Posted on 03/10/2009 7:41:56 AM PDT by redstates4ever
Federal prosecutors are piling on the charges and fighting back at defense motions in the latest round of legal wrangling in the case of a University of Tennessee student accused of illegally accessing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account.
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But the newest indictment does add three charges — identity theft for allegedly using Palin’s birth date to gain access to the e-mail account, wire fraud for allegedly cooking up a plan to get inside her e-mail account and obstruction of justice for allegedly zapping off his computer evidence of his alleged crimes “in contemplation” of a federal probe.
(Excerpt) Read more at knoxnews.com ...
All I ask is that prosecutors go after this with as much “zeal” as they did the Scooter Libby case.
Charges added in Palin e-mail case *ping*
Congress will pass an ex post facto law, and 0bama will sign it, legitimizing what this clod did. For reasons of state, of course.
“Weddle also has filed a series of responses to earlier motions filed by Davies, including defense bids to quiz potential jurors via questionnaires about pre-trial publicity and political leanings. Kernell’s father is a Democrat serving in the state Legislature.”
There!
I’m surprised. Reading the title, I thought the feds were going after Palin for having used the free email account.
I didn’t think Obama’s DOJ would actually let this case go forward.
That kid had no idea what he was getting into. I almost feel sorry for him. I’m sure he thought it was an innocent joke. I wonder if Daddy knew what was going on?
Looks a bit like Stuart Larkin from Mad TV.
I disagree. I strongly suspect that he knew Daddy would get in big trouble if Daddy did it and the "kid" planned on playing the "poor innocent kid" card if he got caught in what he knew was a serious crime. If my privacy was violated by this malicious criminal, I would want him locked up for a couple years, and I think Governor Palin deserves the same consideration.
Strange... that wise-ass smile of his seems to be gone...
Oh please... Daddy, the Democrat lawmaker, knew it, as did probably the DNC and Obama campaign.
"Of course" it's just a youth pulling an innocent prank, free of political motivations and backing.../s
Now he is the fallguy... little pawn. I have no doubt that there were many more "in the know".
Without reading the article, I'm guessing that the little perp wouldn't plead to what they wanted him to plead to, so they're upping the ante.
Now, we think that's all well and good - but the fact remains that the federal sleazebags could pull the same kind of crap on any of us.
The game is to get you to forgo your Constitutional rights, and admit to something you may or may not have done - or they'll REALLY GET YOU.
I don't believe that our government should have that power, coupled with a blank checkbook.
So, the government must always file the most serious possible charge in all cases?
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I'm not getting your meaning. Please elaborate.
If it’s unethical for the government to file more serious charges after a defendant refuses to cop a plea to a relatively minor charge, the government would seem to be required to always lead off with the serious charge.
” I’m sure he thought it was an innocent joke.”
Illegally going after the vice presidential candidate of a major party during a presidential race is not child’s play and we all know that.
Oh PUHLEEEZE!...
Word of advice....cut those blond curls before you get to the slammer, boy.
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