Update: Hackers claim to break into Palin's Yahoo Mail account »
Posted By jovial 1 year, 1 month ago in Science & TechnologyA group of hackers that hit the Church of Scientology's site earlier this year have apparently cracked the Yahoo Mail account belonging to Gov. Sarah Palin , the Republican nominee for vice president, according to documents and screenshots posted on the Web.
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jovial1 year, 1 month ago
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http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin_Yahoo_inbox_...
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Mdiar1 year, 1 month ago
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No, Anonymous isn't associated with the Obama campaign.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group)
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Charlson1 year, 1 month ago
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If you conduct government business on your personal email account to hide your involvement in something you don't want the public to know, then you have no reasonable right to privacy. When the president refuses to turn over emails relating to a congressional investigation and then mysteriously loses them and when the governor of the state of Alaska refuses to turn over her emails because of that same "executive priviledge", then I applaud citizens who attempt to reveal what they're trying to hide. Wish they'd go after Bush and Cheney's emails.
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Mdiar1 year, 1 month ago
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gamahuche1 year, 1 month ago
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For once I'll disagree with you.
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If she had been using the site solely as a place to chat [not-so] privately wirth friends I'd agree that the petty-mindedness of the interlopers would be nothing other than a gratuitous and offensive act.
The fact that she was evidently using it to hide partisan political activity completely nullifies that and is just as anti-democratic and culpable as document shredding/phone-tapping and all the other devious scams.
Only open government can be legitimate, allowing some wriggle-room only for what are genuine non-partisan STATE secrets.
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Spadecaller1 year, 1 month ago
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The entire world is only affected by this next election. Full disclosure should be demanded by a presidential or vice presidential candidate of both parties.
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Palin's need to hide her real identity is becoming more clear as we go on. We would not even need to know about her email communiques if she submitted to allowing the press to really get to know her. It is all too apparent that an organized effort to conceal her extremist views has been operating since her surprising nomination. After eight long years living with the secret Bush administration should be enough warning for anyone.
I find this whole thing amusing in an odd way. The neocons are showing concern about the invasion of personal privacy.
Ha! Since when have they posted those concerns before on Propeller?
They never cared a hoot about wire tapping performed by corrupted government officials. The flip flopping hypocrisy of this new right wing in our nation is pathetic and dangerous.The repression of the truth is the real theme of the GOP. That has become more and more obvious. One good look at the state of Wall Street, K Street, and our public streets are proof of that!-
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jovial1 year, 1 month ago
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Really, you're right. I guess in their minds it's OK for the government to look at your emails, but individual citizens need to stay out! I wonder if the GOP response would have been as loud if the emails leaked had been Al Sharpton's or John Kerry's or Nancy Pelosi?
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nd70md1 year, 1 month ago
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I haven't seen anything of any government import on the emails that I have seen. There does not seem to be any intent to hide anything. Her private email account is just that. If there were to be any discovery, it should be done legally. If the posting web site knew that this was illegally obtained, the editors and/or publisher should go to the same State/Federal jail for trafficking in stolen goods. This is so insulting that few focus on the illegality of the known fact that these were illegally pirated and would rather focus on speculation that she might have something in these emails of significance. The high and mighty on this would be singing a different tune if it were their private correspondence spread over the net.
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flyonthewallzz1 year, 1 month ago
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HMMM.....
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I seem unable to reply to comments this evening at this box.
Klarssa: I wish you knew about my recent positive votes.
Mdair and mntnman444: I find myself in fuzzy disagreement with you.
Let me repeat "Fuzzy".
It seems to me that since "Operation Shamrock" electronic communication is unprotected. So my feeling "this evening" is that, if folks phones are tapped, Emails monitored, cell phones are being used to locate where people are.
Well then the hackers are just pointing out the weaknesses and possibly tempering the system.
I say go ahead: publish Baracks Email.
It is funny how Diary's have little locks on them.
It is true that folks write stuff they do not want to share.
It is naive to think that stuff bounced off satellites is private.
Be they Hackers or the NSA, people will try to peep.
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