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Palin’s Hacked E-Mail Gets a ‘G’ Rating

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Posted on Sep 17, 2008
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Anonymous, an Internet-based group best known for pranking and protesting the Church of Scientology, apparently hacked Sarah Palin’s Yahoo Mail account and posted images of her inbox and correspondence on the Web. The McCain campaign condemned the “shocking invasion,” which turned up nothing of substantial juiciness.

There were murmurs and reports of improper use of private e-mail for public business, but gawkers looking for titillation will find little at Gawker, where some of the images can still be viewed.

Not to get too speculative, but either Sarah Palin is the world’s most wholesome e-mailer or whoever posted the images did so selectively.

Wired’s Threat Level blog has more:

The internet griefers known as Anonymous took credit for the intrusion, and screenshots of e-mail messages and photos belonging to the Alaska governor have been published by WikiLeaks. Threat Level has confirmed the authenticity of at least one of the e-mails.

“This is a shocking invasion of the Governor’s privacy and a violation of law,” Rick Davis, McCain-Palin campaign manager said in a statement. “The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these e-mails will destroy them. We will have no further comment.”

FBI spokesman Brian Hale said, “The FBI is aware of the alleged hacking incident involving Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and is coordinating with the United States Secret Service on the matter.”

The cache of stolen data contains five screenshots from Palin’s account, including the text of an e-mail exchange with Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell about his campaign for Congress.

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By Peggy McGilligan, September 19, 2008 at 10:22 pm Link to this comment
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The attack on Governor Palin’s privacy is inexcusable. In a hastily worded statement the Associated Press informed the Secret Service, “No way dude, are we givin’ up them emails. Ask anybody; she got hacked fair & square. Like get your own story man, this one’s ours.” Sometimes it’s hard to know who your friends are in the digital age.

Mr. Cell phone is not your friend: whenever one’s cell phone is switched on, just turned on, even if it’s not a GPS enabled device, it emits a signal that anyone who obtains your SIM card number may track with an array of inexpensive software. GOOGLE GPS tracking devices. The phone’s speaker can also be remotely activated for use as a listening device. It’s often easier and cheaper to attach a GPS device to a vehicle, in which case Mr. Automobile is no longer your friend. Cell phones, GPS devices, and Email all lend the good, the bad & the ugly a level of unprecedented sophistication. Suggest: remove cell phone battery when not in use: 
http://theseedsof9-11.com

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By Leefeller, September 19, 2008 at 5:50 pm Link to this comment

Inherit The Wind

“I am bothered by the hacking.”

Actually happens to me too! Every time I here Palin’s voice, my throat feels like I swallowed a toothpick and go into hairball mode.

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By tennessee grandmother, September 19, 2008 at 4:25 pm Link to this comment
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this grandchild is bad i know he will go to prison i am so sad. t tried to lead him, but it has been so hard.
i am old now and wanted to see him be grow up but i understand he will be in prison 30 years so family will not see him much getting too old the family is so shamed by his deed even though he thought he was helping his dad and is a very angry little boy

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By Leefeller, September 19, 2008 at 8:28 am Link to this comment

Palin plays the victim quite well, we will see more of this if she wins.  Croc tears and all.

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By Inherit The Wind, September 19, 2008 at 8:12 am Link to this comment

I am bothered by the hacking.

I think there is a legal way and an illegal way to get at Gov. Moose-a-lini’s eMail, which itself might be illegal.

I don’t think there’s any need to violate the law to find out if she was doing govt biz on personal eMail accounts to avoid accountability.

OTOH, anyone and everyone should know that eMail is EASILY hacked by anyone and everyone—and if you want to send confidential messages you need to encrypt them first.

Still, if you stand for civil liberties and believe in civil liberties and recognize that people DIED to protect them, you can’t simply throw them away to get at the other guy (or gal) even if she would do it in a New York minute.  If you do, those liberties are meaningless.

And Moose-a-lini has left more than enough of a paper trail to prosecute her legally.

McSame & Moose-a-lini: Right for Oil, Right for Raytheon, Right for Christ-fascists—and wrong for the rest of us.

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By angledegrees, September 18, 2008 at 9:19 pm Link to this comment
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When I was employed by a major corporation I was instructed by management to be careful of the content and usage of my (company) email account. The company made it very clear that all email was stored and could be used in legal matters. If the SP account is her own personal one, why is SP doing business on it? If the account belongs to the government of Alaska, is it not rightfully subject to scrutiny and disclosure?

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By DH, September 18, 2008 at 9:05 pm Link to this comment
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Now her g-mail? Busybodies for naught. Alaska’s political leaders’ decades of shenanigans should have amply spoken to the nation regarding Palin’s integrity. Troopergate’s parlayed loyalists stoop low. Why not make Palin scapegoat? Wooten’s a tiny footnote Monegan doesn’t mind suffering, as distraction from backroom gigs. Why dredge Palin when the ol’ boys’ stale news is still so tasty (2006 article): http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110007930

Good ol’ boys thought Palin could token-female cover their continued ill behavior. You’d think covering your tracks would be something those Alaskans would be better at. Of course, they congratulated her departure - she wouldn’t play ball. Ask Reudrich. Ask Stevens. Don’s determined to get his “Way” by hook - or by crook.

Got Lipstick? McP’08.

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By Tim, September 18, 2008 at 8:52 pm Link to this comment
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MEMPHIS, TENN—The son of Democratic state representative Mike Kernell is reportedly a suspect in the hacking of the personal e-mail account of Alaska’s Gov. Sarah Palin,  Republican vice presidential candidate.

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By Tim, September 18, 2008 at 8:46 pm Link to this comment
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MEMPHIS, TENN—The son of Democratic state representative Mike Kernell is reportedly a suspect in the hacking of the personal e-mail account of Alaska’s Gov. Sarah Palin,  Republican vice presidential candidate

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By Daniel, September 18, 2008 at 6:42 pm Link to this comment
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YES!!! Finally.. something has teeth, and I guess it’s this Troopergate thing. So.. if Palin is not guilty, what is she hiding?

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By Dr. Lilly von Marcab, September 18, 2008 at 1:29 pm Link to this comment
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Fascist Republicans didn’t mind a bit when the US Government wanted to read everyone’s e-mail. No, they insisted on it! Retards.

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By thebeerdoctor, September 18, 2008 at 1:06 pm Link to this comment

Two town hall questions for the Governor of Alaska:
1. What does verbiage mean?
2. Who was Westbrook Pegler?

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By purplewolf, September 18, 2008 at 12:57 pm Link to this comment

OzarkMichael: when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag carrying a cross, sounds like Sarah to me.

BTW-WHAT DID YOU ADD TO YOUR KOOL-AID?

Beerdoctor and Leefeller: Does Sarah even know the meaning of the word verbiage? Probably not. For those who don’t:

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary:

Verbiage-the use of many words without necessity, or with little sense, a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.

Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking—W. Irving

This barren verbiage current among men.—Tennyson

Well that about sums it up. Especially the part about not thinking. Much ado about nothing. The Mantra of the Republican Party.

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By purplewolf, September 18, 2008 at 12:35 pm Link to this comment

Ozark Michael-How can she be the good Christian she claims and you think she is to be, when she has been exposed for lying on so many things and she has even admitted to lying about these same things only to return back to the lies and continue repeating them at every speech she gives. She even lied about a teleprompter not working at one of her speeches, yet people in the vicinity of her during the speech clearly saw this “Sarah claimed” non working piece of equipment, it was working correctly, which included others of her staff, reporters and yes, even the technicians who maintain this equipment, who also reported there was no problem that Sarah claimed there was.
Perhaps she is so used to lying about everything that she can no longer tell the difference between truth and lies. Sarah also has an underhanded way of doing things to get the end results she wants. This is not from the now 3 week outing of her as potential V.P., this is from years of experience with some of her past actions and results thereof.

Sarah Palin: Promoter of Aerial Wolf Killing.

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By Leefeller, September 18, 2008 at 10:34 am Link to this comment

thebeerdoctor:

Halarry Ass

Verbiage? Yes McCAin used way to many words telling us about the state of the economy, so this is an attack on his using to many words not on what he said,  now it all makes sense.

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By thebeerdoctor, September 18, 2008 at 10:06 am Link to this comment

In the Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Governor Palin was asked if she agreed with Senator McCain’s assessment that the economy is fundamentally strong.
Her answer was that: “it is an unfair attack on the verbiage.”
What? She repeated the word verbiage…
Does anybody really believe the Governor of Alaska is actually qualified for the job she is seeking?

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By psickmind fraud, September 18, 2008 at 9:29 am Link to this comment

The true Fascists,
are not the Palin Bashists,
but the economy crashists,
those neo-con trashists.

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By rage, September 18, 2008 at 9:00 am Link to this comment
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LMAO!!!

Why is the Governor of Alaska using a non-secure public email account to conduct any business that goes beyond trolling the web for cheap carnal thrills anyway?

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By OzarkMichael, September 18, 2008 at 8:03 am Link to this comment

To the Republicans posting in such abhorrence of the lifting of e-mails,

I am the only one posting so you can talk to me. “lifting” hahah.  makes it seem like you are helping carry luggage. yeah, that sounds so much better than ‘stealing’.


please…

Dont make me laugh, why say ‘please’ now? You already approved stealing, so just keep taking whatever you want by gestapo tactics.

those hackers deserve a medal for providing governmental conversations taking place outside of the provided e-mails system they are supposed to be using.

A medal? Think about the implications of what you say.

By your logic if the Watergate break-in had turned up any dirt or damaging information on the Democrats, then Nixon’s plumbers would have deserved ‘a medal’.

That is how the Nazis elevated criminality to ‘patriotism’. With a medal.

Dont imitate them. Condemn crime instead of rewarding it with a medal.

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By Leefeller, September 18, 2008 at 8:00 am Link to this comment

Mutual respect usually involves two
could possibly include you

Those who do not agree
You are quick to call Fascist I see

rule of law, society does make
even so some ignore and take

Dogma guides those who would pursue
blindness so strong,  if only they knew

Mutual respect could be
so don’t force your dogma on me

Fascist, Leefeller

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By psickmind fraud, September 18, 2008 at 7:36 am Link to this comment

I would have thought, Ozie, that in the Ozarks you’d be familiar with the expression “it takes a thief to catch a thief”. 

Are you aware that Palin has a second bridge to nowhere in the works?  This one, conveniently, goes from near her home to connect to Anchorage. 

She’s a liar, manipulator, and only craves fame and power. 

By the way, you’ll find that most of the people posting on Truthdig oppose Fascist tactics, like rampant nationalism (that’s not patriotism) and control of the government by the corporations.

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By OzarkMichael, September 18, 2008 at 7:02 am Link to this comment

You guys celebrate criminal activity against Palin because you dont like her politics. You dont object to fascist tactics. That makes you

the Fascist Pig,
At Truthdig

held the door open,
for criminals hope’n

to get goods on Palin,
through her emailin’

What line wont you cross to nail a Christian?

Fascist Pig
at Truthdig

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By Leefeller, September 18, 2008 at 6:59 am Link to this comment

Ozark Michael,

I agree,  as much as I am very burned out on the Palin hype and would like to focus on real issues, like the war, the economy and our nation going down the toilet.

But here we are again?

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By Leefeller, September 18, 2008 at 6:54 am Link to this comment

Of course nothing of significance will surface, because this is a reverse setup scam.  She cry’s foul after she becomes the victim.  She may use this as leverage for getting the trooper-gate case stopped.  She has done this before with the news media, about the news reporter who was asked not to write a story and he agreed, then she said made public that they were attacking her.

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By hippy pam, September 18, 2008 at 5:19 am Link to this comment

I happen to think this IS APPROPRIATE…..The GUBMINT does it to you and I-WHY SHOULDN’T “someone” DO IT TO HER???Sauce for the goose/sauce for the gander situation…..I’m only SORRY there wasn’t MORE TO SEE…Maybe then we would have seen-with our own eyes-“our lady of mis-direction"s TRUE COLORS….[I’m sure “they” told her to be cautious with her mail/words so as not to be CAUGHT OUT]

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By Frank, September 18, 2008 at 3:20 am Link to this comment

OzarkMichael, email accounts used for public business are public domain. Period. When Palin decide to use private email for government business to skirt the laws on transparency, she gave up her right to privacy on that account.

On the other hand, phone calls and emails used by private citizens for private affairs should be protected from intrusion by anyone. Your Republican President doesn’t seem to think so.  Between warrantless wiretaps and email sniffing software deployed by the NSA under the Bush administration, it is the neoconservatives of this country that have abandoned all pretense of protecting an individuals right to privacy.

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By uncle joe mccarthy, September 18, 2008 at 2:07 am Link to this comment
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it is easily hacked…always has been

how stupid and ignorant is palin, to use and have her staff use yahoo accounts and her kids use hotmail

hope they deleted all their accounts, or else we might find out the truth about trigger the wonder baby

and has anyone ever seen a yahoo mail box so spam free?

amazing

not one letter telling her she could be a millionaire, or how she can make todd’s penis longer

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By Moad Dib, September 18, 2008 at 1:53 am Link to this comment
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@ OzarkMichael

“I can only pray that the people who would do such a thing and the politicians they support would NEVER come into power”

Wake up and smell the roses! The republicans are in power and they are doing exactly what you abhor; they’re reading your e-mails and listening to your phone calls.

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By samson, September 18, 2008 at 12:50 am Link to this comment
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Who is the Feds ?????????Please someone tell the general public the truth. Feds are not a Gov Bank

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By Kilosierra, September 17, 2008 at 10:11 pm Link to this comment

OzarkMichael…Excuse me but were you also “not suprised” by the the fact that the people who ARE currently in power violated all our privacy rights with wire tapping and obtaining our cell phone and email records without the legal right to do so???

I suggest you Pray these people are voted out of power in November.

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By P. T., September 17, 2008 at 10:01 pm Link to this comment

Governor Palin supports warrantless spying on Americans.  So she can hardly object.

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By Barry, September 17, 2008 at 10:00 pm Link to this comment
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To the Republicans posting in such abhorrence of the lifting of e-mails, please…those hackers deserve a medal for providing governmental conversations taking place outside of the provided e-mails system they are supposed to be using. By using Yahoo (a-la Cheney and Bush cronies in official capacities) they are attempting to bypass any accountability issues that may arise in the future and are illegal. It’s the Palin administration that should now be taken to court for using Yahoo…

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By OzarkMichael, September 17, 2008 at 9:25 pm Link to this comment

Actually, on second thought,

I am not surprised Truthdig posted this information.

I am not surprised that they are going through Palin’s private emails right now.

I can only pray that the people who would do such a thing and the politicians they support would NEVER come into power.

I do have one question: In your attacks upon christians and palin specifically, is there any line you wont cross?

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By NortonNorton, September 17, 2008 at 8:33 pm Link to this comment

Sarah Palin is connected to Scientology. Here’s how:

She has been, and still continues to be, deeply involved with the ultra-right-wing “Dominionist” church movement. READ THIS:

http://markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah-palin-and-cnp.html

The main nexus for the Dominionists is the “Committee on National Policy”, which strangely includes non-Christian organizations such as, yes, The Church of Scientology.

The leading “Dominionist” church is MorningStar ministries, which despite being a Christian church, leans heavily on “supernatural” themes and blatantly uses the Scientology Cross in their logo:

http://www.morningstarministries.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_cross

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By OzarkMichael, September 17, 2008 at 8:27 pm Link to this comment

The standards of liberal atheistic journalism cannot possibly be this low.

I ask Truthdig, “Why did this got put on your website?”

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