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Tennessee Student Is Focus of Palin E-mail Hack Investigation

By U.S. News Staff

September 22, 2008 RSS Feed Print

The FBI has searched the apartment of a 20-year-old University of Tennessee student in connection with the hacking of Sarah Palin's Yahoo E-mail account, according to WBIR and CNet. Agents searched the apartment of David Kernell early Sunday morning. Kernell also happens to be the son of Democratic Tennessee state Rep. Mike Kernell. No charges have been filed, but three of his roommates were subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury this Tuesday.

Witnesses say agents came to the apartment around midnight during a party, took down the names of partygoers, and spent almost two hours taking photos of the place, according to the Washington Post.

Agents are trying to identify who gained access to the vice presidential candidates' E-mail account by using her birthdate, ZIP code, and information about where she met her spouse—all public knowledge at this point—to reset her password to "popcorn."

Tags:: University of Tennessee,; presidential election 2008,; e-mail,; internet,; FBI,; computers,; Sarah Palin

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Boqoodjd of NM 4:47AM July 15, 2009

"Gwen Moore's son in '04, this leftist scumbag now. Democrats and their spawn behaving dishonorably isn't a new phenomenon.
This might get more interesting as we find out about Kernell's apparent David Plouffe connection.(Obama's campaign manager)"
Are you sure you're not making a little bit more out of this than what it is? Couldn't it just be a college kid proud of his (not that impressive) hacking abilities just being a little bit dumb and reckless? And if there really is some conspiracy here, can't you give the Obama camp a little more credit?
That's the problem with conspiracy theories like this: they assume sneakery and dastardliness, but at the same time assume that the supposed perpetrators are SO damn stupid that they would have a Democratic senator's son be the hacker on his OWN computer in his OWN home, thereby providing a perfectly traceable electronic trail. All with, presumably, the ultimate goal of then giving this info to the Obama camp.
When you think about it, it is about the most bungled, inept attempt you can imagine, yet you want to think that it's those underhanded, guileful Dems at it again! Either they're smart and sneaky or dumb and buhgling. When you try to have it both ways, it's YOU that sound like a raving conspiracy theorist with too much time on his hands. But, hey, whatever works for ya.
Go Obamccain!

Guy of WI 3:10PM September 24, 2008

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