I GUESS that I'm supposed to be happy about the conviction, but the fact that it makes the Wasilla Wingnut happy takes a lot out of it for me.
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:11 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup > > - By Kevin Poulsen<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/author/kevin_poulsen/> > [image: > Email Author] <kpoul...@wired.com> > - April 30, 2010 | > - 3:46 pm | > - Categories: Hacks and > Cracks<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/category/hacks-and-cracks/>, > The Courts <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/category/the-courts/> > - > > A Tennessee jury on Friday convicted David Kernell of obstruction of > justice and misdemeanor computer intrusion in connection with his hacking of > Sarah Palin’s e-mail account in 2008, according to local news > reports<http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/apr/30/jury-convicts-david-kernell-two-counts-palin-e-mai/> > . > > The jury acquitted the 22-year-old Kernell of wire fraud, and deadlocked on > a fourth charge of identity theft following four days of deliberation. > > Kernell famously hacked into Palin’s Yahoo webmail account while Palin was > the Republican vice presidential candidate. He used publicly available > information about Palin to reset her password to “popcorn,” then posted > screenshots of some of her e-mail, and the new password, to the /b/ message > board on 4chan so others could enjoy it. > > Prosecutors will now have to decide whether to retry Kernell on the > identity-theft charge, based on the theory that the former University of > Tennessee student stole Palin’s identity by taking over her Yahoo account. > > Palin applauded the verdict Friday in a Facebook > post<http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=384534143434>that compared > Kernell to Richard Nixon’s plumbers. “As Watergate taught us, > we rightfully reject illegally breaking into candidates’ private > communications for political intrigue in an attempt to derail an election,” > wrote Palin, who testified against Kernell in court last week. > > In opting for the misdemeanor version of the computer-intrusion charge, the > jury rejected prosecutors’ arguments that Kernell broke into Palin’s account > in furtherance of another criminal act or civil wrongdoing beyond accessing > Palin’s e-mail. > > That means Kernell might have walked away from the trial without a felony > conviction, if he hadn’t deleted evidence from his hard drive. That, the > jury found, constituted felony obstruction of justice. > > Kernell is free on bond. A sentencing date has not been set. > > *Updated 18:30 with Palin’s Facebook comments,* > > *Image: Facebook.com* > > *See Also:* > > - Palin Hacker Group’s All-Time Greatest > Hits<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/palin-hacker-gr/> > - Palin E-Mail Hacker Says It Was > Easy<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/palin-e-mail-ha/> > - Palin Calls E-Mail Hack ‘Most Disruptive’ Campaign > Event<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/palin-hack-2/> > - Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin > Account<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/group-posts-e-m/> > > > Read More > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/kernell-guilty/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz0mknKYwC7 > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
