College student David Kernell has been found guilty of hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail
Posted on 05/03/2010 11:24:32 AM PDT by Syncro
College student David Kernell has been found guilty of hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail
A jury decided 22-year-old David Kernell was guilty of obstruction of justice and unauthorised access of a computer, though he was cleared of a wire fraud charge.
In a statement issued on her Facebook page, Palin thanked the jury and prosecutors and explained the case's importance: "Besides the obvious invasion of privacy and security concerns surrounding this issue, many of us are concerned about the integrity of our country's political elections.
"America's elections depend upon fair competition."
The statement continued: "Violating the law, or simply invading someone's privacy for political gain, has long been repugnant to Americans' sense of fair play.
"As Watergate taught us, we rightfully reject illegally breaking into candidates' private communications for political intrigue in an attempt to derail an election."
In September 2008, Kernell gained access to Palin's personal account by guessing the answers to security questions.
Stop spamming the threads that I post
You’ll find what I said true of many of the 2,000 press accounts:
http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&cf=all&ncl=d1th5dSdAdAv8ZMBbIhqjQkNlQm6M
Same as when the son of a Democrat slashed the tires of GOP get out the vote vans on election day 2004.
NAME THE PERP.
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