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Experts Don't Yahoo! Over Palin's E-Mail Practices
ABC News ^ | September 18, 2008 | Justin Rood

Posted on 09/18/2008 10:55:25 AM PDT by Pinkbell

It's not a great idea to run a government using Yahoo! e-mail accounts.

Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail habit of using a private account to communicate with aides echos the worst practices of the Bush administration, says one expert.

That's the word from experts, anyway, reacting to news that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's Yahoo! e-mail had been hacked earlier this week. McCain's vice-presidential pick apparently used the accounts to communicate with key aides about government business.

The practice is dangerous, said experts, and can run counter to laws ensuring government is open and accountable -- a tough point for Palin, who has made "open government" a catchphrase of her political identity.

By using non-governmental email systems, "Your information is out there available, beyond the official mechanisms there to protect it," said Amit Yoran, the nation's first cybersecurity chief. Yoran is now CEO of Netwitness Corp., a computer security firm for government and private entities.

"When she's communicating about government programs, that information is not being protected with the typical precautions the government has put in place in its own risk management process," said Yoran.

Moreover, a hacked account could be used to falsify communications, noted Yoran – a point proven by one of the hackers, who used Palin's account to send a message to one of her assistants.

Two Yahoo! email accounts belonging to Palin were hacked early Tuesday by a group calling itself 'Anonymous'. Screen shots of her inbox were posted online, as well as a screenshot showing an email of an apparently personal nature from a Palin appointee to the governor.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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Another Palin hit piece. They couldn't find any damning emails in her email account, but they have found some way to criticize her.
1 posted on 09/18/2008 10:55:25 AM PDT by Pinkbell
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To: Pinkbell

Am I in the twilight zone??


2 posted on 09/18/2008 10:57:41 AM PDT by Blue Turtle (I)
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To: Pinkbell

F* ABC..

Criminal==Victim, Victim==Criminal.

PS: the AP has flatly refused to help the FBI and Secret Service identify the hackers/forwarders.


3 posted on 09/18/2008 10:58:16 AM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: Pinkbell

So, they criticize McCain because he can’t use computers, and they criticize Palin because she can...

I think I get it now!


4 posted on 09/18/2008 10:59:39 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Obama will give us enough hope to hang ourselves.)
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To: Pinkbell

When ABC goes to a new low you say to yourself, “this is the losest.” Then they come out with something like this.

Truly incredible and why there is a Dinosaur Media Alert on FR.


5 posted on 09/18/2008 11:00:16 AM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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I guess said "expert" forgot to mention that a FELONY was committed.

I wonder how Mr Anonymous would act if his account was hacked!!

6 posted on 09/18/2008 11:00:40 AM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: xcamel

Of course. The AP is in the tank for Obama. They don’t want to do anything that could help the McCain/Palin campaign.


7 posted on 09/18/2008 11:00:42 AM PDT by Pinkbell (”This guy is a jerk, an arrogant jerk. A Jerk Messiah.” - Rush talking about Obama)
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By using non-governmental email systems, "Your information is out there available, beyond the official mechanisms there to protect it," said Amit Yoran, the nation's first cybersecurity chief.

Is it as bad as letting government employees run around with unsecured laptops & ScanDisk Drives loaded with sensitive information? That is done everyday & laptops are lost/compromised everyday.

I agree that government officials should use official email accounts that are archived, but I would be surprised if this goal is anywhere close to being achieved.

8 posted on 09/18/2008 11:01:09 AM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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The practice is dangerous, said experts, and can run counter to laws ensuring government is open and accountable

By using non-governmental email systems, "Your information is out there available, beyond the official mechanisms there to protect it,"

These two sentences contradict each other, don't they?

9 posted on 09/18/2008 11:01:16 AM PDT by mhx
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Palin cannot use official State of Alaska email accounts or computers for personal or Vice-Presidential campaign purposes. If she did it would violate the State’s regulations. So she has to have a private email account for those purposes.

As the hacking showed, there was no significant Alaska State business being conducted using the personal accounts.


10 posted on 09/18/2008 11:01:51 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
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So even her having an e-mail account is Bush’s fault?


11 posted on 09/18/2008 11:01:52 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Pinkbell
a group calling itself 'Anonymous'

I love it when the press, who aren't knowledgeable about anything, try to report on things they don't understand. "Anonymous" is exactly what it means. If a board or site doesn't require you to post a handle, or your name, then you are "Anonymous." I'm a proud member of this group at a lot of sites.

12 posted on 09/18/2008 11:01:56 AM PDT by Belasarius (Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Job 5:2-7)
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It's not a great idea to run a government using Yahoo! e-mail accounts.

Prove she did this you spineless hack.

13 posted on 09/18/2008 11:01:59 AM PDT by Lent
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To: Pinkbell

Surreal


14 posted on 09/18/2008 11:02:05 AM PDT by AHerald ("Be faithful to God ... do not bother about the ridicule of the foolish." - St. Pio of Pietrelcina)
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This is disgusting, a leftist commits an illegal act and it isn’t their faul, nope it is the victims. Sick of dirtbag lefties.


15 posted on 09/18/2008 11:02:26 AM PDT by YdontUleaveLibs (Reason is out to lunch. How may I help you?)
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To: Pinkbell
ABC Experts 1963 “Don't ride through the streets of Dallas in an open convertible”
16 posted on 09/18/2008 11:02:35 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Robert Byrd - Ex community organizer)
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To: Pinkbell
Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail habit of using a private account to communicate with aides echos the worst practices of the Bush administration, says one expert.

WTF? What does this have to do with the Bush administration?...(besides everything that ever happens being Bush's fault).

17 posted on 09/18/2008 11:03:01 AM PDT by tsmith130
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To: xcamel
F* ABC..

Criminal==Victim, Victim==Criminal.

for ABC I think this is more accurate

Republican==Criminal, Victim==Democrat

18 posted on 09/18/2008 11:03:20 AM PDT by edzo4 (Vote McCain, Keep Your Change)
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To: Pinkbell

Just waiting for the economic downturn to hit the media in the pocketbook. I’m trying to stay away from all television media except Fox News. Hit them directly where they live — the ratings.


19 posted on 09/18/2008 11:03:23 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: Pinkbell
Propaganda media in the tank for Obama, no matter what.

Can't wait for these hackers to get caught and ID'd. I want names and party affiliation.

20 posted on 09/18/2008 11:03:29 AM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
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