Posted on 09/22/2008 10:30:07 AM PDT by Smogger
Democratic Rep. Mike Kernell of Tennessee has acknowledged that his 20-year son, David Kernell, is the subject of Internet postings alleging he is the person who hacked into Sarah Palin's e-mail, according to The Tennesseean.
"The person they're talking about is my son," said Kernell. "But we know of no investigation. I have not been contacted. He has not been contacted," Kernell told a Memphis TV station.
The FBI and Secret Service have not confirmed that David Kernell is a suspect. However, the TV station said the FBI in Anchorage, Alaska has contacted the Memphis FBI bureau in the investigation.
On the Internet 4chan forum, the hacker, using the pseudonym "Rubico," detailed how easily it was to gain access to Palin's e-mail. The poster said that the intrusion started off as a "prank."
"I really wanted to get something incriminating which I was sure there would be," the e-mails said. "I read though the e-mails ALL OF THEMbefore I posted, and what I concluded was anticlimactic, there was nothing there, nothing incriminating, nothing that would derail her campaign as I had hoped, all I saw was personal stuff, some clerical stuff from when she was governor and pictures of her family."
"After the password recovery was re-enabled, it took seriously 45 mins on wikipedia and google to find the info, Birthday? 15 seconds on wikipedia, zip code? well she had always been from wasilla, and it only has 2 zip codes (thanks online postal service!), "Rubico" wrote. "The second was somewhat harder, the question was "where did you meet your spouse?" did some research, and apparently she had eloped with mister palin after college, if youll look on some of the screensh*ts that I took and other fellow anon have so graciously put on photobucket you will see the google search for "palin eloped" or some such in one of the tabs."
"I found out later though more research that they met at high school, so I did variations of that, high, high school, eventually hit on "Wasilla high" I promptly changed the password to popcorn and took a cold shower"
That cold shower must've woken "Rubico" up. He said he later realized the seriousness of what he did. "It finally set in, THIS internet was serious business, yes I was behind a proxy, only one, if this sh*t ever got to the FBI I was f—ed, I panicked, i still wanted the stuff out there but I didn't know how to rapid [share] all that stuff, so I posted the pass on /b/, and then promptly deleted everything, and unplugged my internet and just sat there in a comatose state."
Gabriel Ramuglia, the Web master and operator of Ctunnel.com, the browsing proxy service used by "Rubico" confirmed that he was contacted by the FBI and that he provided them with information.
Barack Obama spokesman Bill Burton called the hacking incident "outrageous."
Republican National Committee spokesman Danny Diaz said, "The fact that a Democratic activist - and possibly an Obama supporter - could go to these lengths is deeply disturbing and criminal," according to The New York Post.
Hmm. Seems Kernell hasn’t done a very good job of holding public office while raising his kids.
Several more recent postings this morning regardin this issue....seems he is going to appear in court tomorrow.
gee, i can’t believe a son of a democratic representive could EVER do something like that!!! ( YEA RIGHT )
He has not been contacted because he is in hiding. Rep. Kernell why don't you pack your son and yourself in your car and drive him and yourself to the nearest FBI office? That way you both can be contacted!
This is an old story. He has been contacted and his domicile searched......
Like slashing the tires on buses that might take Republicans to the polls in Ohio.
"I really wanted to get something incriminating which I was sure there would be," the e-mails said. "I read though the e-mails ALL OF THEMbefore I posted, and what I concluded was anticlimactic, there was nothing there, nothing incriminating, nothing that would derail her campaign as I had hoped, all I saw was personal stuff, some clerical stuff from when she was governor and pictures of her family."
To be fair, maybe this really did start off as a "prank".
But once he passed the information on to someone else, it's elevated to a whole different category. My guess is that he was urged to do it by someone. Someone associated with the Democratic Party or the media, (excuse the redundancy).
My understanding is that he lives in a frat-house. Which fraternity? Enquiring minds want to know...and I doubt the national office will be pleased.
Two days old and a lot has happened since the article was written, you have to be more up to date with your posting.
Apartment, as far as I can tell....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092200515_pf.html
Is this moron related to the Kennedys? He has to be, nobody else is that stupid.
Why do I picture Kernell The Younger as a 20-year-old, shaggy-haired loser who lives in his mother’s basement, wears Obama t-shirts and sandals, has a laptop, no job, and hasn’t had a date since the 8th grade?
This is exactly the way Dems raise their kids. Hate anyone who doesn’t agree with a certain political philosophy. Its OK to engage in any type of tactics, no matter how underhanded or thuggish, if its against a person who doesn’t agree with you. They are evil, they aren’t people like the rest of us, its OK to treat them however you want to treat them. The Dems look more and more like Brownshirt thugs every day.
Who is "he?" The father or the kid? Both are male, and thus the pronoun "he" can be applicable to both individuals.
Because his last name is "Kernell."
Just couldn't resist being cute, and thought he was too smart to get caught.
Has anyone anywhere suggested the father is responsible for the hack???
A son of a Dem did it, no it can’t be true!!! They are better than that...they would get the Palin’s SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER and get their credit report.
I hope the FBI or Secret Service confiscate this punk’s computer and toss him in jail. The father should be tossed out of his seat, whether he was responsible or not. This behavior is completely unacceptable.
This would be really considered outrageous and would have been the only thing the lame media would be talking about if it had been somebody hacking into Barry’s emails.
Son of hack hack...
Ps- subpoena the father ...
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