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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: rawhide

The Daily Kos is alleging that someone at Breitbart’s site may have in on it with the supposed “hacker”.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/29/980400/-Breitbarts-#TwitterHoaxHow-It-Went-Down?via=siderecent

There may be MANY lawsuits filed before long, lol.


41 posted on 05/30/2011 3:28:57 PM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: JPG

For sure this will be in small claims court.


42 posted on 05/30/2011 3:29:09 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Jim 726

Why does he need an attorney to tell him to report it to law enforcement? How difficult is that?


43 posted on 05/30/2011 3:29:18 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: Jim 726

At least Bret Favre retired after he broadcast his wiener to some chick.


44 posted on 05/30/2011 3:30:02 PM PDT by Harley (Will Rogers never met Harry Reid.)
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To: Andy'smom

I read that post. Well, OK, Daily Kos, if it’s really hacked or faked and Poor Weiner was framed (and not only by his cell phone camera), then let’s get the Feds to investigate. What is Daily Kos’s explanation for why Weiner has not called the FBI but instead a criminal attorney?


45 posted on 05/30/2011 3:36:04 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: billorites

LOL. Very subtle. I like it.


46 posted on 05/30/2011 3:37:02 PM PDT by Graneros ("Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.")
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To: Jim 726

Oh, I so hope the idiot Wiener sues Andrew Breitbart. Discovery will be incredible—and will prove to such a degree that he is guilty of sending a picture of his junk to a college student that even the liberal-covering media won’t be of any help.


47 posted on 05/30/2011 3:38:18 PM PDT by comps4spice (Liberalism is a threat to life and liberty in the USA.)
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To: Jim 726

Oh, I so hope the idiot Wiener sues Andrew Breitbart. Discovery will be incredible—and will prove to such a degree that he is guilty of sending a picture of his junk to a college student that even the liberal-covering media won’t be of any help.


48 posted on 05/30/2011 3:38:23 PM PDT by comps4spice (Liberalism is a threat to life and liberty in the USA.)
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To: Harley

If you were a married Congressman and someone posted a photo purporting to be your privates, to a young college student, ostensibly FROM YOU, wouldn’t you be INCENSED? Would you be laughing it off as a harmless prank (while calling your attorney), or would you be insisting the FBI get their investigation going YESTERDAY????


49 posted on 05/30/2011 3:38:34 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: billorites

you obviously have a sense of huma


50 posted on 05/30/2011 3:38:59 PM PDT by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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To: Jim 726

“Little Anthony’s Wiener Woes”....Coming to a theater near you.


51 posted on 05/30/2011 3:44:20 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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To: SeaHawkFan

Well I’m a strict constitutionalist and believe it IS my duty to cooperate with law enforcement to the greatest degree possible so long as I don’t do it at the expense of my or my neighbors liberties.

You sound libertarian bordering on anarchist.


52 posted on 05/30/2011 3:44:31 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Jim 726
" ...We've got to have a fall guy. "

Weiner just needs a Wilmer...

53 posted on 05/30/2011 3:46:39 PM PDT by mrsmith
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To: circlecity
Most people would call the police - Wiener lawyers up. That should tell you all you need to know.

In my opinion, unfortunately, I would not advise anyone of any prominence to talk to any law enforcement about anything without discussing it with an attorney first.

54 posted on 05/30/2011 3:50:34 PM PDT by Prokopton
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To: Jim 726

Do you think Weiner’s base of little Jewish women constituents are going to support him if they think he’s a pervert?


55 posted on 05/30/2011 3:52:13 PM PDT by Harley (Will Rogers never met Harry Reid.)
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To: Jim 726

We need the FBI to investigate since he has hired an attorney!


56 posted on 05/30/2011 3:52:40 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Jim 726

He comes from a long line of Weiners....

His father was a weiner...and his fathers father was a weiner..


57 posted on 05/30/2011 3:53:10 PM PDT by davetex (All my weapons got melted by a meteor!! No Sh*t)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Weiner hired the attorney to “Spank him with a paddle every time he sends obscene photos to students.”

It was clearly WEINER who sent the photo. What hacker would go to all that trouble, only to send a non-naked, not very shocking photo?

On the web it’s much easier to find actual obscene material, as opposed to hunting around for what sounds like a skinny weiner in his underpants.

Such an image is either sent by a grandma-aged hacker who’s shocked by bare ankles, or by a warped pervert like Weiner.


58 posted on 05/30/2011 4:03:24 PM PDT by LyinLibs (All moslems are somewhere on the killing-you spectrum)
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To: hflynn

I was just telling my hubby that I thought Weiner might have meant to send her that pic via a DM put posted it on his publci twitter by mistake.

I’ve done that myself (minus an offending picture).


59 posted on 05/30/2011 4:06:51 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: SeaHawkFan

“Weiner is an idiot, but he has no obligation or duty to cooperate with law enforcement.”

If his claim is really that he was “hacked”, and multiple passwords were stolen, then it’s a different story. National security information and similar data could have been improperly accessed.


60 posted on 05/30/2011 4:07:30 PM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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