Lawmaker's Son, UT Student David Kernell, Indicted in Palin E-mail Hacking

[NashVegas]

Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

A University of Tennessee student who is the son of a Memphis legislator has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of hacking Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail.

David C. Kernell, 20, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Knoxville for intentionally accessing without authorization the e-mail account of Palin, the governor of Alaska and Sen. John McCain's running mate, according to U.S. Attorney James R. Dedrick.

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Read more: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/08/arrest-made-palin-hacking-case/

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Kids, if you're going to do this stuff, don't brag and don't ask for help on websites the NYT writes about.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

1. Hey Palin, teenagers make mistakes...you know all about that...dontcha?

[midnight]

2. US spies can find a student, but not a terrorist..........

I'm sure Bin Ladin was bragging big when he was allowed to bring in foreigners to be trained as pilots at American schools. And the real kicker for Bin Ladin is that he warned us too.

[Nambe]

3. He thought it was public record and was trying to fix the glitch.

He thought it was public record and was trying to fix the glitch.

[marshall]

4. He's got a bright future in internet technology

Perhaps he can get a job in security oversight.
Prayers to the family.

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[last1standing]

6. You support rape?

What kind of homophobic, hateful human being actually enjoys thinking of people being raped?

Answer: Only a diseased mind. Think about it.

[noonwitch]

7. He did it, he should pay the price

He is not a child and he knew what he was doing was wrong and illegal. His actions reflect poorly on other dems and on Obama, by extension.

[yellowcanine]

8. He was wrong but his heart was in the right place. We should contribute to a defense fund.

[WriteDown]

11. That is just silly...

You could say the same about suicide bombers at discoteccas. We're going to win anyway. No reason to stoop so low.

[yellowcanine]

12. I am accounting for his youth - misdirected yes, but hey, at least he tried.

No need to invoke suicide bombers. I would not say their hearts are in the right place.

[gratuitous]

9. Odd . . .

Can you really "hack" an e-mail account that isn't, by law, supposed to exist? Governmental affairs are supposed to be conducted on governmental apparatuses, and the e-mail account Gov. Palin was using for official business was not a government account. If I was the young man's defense attorney, I'd be inclined to try a couple of "novel" defenses to the charges, and see if the prosecutor really had the belly for going after this "crime."

[sittingonafence]

10. Mmhmm.

>>Kids, if you're going to do this stuff, don't brag and don't ask for help on websites the NYT writes about.

At the very least, don't post it on a notorious image board where things frequently get out of hand. This kid was just being stupid and reckless, I seriously doubt he meant harm. Hopefully people will understand that instead of overreacting...

[colonel odis]

13. if he'd hacked into an account of biden's, nothing would happen to him.