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Anthony Weiner hires attorney in Twitter incident
Politico ^

Posted on 05/30/2011 2:45:55 PM PDT by Jim 726

New York Rep. Anthony Weiner has retained an attorney to advise him “what civil or criminal actions should be taken” after a lewd picture was sent from his Twitter account.

Weiner, who has represented part of New York City since 1998, says online hacking led to a close-up shot of a man’s underwear being sent from his official Twitter account Saturday night.

Dave Arnold, a spokesman for Weiner, said the Congressman’s staff is “loathe to treat” this incident as more than a prank “but we are relying on professional advice.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mashnotes; wankerweiner; weinergate; weinergram; weinermobile
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Hacking into someone’s account is a serious offense.

You pretty much nailed it. If Weiner had nothing to do with this, and it was a genuine case of online account intrusion/hacking we'd hear no end to his cries of victimhood and calls for more laws, regulations, and harsher penalties for cyber criminals. In otherwords, he did it himself.
21 posted on 05/30/2011 3:08:00 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: jimbo123
Weiner’s toast.


22 posted on 05/30/2011 3:08:30 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Jim 726

Why would you need an attorney if all you have to do is contact the FBI about someone hacking into a Congressperson’s account? He wouldn’t need “advice” on how to handle this, if his account was always above board.

If your house was broken into when you got home, you would call the POLICE, not your attorney, UNLESS OF COURSE there were illegal things in your home, in which case you had better call your attorney FIRST.

Hmmmm.


23 posted on 05/30/2011 3:09:21 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: rawhide

Does the posted photo have the meta data attached? Has someone checked to see if the date, time and location consistent with Weiner’s schedule?


24 posted on 05/30/2011 3:09:52 PM PDT by Truth is a Weapon (If I weren't afraid of the feds, I would refer to Obama as our "undocumented POTUS")
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To: Jim 726

Has he filed a police report? If not why not? Lying to the public and his constituents is normal, filing a false police report is a crime. If he won’t file a police report the House has standing to call in LEA to protect its members. Let’s investigate now.


25 posted on 05/30/2011 3:10:04 PM PDT by Joe Miner
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To: Dilbert San Diego

We don’t need Weiner’s wiener as evidence here; his THIGH should be good enough. Who else has a thigh that skinny? That hacker must have worked the streets of Manhattan for days to find someone with an equally skinny set of legs.


26 posted on 05/30/2011 3:11:03 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: hflynn

Yours is the first posting I’ve seen since this story broke explaining what a DM is and the part it plays in Twitter. Thank you!


27 posted on 05/30/2011 3:11:10 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Oldpuppymax

All it takes to sort this out is somebody ask Huma Abedin if those are Weiner’s briefs covering that Wiener.


28 posted on 05/30/2011 3:12:35 PM PDT by omega4179
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To: rockvillem
we all know darn well that if he were a Republican, the media would already be marching with torches and pitchforks even if the account was indeed hacked.

"It's the seriousness of the charge that matters."

"Perhaps his accounts were hacked, but we must ask ourselves, 'even if fake, isn't it still accurate?'"

"Yes, perhaps a hacking took place, but the larger question is not even why the photo was where it could be hacked; but, we must ask, 'why did it exist in the first place'. This goes to the core of a Republican Culture of Corruption."

29 posted on 05/30/2011 3:14:02 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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To: Jim 726

“I did not have twitter relations with that woman.”


30 posted on 05/30/2011 3:14:29 PM PDT by kennedy (No relation to those other Kennedys.)
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To: Jim 726

Most people would call the police - Wiener lawyers up. That should tell you all you need to know.


31 posted on 05/30/2011 3:14:59 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: SeaHawkFan

“but he has no obligation or duty to cooperate with law enforcement.”

Spoken like a true libertarian.


32 posted on 05/30/2011 3:16:50 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: omega4179
All it takes to sort this out is somebody ask Huma Abedin if those are Weiner’s briefs covering that Wiener.

Exactly! The wife probably buys those grey ribbed boxer briefs. She probably picks up a pack for both Weiner and Hillary while she's at Macy's.

33 posted on 05/30/2011 3:20:17 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: circlecity

And his people lied to the New York Post:

http://biggovernment.com/driehl/2011/05/28/rep-weiner-spokesperson-lies-to-new-york-post/


34 posted on 05/30/2011 3:22:34 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: traderrob6

I am not a libertarian. I simply believe in the Constitution.


35 posted on 05/30/2011 3:22:34 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: hflynn
He was following tons of young women on Twitter. Who knows how many more DM's might have been sent?...
36 posted on 05/30/2011 3:22:44 PM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: SeaHawkFan
Pics of the Weiner Inspiration:

on left:


37 posted on 05/30/2011 3:26:13 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Jim 726

Why didn’t he hire O.J. Simpson to help him find the real weiner?


38 posted on 05/30/2011 3:27:02 PM PDT by peyton randolph (Barack was Mohammed's horse. Obama is a horse's back side.)
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To: billorites
LOL. Weiner will also be in trouble if he has to go to court...”All rise.”
39 posted on 05/30/2011 3:27:02 PM PDT by JPG (Sarah Palin, driving the MSM crazy one day at a time.)
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To: circlecity
Most people would call the police - Wiener lawyers up. That should tell you all you need to know.

Stick a fork in it, the Weiner is done. :)

40 posted on 05/30/2011 3:27:04 PM PDT by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, Iconoclast: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR.)
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