Hacker impersonated Palin, stole email password

Hey maybe she can get a little bounce by playing the victim card. Let us see, she used her government account for personal use and she used her Yahoo personal account for government use. Anyway the McCain camp is losing ground in all the polls and Sarah is canceling campaign stops which the press has labeled "shocking."

. . . the hackers appeared to have proved that the Republican vicepresidential nominee and Alaska Governor had used her private Yahoo! e-mail account to conduct official state business — a potential breach of Alaskan law.

This according to Tim Reid in Washington (Timesonline of UK)

Some people have nothing better to do than hack into other people's e-mail accounts. Sheesh.

Hacker impersonated Palin, stole email password

Of course I am TOTALLY opposed to ANY invasions of privacy and I must admit there is more than a little embarrassing irony in all this, seeing as how this is exactly what we in the reality based progressive community have been saying bush and his cronies routinely and casually resort to, but I am heartened by the news that the hacker is the son of a high-ranking Tennessee Democrat so I am sure no real investigation will be forthcoming and if the kid's case should become federal Barack will grant a presidential pardon when elected.

Wired.com　this:

..The story was briefly posted Wednesday to the 4chan forum where the hack first surfaced. Bloggers have connected the handle of the poster, "Rubico," to an e-mail address, and tentatively identified the owner as a college student in Tennessee.

Threat Level was unable to reach the student by phone because his number is unlisted. His father, when reached at home, said he could not talk about the matter and would have no comment. The father is a Democratic state representative in Tennessee.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/palin-e-mail-ha.html

good donkey - I like the spin. Props to you. Reframing this "crime" as citizen vigilance could be the best ticket.

Alinsky4prez

good donkey - I like the spin. Props to you. Reframing this "crime" as citizen vigilance could be the best ticket.

It helps when you quote a person. I did not mention the perpetrator at all. Since I did not how could I have framed his or her crime as citizen vigilance. If you want to say I spun it then get it right. I spun the emphasis off the hacker crime and onto focus on Palin's possible problems as a result of the hacker crime. I have no problem admitting what I do. So it occurs to me that you were doing the spinning of what I said.

Just to be perfectly clear "citizen vigilance" would entail a mitigation of the perpetrator; I said, indicated or implied no such thing.

Alinsky4prez,

David Kernell's father, Rep. Mike Kernell, D-Memphis, belongs to Tennessee For obama '08

The Tennessee For obama '08 website is currently down.

The plot thickens.

RR

I'll admit it's pretty low, but it DID show that she's abusing even EMAIL privelages... it's just too bad they didn't get more dirt for their effort. I mean, if they're going to hack into and publicize the contents of private messages of a person with a lot of power and resources to abuse it, they may as well try to make it worthwhile.

If a Repulican politicans son had broken into Obamas e-mail account, we would not hear the end of it. Can you believe the screaming headlines every day?

The other way round it is ho-hum, and even portrayed as good detective work.

The double standards in the media are just amazing.

"it's just too bad they didn't get more dirt for their effort"

You love dirt, don't you, smithinjapan?

Let me say first of all that as a progressive I am ALL about respect for privacy. And then let me explain something:

They had to go after palin.

mccain doesnt know how to use email...

Whats the point though. This is the kind of nuanced argument repubs will never understand.

it DID show that she's abusing even EMAIL privelages

Blame the victim.

Typical liberal.

RR

" it DID show that she's abusing even EMAIL privelages "

It did show she uses e-mail. Gee, now that is a crime. I am sure the other candidates don´t use e-mail. Oh now, wait... Mac-C indeed doesn`t use e-mail, and gets bashed for that.

Got to love the logic...

Many people work from home; especially when you have children to take care of. Late in the evening an idea comes to you or you write yourself a note to contact so and so about X, you think more clearly with less interruption at home after a little family time.

Because she was using her personal email account to send work related notes is hardly a reason to justify someone hacking into her email account.

Oh, but I forget: She's a Republican so the rules of right to privacy guaranteed to democrats don't apply.

RR

smithinjapan has written

I'll admit it's pretty low, but it DID show that she's abusing even EMAIL privelages... it's just too bad they didn't get more dirt for their effort. I mean, if they're going to hack into and publicize the contents of private messages of a person with a lot of power and resources to abuse it, they may as well try to make it worthwhile.

Your legal acumen is legendary on these boards so please bear with me here.

Along with the "hacker" and the AP you conclude there is no official business hidden in palin's emails. (pics of her family - who cares? They are repubs...)

This follows what appears to be your assertion that if palin hadn't illegally used private emails to hide state communications, the crime wouldn't have happened in the first place.

Can you clarify your position, as Barack would say. I'm worried that you may have spoken less than artfully (as Barack would say) and are going to be the target of some reflexive, reactionary fox news talking points dressed up as 'logical arguments' from the haters on the right.

WilliB,

The global liberals will spin this into what Mrs. Palin really needs is for the government to tell her not only what account she can use but what she's allowed to type in the emails themselves.

Heh, when obama gets into office he'll give us the micro management and govornment oversight we all need because he knows what's best for every American in every aspect of our lives.

RR

This is just another example that in liberal-o-vision, if a crime is commited against you, then it is your fault.

RR

sarge: "You love dirt, don't you, smithinjapan?"

Not necessarily... but with all the dirt McCain/Palin are actually MAKING UP (as in, not real) on Obama, it's kind of fun to see the real thing thrown back in their faces.

Alinsky: "Along with the "hacker" and the AP you conclude there is no official business hidden in palin's emails. (pics of her family - who cares? They are repubs...)"

Nope... I don't care at all if she had personal and none business stuff in a private account (regardless of which side she swings), it's that the PRIVATE account was being used on the public dime, etc.

"This follows what appears to be your assertion that if palin hadn't illegally used private emails to hide state communications, the crime wouldn't have happened in the first place."

Ah, your deduction is as usual, completely factless and incorrect. Excuse me if I'm not surprised in the least. No, what I'm saying is that it no facts of illegal use would have been revealed if the hacker hadn't broken into her account. The hacker could still well of hacked into her account and found nothing -- I didn't say the incident would have occured had she not been abusing her position, etc. You've been so twisted around by bush and more recently the mccain crew you've got things messed up some 540 degrees or so.

"Can you clarify your position, as Barack would say. I'm worried that you may have spoken less than artfully"

Nah... it's just that someone like you can never interpret the facts, even when they're presented to you spelled out in the barest way possible. What you do is what we call 'subjective interpreting'; in other words, you see facts and choose to turn them upside down and claim the something else or even the opposite is true. It's really not all that far from what McCain/Palin are doing in their campaign: they propose tax cuts only for the rich, while Obama plans to tax the higher income bracket more while giving the majority of Americans a break, then McCain says, "Obama plans to tax you all". See what I mean? (you probably don't, but again, that wouldn't surprise me in the least).

Forgive me while I go back to ignoring you like everyone else is doing.

Smithinjapan has written -

Nope... I don't care at all if she had personal and none business stuff in a private account (regardless of which side she swings), it's that the PRIVATE account was being used on the public dime, etc.*

Again, I'm worried that the haters here can't follow your nuanced logic.

The article points out that palin had a Yahoo account. I still don't quite understand how you conclude that her account was "being used on the public dime."

As a progressive I like to believe - I NEED to believe! - that we are all international citizens at heart, and I would never hold your nationailty against you or cite it as reason for your appearing completely clueless about something as embarrassingly easy to understand as america's primitive civil and governmental institutions and its essentially rigged "democracy" but perhaps you are not as au fait with the american vernacular as you like to imagine yourself to be.

At least, I HOPE that is the explanation for the potentially embarrassing holes which your argument appears to have.

Otherwise, I am forced to say that you are letting our side down, comrade!

Do you mean to say you have proof she used state funds to set up a 20 dollar account (or whatever the amount at Yahoo is) in order to have more memory than comes with the free version of their email service?

btw - What does that very loaded "**etc.***" at the end of your assertion stand for?

Why do you torment us like this?

If you have dirt on palin by all means bring it!

Hacker: Did something illegal; should be punished.

Palin: Did something unethical and possibly illegal (used public accounts for private business); should be punished.

Any questions?

Further prove that Reps shouldn't win: they use Yahoo!! tssk tssk

I wonder if he qualifies for retroactive telecom immunity.

"If you have dirt on palin by all means bring it!"

Heh, I don't think it's going to be needed, regressive friend.

That slapping noise we are all hearing...

Yeah - that's neo-cons laying down the victim card with as much enthusiasm as a Sailor playing dominos on the messdecks after taps.

The governor learned a valuable lesson about why public officials are given secure email accounts. If only she had listened beforehand, none of this would be happening.

Often times, rules are put in place for a reason. This is one of them.

alsky,

So...does this mean that you no longer support retroactive immunity for the telecomms? It's hard to understand you with all the sobbing.

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Taka

You guys totally miss the point.

The main issue here is how they managed to easily hack into her account because of her lack of common sense. She "protected" her account with information that can be found easily on the internet :

the hacker simply reset Palin's password using her birthdate, ZIP code and information about where she met her spouse -- the security question on her Yahoo account, which was answered (Wasilla High) by a simple Google search.

So, how could the US citizens give the key of the White House to such an AMATEUR?

The main issue here is how they managed to easily hack into her account because of her lack of common sense.

Her first choice of account name was PigWthLpstk@fun-d.com

I wonder if he qualifies for retroactive telecom immunity.

I likes the way you think. Can I call you Huey,

Mr Long?

Technically, the 20 y.o. college boy in question is not with the government.

But his father IS a Democratic state representative in Tennessee...

The good news is they won't have to subpeona her for her e-mails if she's ever VP.

Sure, Alin; many have called me long.

Technically, the 20 y.o. college boy in question is not with the government. But his father IS a Democratic state representative in Tennessee...

I'm not sure where you're going with this.

The college kid in question is not fit for public office.

Neither is Palin. majimekun hits the nail on the head. So, Palin wants to set up and use a private account so that she can conceal her work for the State of Alaska from the people of Alaska.

Previously disclosed emails indicate her administration embraced Yahoo accounts as an alternative to government email, which could possibly be released to the public under Alaska’s Open Records Act.

Basically, she's telling the people of Alaska to go pound sand. That's transparency in government for you. Some reformer.

I don't get this. I really don't.

If my e-mail account got hacked, I'm not a Republican or Democrat at that point I'm pissed..........

I hope those that are getting their jollies here because her personal e-mail got hacked never have to go throw that experience themselves.

I don't get it, I'd be just as mad about this if it was Obama's account that got hacked. I don't think having a total stranger looking at your mail is something that shouldn't be casually glossed over to prove another idiotic political point that some folks here just can't stand Sarah Palin.

Honestly....I am really starting to think people on the left have really started to loss their collective minds.

She got hacked.......You could be next and then it ain't so jolly it's a violation of your privacy and don't tell me you wouldn't be pissed about it either. Said my piece.

I will now return you to the Sarah Palin is evil show.

The real victims here are the people of Alaska. They deserve a governor with more common sense in protecting sensitive material -- and certainly one who is not going to hide her dealings from them when the public has the right to know.

Honestly....I am really starting to think people on the left have really started to loss their collective minds.

No. We non-Republicans are able to clearly see two wrongs. It wasn't her State-of-Alaska email account that got hacked. It was the one she set up purposely to circumvent her state email's account in order to conduct state business that could never be traced by her employers -- the people of Alaska.

Both the hacking and Sarah Palin's actions are a violation of trust. Pardon us if we happen to hold Palin to a higher standard than some 20-year-old college kid in Tennessee.

The real victims here are the people of Alaska.

That was my first thought when I saw the photos of her kids that the brave young Democrat "hacker" posted.

Impeachment!

Its a shame mccain doesnt know how to use email.

Imagine what we could have gotten on him!

She got hacked.......You could be next and then it ain't so jolly it's a violation of your privacy and don't tell me you wouldn't be pissed about it either. Said my piece.

You're missing the point. There are three questions here.

1) Is it ethical and legal to hack someone's account? (You and I agree on the answer: It isn't, as your post above intimates.)

2)It it prudent to set up your account so that it's easily hackable? I say it isn't. That seems to bother Majime more than it bothers me, hence his or her post above.

3) Should public resources be used privately? I think they shouldn't. I think that to use them that way is an abuse of power and a violation of the public trust. This is where I see the biggest problem.

I hope that clears things up.

Im missing something in all this_???

What sensitive material are we talking about? Nothing in any article I read (Im talking real news places not JT) said anything was sensitive, actually all I read was it was basic stuff and of no importance.

Also When did we stop using our business computers to do private things? When did we start telling political people they cant use there goverment account for personal use? Seems kinda like we are making up some stuff here..

The part about her telling the staff to use personal email for business use is wrong.

Hacking is a serious violation and this kid will get a felony out of it, and then he loses the right to vote funny isnt it.

I hope that the hacker is caught and punished.

Then I hope that Obama/Biden win.

It was the one she set up purposely to circumvent her state email's account in order to conduct state business that could never be traced by her employers -- the people of Alaska.

Talk about jumping to conclusions, You know that for a fact? Boy, you sure are a fairminded individual.

Both the hacking and Sarah Palin's actions are a violation of trust. Pardon us if we happen to hold Palin to a higher standard than some 20-year-old college kid in Tennessee.

The only higher standard you want to hold her to is to the tallest tree to make sure the rope you want to hang her with can drop far enough to do the job. Been that day since day one when she got announced as his running mate with the far left crowd.

The kid jacked Gov. Palin's account and found nothing ... nada ... zip.

That's why the global liberals are having a meltdown.

Those saying Gov. Palin's playing the victim card are the same ones who cry for their heroes, the Islamoterrorist "victims", whose phones are wiretapped.

RR

I'd be just as mad about this if it was Obama's account that got hacked

Sailwind, if this had happened to barack obama or o' joe, someone would have been arrested by now.

RR

Sail,

First of all, Moonbeams could not sum up my feelings on the matter any better. Simple and straight to the point.

Secondly:

Selective outrage. You know, I cannot remember a single solitary time where you have admonished any of the posters here on the right or said anything about their sanity regarding the things they have posted. As JT's self-appointed middle-of-the-road moderate who rides the political fence, you seem, at least to this liberal, to be riding side saddle when it comes to Palin.

No offense intended. Just an honest opinion.

Using a private account to conduct government business is stupid and asking for trouble.

A good example would be this: Palin left her wallet out on her rack while on watch underway. When you do something stupid, you invite bad things to happen.

Taka

sailwind writes: "Talk about jumping to conclusions, You know that for a fact?"

Yes, this has been reported as a fact: "Previously disclosed emails indicate her administration embraced Yahoo accounts as an alternative to government email, which could possibly be released to the public under Alaska’s Open Records Act."

Reading the following link will reveal a lot more about why Palin felt the need to conduct government affairs out of the view of the prying eyes of her employers -- the citizens of Alaska.

http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/moo/index.html

sailwind writes: "The only higher standard you want to hold her to is to the tallest tree to make sure the rope you want to hang her with can drop far enough to do the job."

A state or local official who has that much lust for secrecy usually ends up hanging themselves. In a democratic society, that is.

The law that is the Alaska Open Records Act was enacted for a very good reason. Palin's openly expressed intent was to circumvent the spirit of that law. You really endorse such a person to lead the nation?

But his father IS a Democratic state representative in Tennessee

And is a member of Tennessee For obama '08

Why does this come as no surprise?

RR

A good example would be this: Palin left her wallet out on her rack while on watch underway. When you do something stupid, you invite bad things to happen.

Another example would be taking a laptop full of sensitive information out of a government office and having it stolen. Government email systems are held to a higher standard of security than Yahoo's obviously is. Palin, for her own personal reasons, chose to circumvent that arrangement.

Republicans practicing guilt by association.

Why does this come as no surprise?

democrats practicing Chicago-style politics.

Why does this come as no surprise?

RR

Props to this 20 y.o. kid.

He succeeded where the 30 lawyers and dozens of reporters Barack dispatched to Alaska to dig up dirt on palin had failed. Apart from Maureen Dowd's bombshell revelation that palin has the unmitigated gall to wear shoes designed for younger women they had ALL failed.

This kid has a bright future in our party.

RomeoRamen making no sense at all.

Why does this come as no surprise?

I think one of the people unmentioned who is also a victim of this crime and debacle is mitt romney, who, surprisingly, I kind of feel bad for now.

I can't imagine him not sitting at home, secretly thinking, "THIS is who they went with instead of me?!?"

And yes, breaking the law and invading someone's privacy is appalling, whether the federal government asks you to do so or not.

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Taka

This kid has a bright future in our party.

Agreed. Although he broke federal laws, he'll undoubtedly only be sentenced to community service. Heh, perhaps he can follow in obama's footsteps and become a community "organizer".

RR

This kid has a bright future in our party.

Agreed.

Those two things were posted by ultra-conservative republicans.

I'm laughing right......NOW.

Taka

RomeoRamenII,

I think it's not true that the hacker found nothing. What the hacker found was that Palin was using a private account for official business.

Unless the state of Alaska is incapable of setting up a system that the governor can access from any site connected to the internet, there doesn't seem to be any good reason to use a personal account for official business that the people can claim an interest in. Absence of emails that show other wrongdoing would be inconclusive.

I think Nessie's analysis is spot on.

I can't imagine him not sitting at home, secretly thinking, "THIS is who they went with instead of me?!?"

Barack's campaign, in true fidelity to its core value of change, picked Joe Biden for what will be the historic VP slot.

I think even mittens recognizes it was all over then.

Yes, mittens had the presidential hair that mccain didn't,and making him vp seemed to be just the way to balance the ticket, but NOTHING spells gravitas quite like Joe's Biden's hair plugs do.

Brilliant! Never again will they mock Barack for the metrosexual thing.

Obviously mccain panicked. Who wouldn't? And then he picked the hockey mom, probably on orders from rove, who has conceded defeat but already has one cold eye on 2012.

... where the 30 lawyers and dozens of reporters Barack dispatched to Alaska to dig up dirt on palin ....

You can tell how desperate Republicans are getting when they have to muster up lies like that one. John Fund's allegation was thoroughly discredited.

I'm guessing if someone impersonated Obama and hacked into his e-mail account, the Democrats would be having cows and other animals.

good thing grandpa mccain does not do the email on the internets with the googler. He is safe.

Actually when mccain was a boy he used to practice his letters on papyrus leaves, just like in the bible.

I'm guessing if someone impersonated Obama and hacked into his e-mail account, the Democrats would be having cows and other animals.

If Obama did something as stupid as to set up a private email account with Yahoo -- and insisted his closest aides do so as well -- for the express purpose of conducting the business of his office in order to circumvent sunshine laws, I think we'd be right to be deeply disappointed in our candidate.

But Obama is nowhere near that stupid.

Sorry, my previous post should have read:

But Obama is nowhere near that stupid or UNethical.

If Obama did something as stupid as to set up a private email account with Yahoo -- and insisted his closest aides do so as well -- for the express purpose of conducting the business of his office in order to circumvent sunshine laws, I think we'd be right to be deeply disappointed in our candidate.

Agreed..... He uses a private cell phone for that. Hope no way some hacker makes his phone bill public and posts it on the net to see who has been calling.

Sail,

And of course, being a fair and balanced moderate, you have evidence that Sen. Obama has a private cell phone that he uses to conduct official governmental business with the intent of circumventing sunshine laws.

Taka

it's not true that the hacker found nothing. What the hacker found was that Palin was using a private account for official business.

Bingo, Sez.

Taka,

I have never said I was a fair and balanced moderate on this board or through my entire posting history. I have always stated that I tilt right of center and my political views reflect that. I am fair and balanced when I consider all the facts and always try to look at the entire package that a person that runs for public office has to offer, that includes the good and the bad.

Governor Palin I disagree with her social conservative stances just as I disagreed with Huckabee's. You might recall he was my candidate that I would have loved to see be the republican nominee.

Palin has many of the same things that I saw in Huckabee. A person that really can bring CHANGE to Washington and not mouth the words. You wish to destroy her go ahead, I won't stoop to that I like the lady and I like the way she has run Alaska as Governor and I think Washington D.C could use a healthy dose of what she represents a PTA mom that made good. Real good.

Sail, O.K. I concede the argument of you claiming to being a fair and balanced moderate and apologize for claiming such.

Now then, about your allegations regarding Sen. Obama using a private cell phone to do govt. business in order to circumvent sunshine laws, where do we stand there?

Taka

Taka

Thanks.....

Now then, about your allegations regarding Sen. Obama using a private cell phone to do govt. business in order to circumvent sunshine laws, where do we stand there?

I'm pointing out private e-mail and cell phone conversations used by public officials should be just that private. The line where it gets crossed is blurry as far as where do we draw it in their private dealings as how they make public policy decisions and what the public has the right to know.

Until I have compelling evidence that Governor Palin actually broke some law that says she can't have a private e-mail account as Governor and discuss policy decisions she might want real advice about or Obama for that matter I think the matter is nothing more than a witch hunt to get dirt. I know of no law that says as a Governor she can't have a yahoo account and discuss what ever she has is mind. That goes for Obama also.

Sail,

O.K. Now we are getting somewhere.

There may not be a law, but, there sure as heck is a policy, at least in the military. Can Sailors discuss ship's movement or official business over NIPRNET accounts? No. Why not? Because it's a breach in security. Is it "illegal?" I honestly don't know.

Should they? Well...the U.S. Navy sure as heck doesn't think so. Why? For security reasons.

Do you think it was sound judgement on her part to conduct governmental business over a Yahoo account? I do not.

And in a post chock full of questions, I leave with one last one:

Who the heck vetted the governor and do THEY still have a job? I would think that, "Do you have anything that could be a possible security risk?" would have come up. It did when I applied for a TS clearance. I would hope that the screening process for a TS clearance is less stringent than that for the vice-presidential candidate for the republican party.

And yes, the guy who hacked her should be punished. I would add that then he should be hired by the NSA for being a computer genius, but, unfortunately, it took very little in order to hack her Yahoo account and gain access to official government business. So...no computer genius job for him.

And if you think this is a witch hunt, I cannot even begin to imagine what you thought the flag lapel pin thing was.

Taka

Sail,

O.K. Now we are getting somewhere.

There may not be a law, but, there sure as heck is a policy, at least in the military. Can Sailors discuss ship's movement or official business over NIPRNET accounts? No. Why not? Because it's a breach in security. Is it "illegal?" I honestly don't know.

Should they? Well...the U.S. Navy sure as heck doesn't think so. Why? For security reasons.

Do you think it was sound judgement on her part to conduct governmental business over a Yahoo account? I do not.

And in a post chock full of questions, I leave with one last one:

Who the heck vetted the governor and do THEY still have a job? I would think that, "Do you have anything that could be a possible security risk?" would have come up. It did when I applied for a TS clearance. I would hope that the screening process for a TS clearance is less stringent than that for the vice-presidential candidate for the republican party.

And yes, the guy who hacked her should be punished. I would add that then he should be hired by the NSA for being a computer genius, but, unfortunately, it took very little in order to hack her Yahoo account and gain access to official government business. So...no computer genius job for him.

And if you think this is a witch hunt, I cannot even begin to imagine what you thought the flag lapel pin thing was.

Taka

And if you think this is a witch hunt, I cannot even begin to imagine what you thought the flag lapel pin thing was.

Barack wears a flag pin, okay.

Get over it. He is NOT a Muslim.

sailwind,

I think you are pointing to something that makes sense and I would certainly be willing to concede that more information is required before any conclusions are drawn.

However, given that official records are subject to public scrutiny and private accounts are not, why would anyone conduct official business from a private account if the public account is available for use? Of course, there are many explanations for this. Let's look at some.

Laziness. This would be the one most apt to apply in my case. Why would I want to go to the trouble of logging on to another email server when I'm already logged on to one. This is quite understandable. Yet I don't think American voters want someone who will sacrifice probity or security to convenience.

Slow government servers. Gee! It sometimes takes forever for a comment submitted on JT to post. I could father children in the time I'm staring at the screen. But if I were the Alaska governor, I could also shake up my IT department and get reliable service so that I didn't have to wait on a balky system. I could perhaps also copy correspondence to my government account.

Evasion of public scrutiny. I think this perhaps is the sticky wicket. What, for example, is "official business"? I agree with you--and reluctantly with Dick Cheney--that some communications are privileged and not guaranteed to be accessible by the public. Included in that would be advice as to what to do about a particular problem. (Although here I would depart from Cheney and say that since the American taxpayer paid for his time and expenses in the energy confabulations, we really do have a right to know what's in the secret energy policy.) However, to the extent that deals are being done, policies are being formulated and plans are being made, I think that might be the people's business and not the exclusive business of Governor Palin.

Again, you have a good point on the phone issue. Nonetheless, that's a point that also applies to every politician and not just to Obama. The issue at hand here is emails.

sailwind,

you are right about the tilting part. The rest of your comments are not substantiated at all.

palin used private email so that she could claim immunity from a government review of her communication. that is why she was running the state of alaska business out of her yahoo account. In Alaska, where most of the repub officials are being indicted, she was being careful. She knew she would be indicted one day herself for taking bribes like senator stevens or something so she was preparing. She is not so stupid that she does not know how to protect herself.

Alinsky4prez:

" Barack wears a flag pin, okay. Get over it. He is NOT a Muslim. "

He was born a muslim. If he renounced islam, he is guilty of apostecy, which under Shariah law is punishable by death. Which is a really interesting foundation for his dealing with Shariah countries like Iran.

If he actually has renounced islam or not is something you simply don´t know before someone stands up and asks him if he believes that allah is go and mohammed his prophet. As far as I know, nobody has done that.

They got the kid that did this. It was actually his Tennessee politician dad but he put it off on his kid. Dad sent the Secret Service to the kid's room where he was day sleepin'. One column said the boy lost control of his bladder when he woke up to the barrel of a Sig Sauer pressed against his forehead.

What the hey. He's still got more kids outside of prison he can work with.

USAR

And why would a sleeping boy suspected of hacking an email account need to wake up with a Sig Sauer pressed against his forehead? Perhaps we can send him to the Gulag for his sins.

Palin was pretty dumb for having such easy secret question to begin. It only shows how prepared she is.