Hot Docs: Alleged Hacker of Sarah Palin's Yahoo E-mail Account Indicted
Accused Tennessee resident faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine
Indictment for Palin E-mail Hacking: Tennessee resident David Kernell has been indicted on charges that he "intentionally and without authorization accessed a protected computer by means of an interstate communication"—in short, he allegedly broke into a personal E-mail account used by Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. The indictment, which was filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee, summarizes the September incident in which Kernell is alleged to have accessed Palin's Yahoo E-mail account "by researching and correctly answering a series of personal security questions." The charge states that he then copied her personal data and publicized the reset account password online. If he's convicted, Kernell could face five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Reader Comments
College student
Sorry not a high school student but a college student. An adult.
He broke serious Federal laws. Wont talk about the dangers he could have put Palin's family in, because you dont care about that.
Guess you dont care about voter fraud either as long as its in the Dems favor.
Sure you think Ayers embing the Capital was OK also as it was a protest against the evil Vietnam War too.
Love people that ignore morality and the law when it is expedient for their political views.
What would you be saying if it had been a young Reblican who had hacked Obama's email? Yours?
Palin Email
Is this that high school kid who did something stupid and "hacked" his way into this super secret email account? I guess it would not be too surprising that a kid could do this "amazing" hack job, getting into her top security account. We know McCain certainly did not have the where with all for such an undercover operation. He mention ebay in his debate last night. I guess that was to show us how hip he is with the computer.
OK. OK. OK. The law is the law. The high school kid did a really stupid thing. An illegal thing. He broke the law. I guess the only thing that will serve justice is to have him drawn and quartered in the conservative garden of justice.
Go ahead and throw him in jail. Isn't that the way you recruit new party members.
Sig Heil Sig Heil Burn the witch. Burn the witch. Lock up the high school kid. Lock up the High school kid.
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