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Bush family e-mails hacked: Was anything stolen of value (beyond privacy)?
CSMonitor ^ | 2/8/2013 | Peter Grier

Posted on 02/08/2013 9:15:48 AM PST by South40

The Bush family has been victimized by a hacker, in case you haven’t heard. Someone who calls himself “Guccifer” has managed to penetrate the e-mail accounts of an unknown number of relatives of ex-Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush. We’ll leave the technical analysis to others, and focus on the stuff that’s actually been published: Are these sensitive secrets that shouldn’t have come into the public domain?

Yes, in the sense that nobody should have stuff like this stolen and then plastered all over the Internet. Presumably, the FBI will get involved in tracking this person down. But no, in the sense that what we’ve seen so far makes the Bush family seem more sympathetic, if anything. It reveals their concern for George H.W.’s health during his recent hospitalization and indicates that it was more serious than publicly known.

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1 posted on 02/08/2013 9:15:53 AM PST by South40
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To: South40

Suspects? Sandy Burglar is not know for being computer savvy, so I guess he’s out.


2 posted on 02/08/2013 10:21:28 AM PST by Oratam
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Maybe we will find out why GWB & GHWB were so fond of the Turdblossom?


3 posted on 02/08/2013 10:50:01 AM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: Oratam

Maybe we will find out why GWB & GHWB were so fond of the Turdblossom?


4 posted on 02/08/2013 10:53:58 AM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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