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Memphis Lawmaker's (DEMOCRAT )Son Investigated for Palin Hacking
wrecradio.com ^ | Thursday, September 18, 2008 | wrecradio.

Posted on 09/18/2008 4:12:56 PM PDT by NoLibZone

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To: dools007

41 posted on 09/18/2008 5:17:41 PM PDT by Lady GOP
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To: NoLibZone
He went on a fishing expedition and didn't catch anything.

The dems and the media both wanted something to be found so they could claim he was a "whistle blower"

Didn't happen and how this guy is up the creek.

42 posted on 09/18/2008 5:20:01 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. FReerepublic,com baby)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

your link goes to you tube.


43 posted on 09/18/2008 5:21:10 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. FReerepublic,com baby)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

What’s with the Rick Roll?


44 posted on 09/18/2008 5:22:02 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Obama campaign activist illegally hacked Palin's email system for political reasons.)
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To: Baladas

It appears that was planted last night.
Looks like his misspelling, poor grammar, and lack of punctuation is an attempt to create a “guilty by reason of insanity defense”.

Yeah, punk. As if.


45 posted on 09/18/2008 5:25:56 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Obama campaign activist illegally hacked Palin's email system for political reasons.)
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To: NoLibZone

How desperate can the Libacrats be?

Pretty darn!

Wouldn’t it be great if the McCain administration could put the brakes to such a nasty bunch of idiots?

My prayer is that Sarah stays strong in her beliefs and never wavers! I also pray that her family supports her 100% +!


46 posted on 09/18/2008 5:26:43 PM PDT by Monkey Face (No one listens until you make a mistake.)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

I never thought I would get rick-rolled by a freeper. Noooo!


47 posted on 09/18/2008 5:26:51 PM PDT by republicangel
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To: Jmerzio

You signed up for that?

Please.


48 posted on 09/18/2008 5:27:00 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Obama campaign activist illegally hacked Palin's email system for political reasons.)
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To: winner3000
"I hope they make an example out of him. If he had found something incriminating, it would have been the end of the McCain/Palin campaign. This is big enough to punish severely."

In the real world that's sadly unlikely to happen....

The young Republican aid on Capital Hill, who hacked Jay Rockefeller's computer and found the Rockefeller Memo on how assassinate the Bush presidency DID find "something incriminating and WAS punished severely for it. The plan outlined in the memo and characterized by Sen. Zell Miller's immortal, "If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin", was a pretty resounding success.

BUT, though Miller went on to add, "The ones responsible - be they staff or elected or both - should be dealt with quickly and severely sending a lesson to all that this kind of action will not be tolerated, ignored or excused", that advice was ignored in favor of Rockefeller's generations-deep cronyism. Rockefeller was never seriously investigated, other when asking something like "DID you write that?", let along prosecuted for deliberately and maliciously undermining the CnC prosecuting a war.

49 posted on 09/18/2008 5:31:35 PM PDT by cake_crumb (Terrorist organizations worldwide endorse Obama.)
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To: NoLibZone
Democratic rep fathered alleged Palin hacker

By Dan Goodin

The son of a democratic state representative from Tennessee is at the center of an online investigation into who broke in to the email account of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and shared some of its contents with the world.

Representative Mike Kernell, told a reporter with the Tennessean that his 20-year-old son, David, is the individual believed by bloggers to be involved in the hacked account. David Kernell is a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. The FBI and Secret Service, which were reported to be investigating the breach, have yet to publicly identify David Kernell as a suspect.

The revelation follows a first-person account that was briefly posted to the 4chan website by a user who went by the name Rubico. Bloggers quickly linked the user to an email address belonging to David Kernell, but until now, that connection had not been confirmed. Some bloggers say that the elder Kernell is a supporter of democratic candidate Barack Obama, but those claims couldn't immediately be verified.

According to Rubico's account on 4chan, it wasn't until after he broke into Palin's account that he realized the seriousness of the offense.

"it finally set in, THIS internet was serious business," he wrote. "yes I was behind a proxy, only one, if this shit ever got to the FBI I was fucked, I panicked."

Rubico's mention of a proxy refers to Ctunnel.com, which as previously reported, was the service the the person posting accounts details online used in an attempt to cover his tracks. As it turns out, the poster left almost the entire contents of the Ctunnel URL in screenshots, which is probably enough for the operator of the service to identify him.

Said operator, Gabriel Ramuglia, has been contacted by an FBI special agent and plans to turn over logs being sought in the investigation.

Rubico claimed the actual intrusion into Palin's account was a relatively easy matter. It began after Rubico read news accounts claiming Palin used gov.palin@yahoo.com in her official capacity of governor of Alaska - which, if true, would skirt the state's open government laws. Rubico then hacked Yahoo's password recovery feature. In 45 minutes, he had her birth date, and two possible zip codes, and soon after that online research revealed Palin met her spouse, Todd, while they were students at Wasilla High School, in Alaska.

Presto, he had all the information he needed. Rubico "promptly changed the password to popcorn and took a cold shower."

The episode underscores the growing ability of computer security to interject itself into the highest echelons of politics. Obama supporters are already using it as proof that a republican running for one of the highest offices in the land skirts laws she has sworn to uphold. And it's only a matter of time before Republicans claim the hack was part of a secret Democratic operation.

And for all this election drama, we have the startlingly weak security of Yahoo mail to thank and someone unscrupulous enough to exploit it. Who would have thought?

50 posted on 09/18/2008 5:33:02 PM PDT by Schnucki
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To: Baladas; IllumiNaughtyByNature

That is one twisted boy.


51 posted on 09/18/2008 5:34:43 PM PDT by cake_crumb (Terrorist organizations worldwide endorse Obama.)
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To: Jmerzio
If he had found something incriminating, wouldn't that mean that Palin isn't a good candidate?

Your twist on the Democrat mantra:

"The nature of the evidence is irrelevant; it's the seriousness of the charge that matters."

Using her personal email account so not to conduct personal business on the state sever makes her a bad candidate??? Right!

52 posted on 09/18/2008 5:35:31 PM PDT by Popman (McCain as POTUS is odious, Obama as POTUS is unthinkable.)
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To: DogBarkTree
He's going to make some inmate one happy camper.
53 posted on 09/18/2008 5:36:38 PM PDT by tobyhill (fraud -noun;(1)deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, (2) Obama)
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To: Baladas

I am pretty sure I knew how to spell hypocrite at age 15. Sheesh. Almost sounds like one of those talking cats.


54 posted on 09/18/2008 5:38:33 PM PDT by modest proposal
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To: DogBarkTree

He’s a pretty one, ain’t he?


55 posted on 09/18/2008 5:39:47 PM PDT by newzjunkey (McCain-Palin! YES CA Prop 4. (Family notification for underage abortions))
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To: PhiKapMom
"If it turns out that Mike Kernell is indeed the Father of the Hacker Rubico, his direct connections to Tennessee Democrats for Obama will no doubt be of great interest to top news sources in the coming hours."

You're obviously not including the drive by media in "top news sources".

56 posted on 09/18/2008 5:41:42 PM PDT by cake_crumb (Terrorist organizations worldwide endorse Obama.)
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To: Yardstick
Five Kerry-Edwards campaign staffers, including the sons of two prominent Milwaukee Democrats, were charged Monday with the election day tire slashings of 25 get-out-the-vote vehicles rented by Republicans.

Sowande A. Omokunde, 25, the son of U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee):

Michael Pratt, 32, the son of former Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt:

57 posted on 09/18/2008 5:43:28 PM PDT by newzjunkey (McCain-Palin! YES CA Prop 4. (Family notification for underage abortions))
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

I hate you!


58 posted on 09/18/2008 5:56:27 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Too funny! I wonder how long it took to put that together.


59 posted on 09/18/2008 5:57:13 PM PDT by Purrcival (Palin runs Alaska. Obama runs his mouth.)
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To: incredulous joe

How could she be accused of using her personal e-mail for business if there was nothing business-related in there?


60 posted on 09/18/2008 5:58:01 PM PDT by Purrcival (Palin runs Alaska. Obama runs his mouth.)
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