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FBI Raids Home of Alleged Palin Email Hacker

By Chris Nolan, Firedoglake. Posted September 22, 2008.


Palin's Email Hacker a university student in Tennessee?

The Wired blog Threat Level is reporting that a student from the University of Tennessee may have claimed to have hacked Sarah Palin's email account by resetting her password using publicly available information to answer the security questions.

The student allegedly posted a first person account of his exploits on a message board. Threat Level declined to publish the individual's real name because the link between the guy and the post is still "tenuous" and the authorities haven't named any suspects. 

Update 2:09pm: Fox is reporting that the FBI served a warrant on the home of David Parnell a UT student and the son of a Democratic state representative



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That's not a hacker...
Posted by: sliver on Sep 22, 2008 2:03 PM   
Current rating: 5    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
... that's someone playing around on the 'net.

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Exactly what law did the guy break?
Posted by: UnEasyOne on Sep 22, 2008 4:45 PM   
Current rating: 3    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
Pissing off a fascist regime?

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» It wasn't a Democrat! Posted by: chuckjs
» RE: xactly what law did the guy break? Posted by: johnbradleycopeland
» HEIL Palin !! Posted by: godsbreath64
widdydupree
Posted by: widdydupree on Sep 24, 2008 7:28 AM   
Current rating: 5    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
So this kid gets in trouble for doing a public service...

But the Patriot Act allows the government to do the same thing to private citizens (who aren't running for the #2 position in the nation!

All I can say as a Democratic Tennessean is "Go Big Orange"!

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» RE: widdydupree Posted by: PandaBear