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Burn her!!!
Posted on 09/18/2008 9:41:36 AM PDT by Nachum
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.
"This is a shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of law. The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these e-mails will destroy them," the McCain campaign said in a statement.
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.
The disclosure Wednesday raises new questions about the propriety of the Palin administration's use of nongovernment e-mail accounts to conduct state business. The practice was revealed months ago -- prior to Palin's selection as a vice presidential candidate -- after political critics obtained internal e-mails documenting the practice by some aides.
One person whose e-mail to Palin apparently was among those disclosed, Amy B. McCorkell, declined to discuss her correspondence. "I do not know anything about it," McCorkell said. "I'm not giving you any comment." Wired.com said McCorkell later confirmed that she did send the e-mail to Palin.
Another of the e-mails apparently revealed Wednesday was an exchange in July with Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell discussing a talk show host who had been critical of Parnell. Parnell declined to discuss the matter.
Palin herself used "gov.sarah" in one of her e-mail addresses, but the hackers targeted her "gov.palin" account. Her husband used "fek9wnr" in his address. "Fe" is the representation for iron, and "k9" is an abbreviation for canine. Todd Palin was the winner of the grueling Iron Dog snowmobile race, and "fek9wnr" also is Todd Palin's vehicle license tag in Alaska.
It wasn't immediately clear how hackers broke into Palin's Yahoo! account, but it would have been possible to trick the service into revealing her password knowing personal details about Palin that include her birthdate and ZIP code. A hacker also might have sent a forged e-mail to her account tricking her into revealing her own password.
McCorkell was appointed by Palin to an advisory board on issues involving alcohol and drug abuse. One of the leaked e-mails suggested McCorkell wrote to Palin on Sunday to say she was praying for Palin. "Don't let the negative press get you down!" the message said.
What in the world is Sarah Palin using a yahoo email for official anything?
That is beyond irresponsible.
Yahoo is only for throw away mail!
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I used Yahoo when looking for jobs, or for social activities, but when it comes to sending confidential data like SSS #’s, I always use “code words” due to the nature of the data.
Well that’s a good thing if he really knows who it was.
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Burn her!!!
I didn’t see the Fox report. I’m just reading the article posted. The article says official.
I’m just reading what was posted.
>>>who the H says it was official....
The article.
“Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska’s governor”
I’ve done that using Yahoo too. Yahoo and hotmail are great for those types of uses. But never anything that is compromisable.
That was the first sentence in the article.
"Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska's governor,"
Gotta love how outside of FOX the media is trying to turn this into some kind of scandal for her.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085158/posts
Palin Hacker Identified? Claims E-Mails Are Proof Palin Did No Wrong
By Ted Bridis, Associated Press
I'll hold on this for awhile.
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The article is a lie. The hacker himself has said there was nothing there. Palin’s critics point to a single email between her and the Lt. Governor where they are complaining about a radio talk show host. That’s not official state business - that’s personal political business that they would try to crucify Palin for if they found that in her OFFICIAL government email account.
This is part of the con job. There isn't anything official there. This allows the press to shift focus from the hackers, the criminals, and to start a new conversation. "If" she was using personal email, that could be troubling, blah, blah, blah.
I noticed it last night in the coverage. "Yes of course its wrong to expose someone's personal email but..." and then on to the new narrative. "If its true" then on to the talking points. Shift focus away from the hack. Try to create a scandal where there isn't one, while backing away from the scandal that is.
"How could she be so stupid..." when there is no evidence of anything wrong on her part. She was the victim of the hack, and now the target of journalistic enquiry. Shift focus.
Baah, baah...
Another one...
>>>That’s not official state business
Then that is fine. That is how yahoo should be used.
If he does, he got it from reading Michelle Malkin or Free Republic.To: DJ MacWoWO’Reilly says that he knows who did it and that he is calling the attorney general, today.
15 posted on 09/18/2008 9:54:11 AM PDT by Eva (CHANGE- the post modern euphemism for Marxist revolution.)
To: EvaWell that’s a good thing if he really knows who it was.
He won't acknowledge Malkin because she is just a pretty girl who Geraldo Rivera trashed (and BO backed up) or Free Republic because it is a conservative hate site.
I didn’t see the coverage last night. I don’t think the story shifted focus from hackers. I just posted an article this morning about hackers.
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