Palin Testifies As The FBI Details an Elaborate Coverup By Defendant in the E-Mail Hacking Case

TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 04/25/2010 | Gary P.

[Patriot1259]

Kernell, if convicted is facing as many as 50 years in prison. Some may find that harsh. Let me remind you: G.Gordon Liddy was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a $40,000 fine for his part in the Watergate affair, and he wasn’t even one of those who actually broke into the DNC offices.

I doubt Kernell will get 50 years, but a strong sentence is needed in a case like this to send a message to others who would attempt this sort of nonsense. It’s just sad that no one is pursuing the connection to the Obama regime. This could very well be Obama’s Watergate.

[mkjessup]

From the article:

"But McFall did get a probe assist from an unexpected source – a nasty virus hiding on the used laptop Kernell’s aunt and uncle gave him to use in his UT studies. “It’s designed to collect a lot of different data (including) banking and finance data,” he said. The “malware” created a log of much of Kernell’s Internet activity, he said. “The log file was capturing, almost like a surveillance camera, the activities that were going on,” he said."

How appropo. The dirtbag probably picked up a virus surfing porn sites (a prime way to get your computer infected), and the virus ratted him out to the FBI.

Like the writer said, G. Gordon Liddy got 20 years for what was admittedly a minor role in Watergate. This punk ass kid should get NO less.

[Hardraade]

The whole top echelon of the democratic party should get 50 years. 20 for the father of this scum.

[Gator113]

“It’s just sad that no one is pursuing the connection to the Obama regime. This could very well be Obama’s Watergate.”

Agreed, but after this punk receives a 25 to 30 year prison sentence, he might sing like a bird. But, it might be tough, I think his daddy had him do it.

[Navy Patriot]

I would be satisfied with a 50 year sentence that could be "good timed" and re-sentenced down based on cooperation in giving evidence and testimony against others who are principals and accessories in this crime.

One year off for each conviction.

This guy could easily be out in less than a year.

[MsLady]

Personal I think 50 years is way to much time. The kid should get several years a big fat fine and be prohibited from ever getting online again.

[SAJ]

How do you propose to stop him from ''ever getting online again''? Rotsa ruck w/that screwy notion.

Ever hear of anonymizers? Internet cafes? Borrowing a friend's laptop? Bah!

Fifty years is about right...and start talking sonny boy, or you'll do the whole clock.

[Cheetahcat]

The Lefty DNC lackey should get maximum sentence for the attempt at disrupting a Presidential champaign.

[Coldwater Creek]

The Federal Pens are already full of Memphis politicians.

[Coldwater Creek]

22 is not a kid. He’s a full fledged adult and should get the max sentence, and serve every day of it.

[MsLady]

I understand your point. My point is, if he gets caught more jail time. I still think 50 years sounds way to long. Many murderers don’t get that much time.

[RJL]

Kernell, if convicted is facing as many as 50 years in prison.

Kernell was using illegal actions in an attempt to influence a presidential election. He needs a strong sentence.

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

This could very well be Obama’s Watergate.

Hey! I'm all for punishing this guy, but to put this on the level of a "Watergrate" event... is just stupid and idiotic.

I'm afraid that many writers of articles like to "hype their stories" (about stuff like this) by adding the word "Watergate" ... LOL ...

And for a disclaimer statement here, I'm all for Sarah Palin, and will vote for her if she runs (whatever office she runs for, and if I'm a constituent in that election).

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

How do you propose to stop him from ''ever getting online again''? Rotsa ruck w/that screwy notion.

Well, you may think this is a screwy notion, but it's one that is handed down in court cases... believe it or not.

And it's not much different than a judge handing down a sentence that says you can't drive. How are you going to enforce that, unless you have a policeman following the criminal around 24 hours a day? LOL ...

You can't enforce that one either, and yet they hand down that kind of sentence all the time.

How can you enforce not driving without a license? Just wondering? And I say that, because I haven't been stopped by a policeman in about five years. That was one time (five years ago) and then I was stopped probably one other time 20 years before that.

So, how would the "officials" have "enforced" a "no driving sentence" with me, with me never getting stopped by a policeman in 20 years? LOL ...

The fact of the matter is that these kinds of sentences are handed down all the time, even when you can't see any way to "enforce them" ...

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

Kernell was using illegal actions in an attempt to influence a presidential election. He needs a strong sentence.

Yep, I agree... he needs a strong sentence. It was not only a crime against Sarah Palin and her family -- it was a crime against the GOP and against all the GOP voters, too.

This crime had much more widespread "effect" than many other kinds of crimes.

[MsLady]

Exactly...they may not be able to monitor him at all times, but, they can sure as heck lower the boom on him if they catch him.

[SAJ]

The notion of unenforceable laws, and for that matter sentences too, is and has been one of the single greatest contributors to the ongoing decline of respect for law by the populace at large.

As always, when one subsidises anything, whether sloth or petty crime or -- as in the case of this young fellow from Tennessee -- considerably more serious crime, one will get more of it, not less, in future.

This gent needs to be hammered by the law as a positive disincentive against others repeating his actions. The fact that he is ''well-connected'' will increase the disincentive effect, too.

[cynwoody]

It’s just sad that no one is pursuing the connection to the Obama regime. This could very well be Obama’s Watergate.

If I were Zero, I'd be sweating over Blagojevich, not this twerp.

[Star Traveler]

Here are a series of FReeper articles on the E-mail Hacker, David Kernell and Sarah Palin ...

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• Palin Testifies At E-Mail Hacking Trial

• Sarah Palin testifies in e-mail hacking case

• (CBS, FOXVideo) Sarah Palin On E-Mail Hacker: 'Sad State Of Affairs'

• Palin Testifies in E-mail Hacking Case (Drudge Headline)

• Palin on Greta to discuss David Kernell Trial

• Palin Testifies As The FBI Details an Elaborate Coverup By Defendant in the E-Mail Hacking Case

• Palin on Hackers and Illegal Immigration

• Defendant in Palin hacking case won't testify

• Prosecutor urges jurors to convict student in Palin e-mail trial (Jury to Deliberate tomorrow)

• Jury to get Palin case after Kernell opts not to testify

• Palin email witness decries 'dog and pony' prosecution

• Still No Verdict in Palin email Trial

• No End In Sight For Palin E-mail Hacking Case

• Breaking - jurors reported they have reached a verdict on 3 of 4 charges in Palin hacking trial

• Judge presents 'dynamite charge' to stuck Palin e-mail jurors

• Jury convicts Palin e-mail intruder on two counts

• Palin hacker found guilty on two counts

• Sarah Palin: As Watergate Taught Us, We Reject Illegally Breaking Into A Candidates’ Communications

• Jury convicts Palin e-mail intruder on 2 counts; mistrial declared on ID theft

• JURY FINDS PALIN HACKER GUILTY

• ...Man Convicted of Illegally Accessing Sarah Palin's E-mail Account and Obstruction of Justice