“As Watergate taught us, we rightfully reject illegally breaking into candidates’ private communications for political intrigue in an attempt to derail an election.” ~Sarah Palin’s Facebook statement
BBC News
30 Apr 2010
A jury in Tennessee has convicted a former student of hacking the e-mail account of Sarah Palin.
David Kernell, 22, was found guilty of obstructing justice and unauthorised access to a computer.
The son of a Democratic lawmaker, he faces up to 20 years in prison for the first charge and one year for the charge of hacking.
He broke into Mrs Palin’s e-mail account during her 2008 Republican campaign for the US vice-presidency.
Kernell was cleared of a charge of wire fraud…
… Wade Davies, Kernell’s lawyer, had said his client’s actions amounted to a college prank, rather than a crime.
Kernell was a student at the University of Tennessee at the time.
But prosecutors said it was an attempt to influence a national election through illegal means.
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