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Dirty Tricks - Palin E-mail Hacked Associated Press Won't Cooperate
AP ^ | 9/17/2008 | Ted Bridis

Posted on 09/17/2008 10:30:35 PM PDT by GVnana

Hackers break into Sarah Palin's e-mail account

Sep 17 09:11 PM US/Eastern
By TED BRIDIS
Associated Press Writer

Hackers Break Into Palin’s E-Mail Account & Post Messages, Pictures Online

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska's governor, revealing as evidence a few inconsequential personal messages she has received since John McCain selected her as his running mate.


TOPICS: Front Page News; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: assininepress; email; hackers; mccainpalin; palin; palinsmears
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"The Secret Service contacted The Associated Press on Wednesday and asked for copies of the leaked e-mails, which circulated widely on the Internet. The AP did not comply."

Just this evening, in my Mass Media Law class I learned of a case called US V. Progressive (1979) which my professor called "a favorite tactic of the media."

They can get away with publishing this material as long as someone else does it first. The trick is to get someone else to do it.

This may go a little deeper than a geek in someone's basement.

1 posted on 09/17/2008 10:30:37 PM PDT by GVnana
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McCain-Palin should file a class action lawsuit against every one who publishes illegally obtained personal material and refer them to the proper authorities for criminal prosecution.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 09/17/2008 10:33:59 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: GVnana
Ap doesn't want to cooperate then charge them as accessories.AWB
3 posted on 09/17/2008 10:34:21 PM PDT by Americanwolfsbrother (Its not whether you get knocked down but whether you get back up. Vince Lombardi)
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To: GVnana
The Media-boating of Gov. Palin continues.

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4 posted on 09/17/2008 10:34:47 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: GVnana
How does the AP figure in this story?

The details of this hack can be found on Michelle Malkin's blog. It's pretty much all there, except for the hacker's name. But that's likely to be available real soon, given he didn't cover his tracks all that well.

5 posted on 09/17/2008 10:35:57 PM PDT by cynwoody
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How does the AP figure in this story?

Great question. I don't understand that either.

6 posted on 09/17/2008 10:38:49 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (McCain/Palin '08. For change you won't have to "believe in." You'll be able to see it.)
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To: cynwoody

The media fits into it because once the information has already been leaked/published by another source, they (the press) can publish it without any reprocussions.


7 posted on 09/17/2008 10:39:03 PM PDT by GVnana ("The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.")
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To: Americanwolfsbrother

Pull any and all government credentials. GW better step in here!


8 posted on 09/17/2008 10:41:26 PM PDT by Always Independent
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To: GVnana
I would like to see the paper trail of these hacked Emails.

Like I have been telling anyone who will listen to me the radical liberals will do whatever is necessary to win this election even murder if it gets them power.

I don't trust Obama or his cronies no further than I would a Black Mamba under my bed sheets cause someones gonna get bitten and it ain't the Mamba.

I have a feeling that who ever hacked her account is sweating about now.

9 posted on 09/17/2008 10:41:31 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (The Difference Between Palin and Obama is Common Sense, She's GOT IT, He DOESN'T)
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I have read somewhere else that the perp may be the son of a Tennesee state senator (a D, of course). May the Secret Service send him to one of those secret CIA prisons in the jungles of Tanzania or wherever.


10 posted on 09/17/2008 10:43:02 PM PDT by kesg
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“But that’s likely to be available real soon, given he didn’t cover his tracks all that well.”


I’ll bet that that guy has been under a mountain of stress as he watches this unfold.


11 posted on 09/17/2008 10:44:20 PM PDT by ansel12 (There will be more than one "October surprise" this time. Count on it.)
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To: kesg; OKIEDOC

And be sure the little snot has some black mambas to keep him company. ;)


12 posted on 09/17/2008 10:45:25 PM PDT by mkjessup (I'm not a Community Organizer, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night!)
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The media fits into it because once the information has already been leaked/published by another source, they (the press) can publish it without any reprocussions.

Why, then, would the USSS be contacting the AP? Unless, perhaps, the hacker communicated with AP, and investigators hoped to track him down by tracing the source of the contact?

Chances are, all AP had was that zip file that wikileaks.org posted, which contained the screen shots and downloaded text files.

13 posted on 09/17/2008 10:46:24 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

Thanks for the post I enjoyed that.


14 posted on 09/17/2008 10:53:11 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (The Difference Between Palin and Obama is Common Sense, She's GOT IT, He DOESN'T)
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To: OKIEDOC

Sweating? Why? You are right, they will do anything.


15 posted on 09/17/2008 10:53:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: GVnana

I’m beginning to think that Obama’s close supporters are worse than Clinton’s, they are obviously behind this crime. Obama is a ruthless, dangerous man.


16 posted on 09/17/2008 10:56:52 PM PDT by rangeryder (If a man says something in the woods, is he still wrong?)
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To: cynwoody

I read somewhere else that the perp may be the son of a Democratic state senator from Tennessee. I wish I could remember where. If it’s him, he is in big trouble.


17 posted on 09/17/2008 10:58:09 PM PDT by kesg
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To: GVnana

AP = SCUM, PURE SCUM


18 posted on 09/17/2008 10:59:36 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (Drill Baby, Drill - Drill Thrawl)
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To: ansel12

And I hope they make a good example out of him. Hacking, computer crime, ID theft, credit card fraud, all caused by people farting around on the internet, cost all of us our peace of mind and personal security. They should be dealt with severely.


19 posted on 09/17/2008 10:59:41 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: cynwoody

We don’t know the answer to that, and probably never will.


20 posted on 09/17/2008 11:00:38 PM PDT by GVnana ("The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.")
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