Posted on 09/23/2008 5:49:26 PM PDT by markomalley
As a federal grand jury convened to hear testimony about the hack of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail account, the lawyer representing the college student suspected of accessing Palin's messages called his client "a decent and intelligent young man" in a statement issued to the media today.
"The Kernell family wants to do the right thing, and they want what is best for their son," said Wade Davies, a partner in the Knoxville, Tenn., firm of Ritchie, Dillard & Davies PC, in the statement. "We are confident that the truth will emerge as we go through the process. David is a decent and intelligent young man, and I look forward to assisting him during this difficult period."
Meanwhile, a Chattanooga, Tenn., newspaper reported today that a grand jury had convened at the federal court there, but had not filed any indictments.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press said the grand jury met this morning, when the three roommates of David Kernell, 20, of Knoxville, appeared. The session ended without an indictment, said the paper, whose Web site was offline as of 3 p.m. Eastern time.
Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, was originally linked to last week's hack of Palin's Yahoo Mail account by self-appointed sleuths on blogs and message boards after someone identified only as "Rubico" posted a message claiming to have accessed Palin's mail. Others subsequently connected the Rubico handle to the e-mail address "rubico10@yahoo.com," which was in turn linked to Kernell.
Yesterday, the webmaster of a Georgia-based proxy service confirmed that his server logs showed the intruder used an IP address belonging to an Illinois Internet service provider that serves the Knoxville apartment complex where Kernell lives.
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He should get some prison time. Alaska has strict penalties. And the Feds should add to it. And any threats are taken seriously by the Secret Service.
I agree. This would establish a punishment for all hackers that might break into someone's private email.
Then WHY haven't they indicted this kid who broke into Gov. Palin's email account? I'll believe DemocRATS go to jail in Tenn. when I see one in handcuffs!
Exactly my point.
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That's about as decent as democrat socialists get.
Fox just announced the Grand Jury failed to indict.
True, but sentencing a 20 year old to 25 years for a stupid act like this is cruel and barbaric, to say the least.
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I agree that from what we know this guy appears to be just an immature trickster who did what he did because he could.
I’d be inclined to give him a break but then I think about it some more and think about the potential devastation that could have happened as a result of his crime. His actions could have affected the outcome of a presidential election. The ramifications of that is downright frightening and could affect world events. This guy needs punishment that hurts. I don’t know what that is but it certainly isn’t probation and it certainly isn’t a slap on the wrist and he goes on with his life. This is a serious crime and deserves serious punishment.
If EVER .... there was an example to be made.
Unfortunately it will be the wrong example I’m sure.
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