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How the Palin email hacker suspect was caught
American Thinker ^ | September 20, 2008 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 09/20/2008 1:43:10 PM PDT by jessduntno

How the Palin email hacker suspect was caught Thomas Lifson September 20, 2008

TGDaily, a tech site, explains how the suspected Palin email hacker, 20-year-old David Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and son of Democratic Tennessee state representative Mike Kernell, was caught. He used a proxy server supposed to anonymize his identity, but the owner was quite upset at being used to cover illegal activities, and was also contacted by the FBI. Read the further details here.

It is obvious from posts the hacker made that he was fully conscious of breaking the law.

There is some suggestion that the hacker may have a loophole. Chloe Albanesius of PC Magazine writes:

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: brownshirts; cheaters; corruptdems; davidkernell; hackers; kernell; mccainpalin; palin; palinemail; palinhacker; sorelosers
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To: jessduntno

This is Watergate meets the 21st Century. Like RMN’s troops breaking into McGovern’s Headquarters, we’ve caught the Dems breaking into Palin’s Headquarters. Follow the money.


81 posted on 09/20/2008 3:05:41 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: timestax

How you do that html stuff ????


82 posted on 09/20/2008 3:16:20 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("I Believe In The Law Until It Interferes With Justice")
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To: nmh

I thought this kid was supposedly 15 years old? If he’s twenty then he should be prosecuted.


83 posted on 09/20/2008 3:22:04 PM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: LibWhacker

Oh my, he's not going to like jail...

84 posted on 09/20/2008 3:27:18 PM PDT by Kenton (All vices in moderation. I don't want to overdo any but I don't want to skip any either.)
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To: jessduntno
Simple. It is only bad if it is perpetrated by a Republican against a demoncRAT.
85 posted on 09/20/2008 3:36:48 PM PDT by comps4spice (Obama supporters are fascist thugs.)
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To: jessduntno
The following link to TG Daily shows a guy who may have good technical skills, but his writing skills suck. Doesn't make any sense to me. What does JavaScript have to do with this, exactly?

White hat hackers didn’t even need proxy information to find the culprit because they discovered that the Rubico forum handle was linked to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

86 posted on 09/20/2008 3:44:07 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (I want to "Buy American" but the only things for sale made in the USA are politicians)
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To: pray4liberty

I think Sarah is supposed to have a private e-mail account for private non-governmental e-mails. There is no evidence that she was using the private account for government business (in order to avoid having to disclose them in a future subpoena) but the Democrat attack dogs immediately started accusing her of that, and I’ve seen news reports on TV that state that as if it were an established fact.


87 posted on 09/20/2008 4:10:34 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus (Sarah, yes! Shariah, no!)
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To: LibWhacker

Gentlemen, let me introduce you to the newest member of Cell Block c.

Hi, sweetie! Mind if I do some hacking of my own?


88 posted on 09/20/2008 4:14:31 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners.)
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To: Mamzelle

John Grisham’s The Firm and Rainmaker were set in Memphis (Shelby, County). Not sure about his others. He grew up in the area.


89 posted on 09/20/2008 4:32:38 PM PDT by OrangeDaisy
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To: jessduntno

I don’t care how he was caught.

I want to know when he will go to prison and when his father
will resign.

If it was a Repubican it would have already happen.


90 posted on 09/20/2008 5:07:21 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (McCAIN/PALIN...THE CHANGE AMERICANS REALLY WANT—OBAMA..THE CHANGE THE WORLD'S TERRORISTS WANT)
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To: jessduntno
is concerned about future elections because the new machines are harder to get a look at.

Voting machines should be transparent. Unfortunately, they are by design becoming increasingly opaque. Double-plus ungood.

91 posted on 09/20/2008 5:54:41 PM PDT by supercat
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To: jessduntno
Google News currently shows just 68 hits for "David Kernell." The top two are from CRN news, the next is from something called "The Jawa Report" in Texas, the next from "David Hauslaib's Jossip" which appears to be a gossip blog. Next, Kernell is mentioned on sites in Portugal, Belgium, and Sweden.

It appears that the American MSM has so far deemed this story not helpful to advancing Barack Obama's campaign. In other words, it is not newsworthy.

92 posted on 09/20/2008 6:13:31 PM PDT by TChad
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To: TChad

Quelle surprise....


93 posted on 09/20/2008 6:32:06 PM PDT by jessduntno (.Well King, This case is CLOSED.)
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To: jessduntno
Any other news on this?

Here's what I get when I search google news:

When I try a search for the two words "Palin" and "emails" I get the following:

1 - 10 of about 3,812 for palin emails

BUUUUUUUT when I add a third word to it, Kernell, I get the following:

1 - 10 of about 144 for palin emails kernell

94 posted on 09/20/2008 6:32:25 PM PDT by lowbridge (Biden is an expert on almost every subject that has ever come before the Congress. -Linda Douglass)
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To: east1234
The little punk who shot Ronald Reagan was about the same age.

Youth is no excuse for such criminal behavior.

95 posted on 09/20/2008 6:53:58 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Kenton

But some of the other inmates are sure gonna like “him” er, “her”......


96 posted on 09/20/2008 7:27:10 PM PDT by Enchante (OBAMAGATE: Iraqi Foreign Minister Says Obama Tried to Derail Agreement on Troop Withdrawals!!!)
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To: jessduntno

He needs a full body tattoo of Maureen Dowd on his back to impress the “boys”.


97 posted on 09/20/2008 7:45:23 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (Its Wasilla, NOT Wasilia, Wassala or Wasalia.)
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To: lowbridge

Investigating David Kernell (Self-described “Obamacrat”) Who Hacked Sarah Palin’s Mailbox


98 posted on 09/20/2008 8:06:46 PM PDT by jessduntno (.Well King, This case is CLOSED.)
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To: libh8er

If he goes to prison he will and not in a good way. :-P


99 posted on 09/20/2008 9:07:54 PM PDT by Duck Fan
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To: timestax

B T T T


100 posted on 09/20/2008 11:05:26 PM PDT by timestax
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