, the hacker wrote. The FBI and Secret Service are now investigating. The law enforcement officials confirming the search spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation. In Washington, Justice Department spokeswoman Laura Sweeney confirmed Monday only that the FBI conducted "investigative activity" late Saturday and early Sunday in Knoxville related to the case. David Kernell is an economics major at the University of Tennessee there. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
