I think what they are doing is trying to give him some kind of penalty where there aren't any laws against what he did so they are winging it.
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > Damn, trying to get rid of the evidence from his drive is the sole felony, > "Obstruction of justice"? Damn, dude, that bites! Leave the evidence and > help convict yourself, or get rid of it and...help convict yourself. > > I can't stand Palin, but this dude was out of line in what he did. And I'm > also pissed at him for simply doing more to give this comical/dangerous > woman yet more exposure, more sympathizers, and more of a bully pulpit from > which to shout her rhetoric. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2010 3:11:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Found Guilty of Coverup > > > > 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/ > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
