Hope he enjoys the expense and attention. The Link The son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hacking the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. David Kernell, 20, of Knoxville, Tenn. entered the plea in federal court in Knoxville, the same day prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging him with intentionally accessing Palin's e-mail account without authorization. Kernell, an economics student at the University of Tennessee, was brought into court wearing handcuffs and shackles on his ankles. He was released without posting bond, but the court forbade him from owning a computer and limited his Internet use to checking e-mail and doing class work. Kernell's father is longtime state Rep. Mike Kernell of Memphis, chairman of Tennessee's House Government Operations Committee. The lawmaker has said he had nothing to do with the hacking incident. David Kernell was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Knoxville and faces a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Trial is set for Dec. 16.
What an overreaction. OMG, haxor! First of all, calling Yahoo and asking for a password is a pretty light use of the word "hacking". If he had looked at anybody else's email, no way he would be wearing handcuffs and shackles. He'd get a small fine and a slap on the wrist. The fact that it's Palin should make no difference. Still nobody mentions the fact that Palin was using a private email account for government business. This worries me more, since I already knew that Yahoo was incompetent.
To call figuring out the answer to someone's yahoo password question when it's "Where did you meet your spouse?" hacking is an insult to real hackers everywhere.
I think Palin is an intellectual lightweight, but I don't see how you can shrug off someone getting into a private email account for a person on the Pres/VP ticket. I know if it were one of my private accounts I would want a pound of flesh.
could you imagine the uproar if this was towards Biden? I know, I know... everone is against me. The more you say it, the more people believe it..
