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Palin's Yahoo Email account hacked. Hilarity ensues.

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McCain camp seeks investigation over reported e-mail hack

(CNN) — John McCain's campaign said Wednesday it has contacted "appropriate authorities" over a report that Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail had been hacked.

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

The statement came hours after a user on the Web site WikiLeaks said he had gained access to Palin's Yahoo e-mail account and gained access. Screenshots of the e-mail messages and photos of the Alaska governor's family were published on that Web site and later on gossip Web site gawker.com.

FBI Spokesman Eric Gonzalez in Anchorage, Alaska confirms to CNN an investigation is underway.

"We are aware of the allegations and we are coordinating with Secret Service as far as the allegation that someone has hacked into Governor Palin's personal e-mail account," he said. "We are going to be working a joint investigation with Secret Service on this."

Brian Hale, an FBI spokesman in Washington, also confirms the FBI has been contacted about the incident. Two federal law enforcement sources say the FBI and Secret Service would have concurrent jurisdiction normally on a matter such as this, but it remains to be seen if the Secret Service will take the lead on the investigation because Palin is a protectee.

The e-mails shown include one from July between Palin and Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell and another dated earlier this week from Amy McCorkell, the woman Palin appointed to the Governor's Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in 2007.

Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record.
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Palin was using her personal accounts for government business for the SOLE reason that a personal email account cannot be subpoenaed for evidence in a court case like a government one can. She was trying to evade people finding out what she'd done, right?

Also, her address book is up all over the intertubes.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
 
Apparently, when a mayor of Wasilla, Palin signed up legislation making women who alleged they had been raped pay $500 for a medical examination to provide evidence (or otherwise) or their claims.

What an evil bî***..
 
Sybarite said:
Apparently, when a mayor of Wasilla, Palin signed up legislation making women who alleged they had been raped pay $500 for a medical examination to provide evidence (or otherwise) or their claims.

What an evil bî***.
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I think the testing should be free,but there are alot of false claims and they have to try and do something about that.
 
Libra said:
I think the testing should be free,but there are alot of false claims and they have to try and do something about that.
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So what do you suggest?

1) Are there really so many false claims? I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but is it really such a huge problem compared to, well, women getting raped?
2) Wouldn't making rape kits less accessible make it harder to determine whether or not a rape has taken place? Shoot the messenger and the message will never get there...
3) Doesn't Alaska have police and courts to determine whether or not an accusation is true?

Then again, I suppose we could always start charging the families of murder victims for the investigations too...

In fairness to Palin, though, I've seen some sources say it wasn't her idea nor was her town the only one where it happened; she just didn't change the policy of charging women for reporting a heinous crime until the law forced her to.
 
beer good said:
So what do you suggest?

1) Are there really so many false claims? I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but is it really such a huge problem compared to, well, women getting raped?.
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I didn't say false accusations is a bigger problem then women being raped, did I now?I also claimed that testing should be available for free because the sooner they do the swabs the better chance they have of finding the perpitrator.


beer good said:
2) Wouldn't making rape kits less accessible make it harder to determine whether or not a rape has taken place? Shoot the messenger and the message will never get there...
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Did I mention anything about making kits less accessible?




beer good said:
3) Doesn't Alaska have police and courts to determine whether or not an accusation is true?
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I don't know about Alaska, but in Canada they do.

beer good said:
Then again, I suppose we could always start charging the families of murder victims for the investigations too...
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:confused:Again,did you get this idea from my post? I surely don't think I gave that vibe out,just saying that there are also false claims out there ,and you did agree,but also it is not more important than a woman that has been raped ,getting the help and testing that she needs,and if that is what you interpreted from my little post ,you are mistaken.
 
Sorry, I misunderstood; I took your original comment to mean that you were against charging for them, but could understand why it was being done - to weed out false accusations. I therefore thought I'd point out that a) it wouldn't weed out false accusations, and b) that at either rate, weeding out false accusations at the price of letting rapists go free is, well, messed up. Sorry if we got our wires crossed. :)

And the last bit wasn't directed to you at all, but towards the idea of charging people for reporting a crime - especially a violent crime.
 
What I don't understand is why anyone, let alone a State Governor, would use Yahoo (or Hotmail or gmail etc.), even for personal correspondence.

I smell a rat. Not sure what kind of rat, but definitely a rat.
 
AuntiePam said:
What I don't understand is why anyone, let alone a State Governor, would use Yahoo (or Hotmail or gmail etc.), even for personal correspondence.

I smell a rat. Not sure what kind of rat, but definitely a rat.
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Last I heard, millions of people used Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail for personal correspondence? I know I do. What else are you supposed to use them for?
 
beer good said:
Last I heard, millions of people used Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail for personal correspondence? I know I do. What else are you supposed to use them for?
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Use your .gov address for work related business and yahoo for personal communication?
 
beer good said:
Last I heard, millions of people used Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail for personal correspondence? I know I do. What else are you supposed to use them for?
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Whenever I hear complaints about email, they're talking about Yahoo, Hotmail, or Gmail. The impression I get from that is that these services could be more secure and more reliable.
 
beer good said:
Sorry, I misunderstood; I took your original comment to mean that you were against charging for them, but could understand why it was being done - to weed out false accusations. I therefore thought I'd point out that a) it wouldn't weed out false accusations, and b) that at either rate, weeding out false accusations at the price of letting rapists go free is, well, messed up. Sorry if we got our wires crossed. :)

And the last bit wasn't directed to you at all, but towards the idea of charging people for reporting a crime - especially a violent crime.
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I am glad we cleared that up cause I thought I would have to travel to Stockholm and kick some....:D
 
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