The FBI has turned this over to a fed grand jury in Nashville today. If
convicted, he could get 2 years but under fed sentencing guidelines, no jail
time as is first time offender.
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:02 PM, d.b.baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The Dems are going to need a lot of wool to pull over the eyes on this
> one.
>
> Meanwhile, I posted a link outlining Obama's heretofore unknown
> "executive" experience. See the WALL STREET JOURNAL thread.
>
> On Sep 23, 5:45 pm, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > this is a useless piece of shit as usua for yoy frank. an articlw is no
> > good here unless you gove the varification links or state that it is your
> > original work.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
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