College student David Kernell has been found guilty of hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail
Posted on 05/03/2010 11:24:32 AM PDT by Syncro
College student David Kernell has been found guilty of hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail
A jury decided 22-year-old David Kernell was guilty of obstruction of justice and unauthorised access of a computer, though he was cleared of a wire fraud charge.
In a statement issued on her Facebook page, Palin thanked the jury and prosecutors and explained the case's importance: "Besides the obvious invasion of privacy and security concerns surrounding this issue, many of us are concerned about the integrity of our country's political elections.
"America's elections depend upon fair competition."
The statement continued: "Violating the law, or simply invading someone's privacy for political gain, has long been repugnant to Americans' sense of fair play.
"As Watergate taught us, we rightfully reject illegally breaking into candidates' private communications for political intrigue in an attempt to derail an election."
In September 2008, Kernell gained access to Palin's personal account by guessing the answers to security questions.
"Besides the obvious invasion of privacy and security concerns surrounding this issue, many of us are concerned about the integrity of our country's political elections."
So, what’s the penalty? Does he go to jail and face fines; or is Obama going to take away his birthday?
UK source. I remember when we could get American news from American sources...
What was his sentence ?
College student found guilty of hacking into Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account
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This is last week’s news. Why is it in Breaking News?
The media isn’t putting the name of the perp in the headline. Could it be because it would taint the family name and Daddy is an elected Democrat?
It's more news here than reading the recipes, dating connections, French bicycle racing, and Sports Illustrated threads in this forum.
I've been waiting to see that connection published ever since the verdict.
Well, sort of, but it certainly is not "breaking news" when it broke last week. Broken Olds?
This is the count that was put off.
This is the charge that they were deadlocked on
If I am wrong, let me know and I will ask to have it removed from breaking
“UK source. I remember when we could get American news from American sources...”
NOT FOR 2 YEARS.
Story was on here two / three days ago, iirc. Not breaking news
*snip*
“Kernell was acquitted of wire fraud, and the judge declared a mistrial on charges of identity theft after the jury deadlocked. It is unclear if he’ll be retried for identity theft, but I suspect not.
Judge Thomas Phillips has not set a date for sentencing yet, and Kernell — who is out on bond, forbidden to use a computer — has not released a comment.
Important lesson for the pranksters of the world: It’s all good fun to go snooping around in other people’s digital lives, but serious consequences await those who do. More important: The last person whose email account you want to hack into is someone running for public office.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100503/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc1909_1
Who’s adding ‘old news’ to article keywords .. and why ?
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/oldnews/index
Another Obot troll hoping to code messages for his
comrades?
I had it removed from breaking
I mistakenly thought the deadlocked charge was convicted today but I was wrong.
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