AP Refuses Secret Service Request for Palin's "Hacked" Emails

editor and Publisher ^ | Published: September 18, 2008 12:15 AM ET

[Perdogg]

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.

[jakerobins]

We just don’t get it I suppose Reading private mail of a WHITE VP canidate=fine, Reading mail of terrorism suspect=RACIST.

[AndyJackson]

See post #34. They are guilty of about 1000 counts of obstructing a criminal investigation, another 1000 counts of using emails known to have been illegally obtained.

At 5 years jail time and $500 fine per count, they need to rethink their strategy.

In fact, if you, today, knowing their were unlawfully obtained, posted the content of one of Palin's emails, you have committed a felony.

[CPT Clay]

Somebody at the AP needs to sit in jail until they do.

[AndyJackson]

I doubt a copy of a forwarded e-mail qualifies as a stolen good

See post #34. If you know it was unlawfully intercepted, forwarding it is a felony, one count for each person you forward it to, by the way, so be careful on that reply to my 10,000 subscriber list.

[CharacterCounts]

The spin will be that Palin was using private email for government business.

The second line of spin will be that any VP candidate who is not smart enough to keep her email account from being hacked, has no business running.

[Citizen Blade]

See post #34. If you know it was unlawfully intercepted, forwarding it is a felony, one count for each person you forward it to, by the way, so be careful on that reply to my 10,000 subscriber list.

Like I said, the Pentagon Papers case prevented the government from punishing the NY Times for publishing classifed materials. You don't think it will be used by the AP's $750/hour 1st Amendment lawyers to shut down any threatened criminal charges here?

[BuffaloJack]

The First Amendment does not cover receiving stolen property. Thow them in jail.

[American in Israel]

If they will not comply with the Secret Service, send the FBI to raid their offices. AP appears to think itself above the law.

[AndyJackson]

Entirely different issue. There is a very strong argument that the Pentagon papers were not actually classified and were only designated as classified to cover up information embarassing to the government. That is illegal [it is not the color of the stamp that determines classification, but the nature of the material]. Except for a few well defined categories, government information is owned by the public.

This is information obtained through an illegal electronic intercept. Period.

[AndyJackson]

The spin will be that Palin was using private email for government business

That is of no legal effect.

[timestax]

AP IN TANK for NOBAMY

[potlatch]

That’s a good post of him devolve. The Flim-Flam Man forgot to use stickum to hold his ears back on that one!

[CharacterCounts]

See this link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085207/posts

[Cheerio]

This is no different.

Erwin Chemerinsky (LIB Law school dean, on Hewitt last night) said this IS different - 4th estate and freedom of speech will protect AP and anybody else that reproduced and makes available to the public this STOLEN material.

The hacker, however, has committed a felony, will be caught, and if GWB has any gonads, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

[MrChips]

Can anybody spell C-H-I-C-A-G-O!!!???

[devolve]

Thanks potlatch

http://rightchange.com/ is running effective TV ads now with URLs to their website that exposes Barack Hussein Dukakis-Obama Junior

(D-Sleezebag-NY) Sen. Chuckie Schemer was behind the hacking of Social Security number and illegally accessing the credit files of Lt Governor Michael Steele when he ran for US Senator

Two of Chuckie's scummy staffers went down and are serving prison time in federal prisons right now

When ex-Brooklyn DA ran for the NY state legislature the Chuckster illegally used his office staff, payroll, offices, equipment, and taxpayer funds in his campaign

When ex-Brooklyn DA ran for the US Congress the Chuckster illegally used his office staff, payroll, offices, equipment, and taxpayer funds in his campaign

When ex-Brooklyn DA ran for the US House of Representatives the Chuckster illegally used his NY state legislature office staff, payroll, offices, equipment, and taxpayer funds in his campaign

When ex-Brooklyn DA ran for the US Senate the Chuckster illegally used his NY state legislature office staff, payroll, offices, equipment, and taxpayer funds in his campaign

The Chuckster is behind the criminal electronic hacking of emails and confidential personal and financial files of his Republican opponents

The Chuckster also has carried a handgun in Washington DC (his wife does too!) when he constantly pushed for anti-gun laws for US citizens

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I might mention to some new (or early) FReepers that seem to make light of hackers or those who think it is just a funny entertainment game -

The FBI has my phone number on speed dial

More than one ex-FReeper who said hacking is harmless - was contacted by the FBI

Your IP and ID is not sacred if you advocate hacking of anyone - not just Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin - or have knowledge of such criminal activities

I forwarded a few more screen names to them today

Have a nice day Chucksters!

[potlatch]

Thank you for the information devolve.

[gogeo]

I hope he mentioned that it was employees of the DNCC headed by Chuck Schumer who did it. They were so disappointed when they found no wrongdoing in any of Steele's accounts...

I miss Tony Snow.

[YOUGOTIT]

What law have they broken? The Anti-American Pucks have broken many laws and the one I am about now is that the Secret Service asked them to identify the email thief and they have refused to do so. They have NO right to publish stolen property nor do the have the right to receive stolen property. If they received stolen property they should be in jail including their lawyers.

So any media that used the Anti-American Pukes AP I will stop reading and using including the web pages. And I write ant tell them that.

[timestax]

AP is is the tank for NOBAMA