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FBI searches apartment in Palin hacking case
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI searched the residence of the son of a
Democratic state lawmaker in Tennessee over the weekend looking for
evidence linking the young man to the hacking of Republican vice
presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account, two law
enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Monday.
David Kernell, 20, has not returned repeated phone calls or e-mails from
the AP since last week. His lawyer said Monday the family is going
through a difficult period.
"The Kernell family wants to do the right thing, and they want what is best
for their son," said attorney Wade V. Davies of Knoxville. "We are
confident that the truth will emerge as we go through the process. David
is a decent and intelligent young man, and I look forward to assisting him
during this difficult period."
Kernell is the son of state Rep. Mike Kernell, a Memphis Democrat and
chairman of Tennessee's House Government Operations Committee. The
father declined last week to discuss the possibility his son might be
involved in the case.
"I had nothing to do with it, I had no knowledge or anything," Mike Kernell
told the AP last week.
"I was not a party to anything of this nature at all," he added. "I wasn't in
on this - and I wouldn't know how to do anything like that."
No one answered the door at Mike Kernell's home in Memphis on Monday,
and he did not return repeated phone calls Monday from the AP.
The apartment the FBI searched is in a complex about five blocks from
the University of Tennessee campus in a neighborhood popular with
students. No one around the complex Monday knew David Kernell or saw
the FBI agents over the weekend.
A hacker last week broke into one of the Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) e-mail
accounts that Palin uses, revealing as evidence a few inconsequential
personal messages she has received since John McCain selected her as
his running mate. The McCain campaign confirmed the break-in and
called it a "shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of
law."
Palin used "gov.sarah" in one of her Yahoo e-mail addresses she
sometimes uses to conduct state business. The hacker targeted her
separate "gov.palin" account.
During the break-in, the hacker used an Internet address that traced to
David Kernell's apartment complex in Knoxville. The FBI obtained logs
Saturday establishing the connection from Gabriel Ramuglia of Athens,
Ga., who operates an Internet anonymity service used by the hacker.
Ramuglia told the AP the FBI asked him to confirm the address appeared
in his records, and it did. Ramuglia said his logs showed the hacker
visiting Yahoo's mail service, resetting Palin's password and announcing
results of the break-in on a Web site where the hacking was first
disclosed.
"I think he just didn't realize the severity of what he was doing until
afterwards," Ramuglia said.
After the break-in, a person claiming responsibility published a detailed
chronology of the hacking on the same Web site. That person identified
his e-mail address as one that has been linked publicly to David Kernell.
As a lawmaker, Mike Kernell, 56, was among a handful of Democrats to
vote against the Tennessee governor's health plan because he said it
wasn't expansive enough. He also opposed a recent increase in the
cigarette tax because he felt the proceeds should have been directed
toward health care instead of education.
Kernell was also among five House members who voted against a
sweeping overhaul of state ethics laws in 2006. He said the new law's
limits on cash contributions hurts candidates seeking smaller donations.
Kernell has a straight-laced reputation among his colleagues.
"Mike Kernell is your quintessential Boy Scout," said state Rep. John
Deberry, another Democrat. "Mike follows the rules. He will almost get on
your nerve as far as making sure things are done by the book."
"If Mike had known anything about this, he would have had a fit on his
son," Deberry said. "When I saw his reaction when he first heard about
it, the absolute fear and shock that was on his face, I realized then he
had absolutely nothing to do with it."
Experts said the hacker apparently left an easy trail for investigators.
"He might as well have taken a picture of his house and uploaded it," said
Ken P., an Internet security expert. "He should have just set up a big
beacon that said, 'Here's my house,' or confessed. If they can't catch this
guy based on all the information posted on the Web then all bets are off."
The hacker described guessing correctly that Alaska's governor had met
her husband in high school, and knew Palin's date of birth and home Zip
code. Using those details, the hacker tricked Yahoo's service into
assigning a new password, "popcorn," for Palin's e-mail account. What
started as a prank was cut short because of panic over the possibility the
FBI might investigate, the hacker wrote.
The FBI and Secret Service are now investigating.
The law enforcement officials confirming the search spoke on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation.
In Washington, Justice Department spokeswoman Laura Sweeney
confirmed Monday only that the FBI conducted "investigative activity" late
Saturday and early Sunday in Knoxville related to the case.
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI searched the residence of the son of a
Democratic state lawmaker in Tennessee over the weekend looking for
evidence linking the young man to the hacking of Republican vice
presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account, two law
enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Monday.
David Kernell, 20, has not returned repeated phone calls or e-mails from
the AP since last week. His lawyer said Monday the family is going
through a difficult period.
"The Kernell family wants to do the right thing, and they want what is best
for their son," said attorney Wade V. Davies of Knoxville. "We are
confident that the truth will emerge as we go through the process. David
is a decent and intelligent young man, and I look forward to assisting him
during this difficult period."
Kernell is the son of state Rep. Mike Kernell, a Memphis Democrat and
chairman of Tennessee's House Government Operations Committee. The
father declined last week to discuss the possibility his son might be
involved in the case.
"I had nothing to do with it, I had no knowledge or anything," Mike Kernell
told the AP last week.
"I was not a party to anything of this nature at all," he added. "I wasn't in
on this - and I wouldn't know how to do anything like that."
No one answered the door at Mike Kernell's home in Memphis on Monday,
and he did not return repeated phone calls Monday from the AP.
The apartment the FBI searched is in a complex about five blocks from
the University of Tennessee campus in a neighborhood popular with
students. No one around the complex Monday knew David Kernell or saw
the FBI agents over the weekend.
A hacker last week broke into one of the Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) e-mail
accounts that Palin uses, revealing as evidence a few inconsequential
personal messages she has received since John McCain selected her as
his running mate. The McCain campaign confirmed the break-in and
called it a "shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of
law."
Palin used "gov.sarah" in one of her Yahoo e-mail addresses she
sometimes uses to conduct state business. The hacker targeted her
separate "gov.palin" account.
During the break-in, the hacker used an Internet address that traced to
David Kernell's apartment complex in Knoxville. The FBI obtained logs
Saturday establishing the connection from Gabriel Ramuglia of Athens,
Ga., who operates an Internet anonymity service used by the hacker.
Ramuglia told the AP the FBI asked him to confirm the address appeared
in his records, and it did. Ramuglia said his logs showed the hacker
visiting Yahoo's mail service, resetting Palin's password and announcing
results of the break-in on a Web site where the hacking was first
disclosed.
"I think he just didn't realize the severity of what he was doing until
afterwards," Ramuglia said.
After the break-in, a person claiming responsibility published a detailed
chronology of the hacking on the same Web site. That person identified
his e-mail address as one that has been linked publicly to David Kernell.
As a lawmaker, Mike Kernell, 56, was among a handful of Democrats to
vote against the Tennessee governor's health plan because he said it
wasn't expansive enough. He also opposed a recent increase in the
cigarette tax because he felt the proceeds should have been directed
toward health care instead of education.
Kernell was also among five House members who voted against a
sweeping overhaul of state ethics laws in 2006. He said the new law's
limits on cash contributions hurts candidates seeking smaller donations.
Kernell has a straight-laced reputation among his colleagues.
"Mike Kernell is your quintessential Boy Scout," said state Rep. John
Deberry, another Democrat. "Mike follows the rules. He will almost get on
your nerve as far as making sure things are done by the book."
"If Mike had known anything about this, he would have had a fit on his
son," Deberry said. "When I saw his reaction when he first heard about
it, the absolute fear and shock that was on his face, I realized then he
had absolutely nothing to do with it."
Experts said the hacker apparently left an easy trail for investigators.
"He might as well have taken a picture of his house and uploaded it," said
Ken P., an Internet security expert. "He should have just set up a big
beacon that said, 'Here's my house,' or confessed. If they can't catch this
guy based on all the information posted on the Web then all bets are off."
The hacker described guessing correctly that Alaska's governor had met
her husband in high school, and knew Palin's date of birth and home Zip
code. Using those details, the hacker tricked Yahoo's service into
assigning a new password, "popcorn," for Palin's e-mail account. What
started as a prank was cut short because of panic over the possibility the
FBI might investigate, the hacker wrote.
The FBI and Secret Service are now investigating.
The law enforcement officials confirming the search spoke on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation.
In Washington, Justice Department spokeswoman Laura Sweeney
confirmed Monday only that the FBI conducted "investigative activity" late
Saturday and early Sunday in Knoxville related to the case.
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I can't resist posting one of YESTERDAY'S headlines, since it relates so much to the news of today. This is from the LA Times in May of 1999:
Yeah... that's a great success story, isn't it?It's one of the hidden success stories of the (President) Clinton era. In the great housing boom of the 1990s, black and Latino homeownership has surged to the highest level ever recorded. The number of African Americans owning their own home is now increasing nearly three times as fast as the number of whites; the number of Latino homeowners is growing nearly five times as fast as that of whites.
That's a lot of new picket fences. Since 1994, when the numbers really took off, the number of black and Latino homeowners has increased by 2 million. In all, the minority homeownership rate is on track to increase more in the 1990s than in any decade this century except the 1940s, when minorities joined in the wartime surge out of the Depression.
In 1992, Congress mandated that Fannie and Freddie increase their purchases of mortgages for low-income and medium-income borrowers. Operating under that requirement, Fannie Mae, in particular, has been aggressive and creative in stimulating minority gains. It has aimed extensive advertising campaigns at minorities that explain how to buy a home and opened three dozen local offices to encourage lenders to serve these markets. Most importantly, Fannie Mae has agreed to buy more loans with very low down payments--or with mortgage payments that represent an unusually high percentage of a buyer's income. That's made banks willing to lend to lower-income families they once might have rejected.
Aren't you the guy who hit me in the eye?
Uh...yeeeeaaaaaaah. That's a nugget.ElfDude wrote:I can't resist posting one of YESTERDAY'S headlines, since it relates so much to the news of today. This is from the LA Times in May of 1999:
Yeah... that's a great success story, isn't it?It's one of the hidden success stories of the (President) Clinton era. In the great housing boom of the 1990s, black and Latino homeownership has surged to the highest level ever recorded. The number of African Americans owning their own home is now increasing nearly three times as fast as the number of whites; the number of Latino homeowners is growing nearly five times as fast as that of whites.
That's a lot of new picket fences. Since 1994, when the numbers really took off, the number of black and Latino homeowners has increased by 2 million. In all, the minority homeownership rate is on track to increase more in the 1990s than in any decade this century except the 1940s, when minorities joined in the wartime surge out of the Depression.
In 1992, Congress mandated that Fannie and Freddie increase their purchases of mortgages for low-income and medium-income borrowers. Operating under that requirement, Fannie Mae, in particular, has been aggressive and creative in stimulating minority gains. It has aimed extensive advertising campaigns at minorities that explain how to buy a home and opened three dozen local offices to encourage lenders to serve these markets. Most importantly, Fannie Mae has agreed to buy more loans with very low down payments--or with mortgage payments that represent an unusually high percentage of a buyer's income. That's made banks willing to lend to lower-income families they once might have rejected.
Interesting.
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That may very well also be more news you won't see. I can imagine what might be going through suspicious minds (because I have one.)YYZ30 wrote:Why are we testing their airspace?CygnusX1 wrote:From the "MORE NEWS YOU WON'T SEE" dept. :
NATO officials report that two helicopters were fired on from a Pakistan
military checkpoint.
NOT good.
Provokies? Uh oh! We need a military hero!
I don't know, of course. I'm just being a dick, er my usual self
Against an ally though?Big Blue Owl wrote:That may very well also be more news you won't see. I can imagine what might be going through suspicious minds (because I have one.)YYZ30 wrote:Why are we testing their airspace?CygnusX1 wrote:From the "MORE NEWS YOU WON'T SEE" dept. :
NATO officials report that two helicopters were fired on from a Pakistan
military checkpoint.
NOT good.
Provokies? Uh oh! We need a military hero!
I don't know, of course. I'm just being a dick, er my usual self
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America?s ONLY Conservative Film Festival roars into Washington D.C.
October 1-4th.
Come see the films the Hollywood elite don?t want you to see!
Don?t get mad at Liberal Hollywood ? get even!
Attend the American Film Renaissance!
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Featuring:
An American Carol (Don?t Miss this Highly Anticipated Film!)
The American spirit is celebrated in this outrageous and totally irreverent
from David Zucker, the master of movie satire (Airplane!, The Naked
Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4). A cynical anti-American ?Hollywood?
filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday, and is
visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt
to show him the true meaning of America.
An all-star cast featuring Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Leslie
Nielsen, Dennis Hopper, James Woods, Robert Davi, Trace Adkins
and Kevin Farley.
Do As I Say (World Premiere!)
Based on the New York Times best-selling book "Do As I Say, Not as I Do"
by Peter Schweitzer. Do As I Say exposes the hypocrisies of
liberals like Al Gore, Michael Moore, and Noam Chomsky - who tell us to
live one way, while they live another.
Introduction and Q&A with director Nick Tucker.
U.N. Me (World Premiere!)
In this striking documentary, filmmaker Ami Horowitz illustrates how the
United Nations ? the world?s foremost humanitarian organization created
to ennoble mankind ? has become so ravaged by corruption that it
actually enables evil and creates global chaos. Filmed in Africa, the
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Introduction and Q&A with director, Ami Horowitz.
The Dukes (Washington DC Premiere!)
When a group of down-on-their-luck friends try to launch a comeback for
their nostalgia group The Dukes, creative juices flow, as do the risks of
ending up on the wrong side of the law. Starring Robert Davi (License to
Kill, Profiler), Chazz Palminteri (Analyze This, The Usual Suspects) and
Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Mask).
Introduction and Q&A with actor/director, Robert Davi.
Screenings at AMC Georgetown 14, The Carnegie Institution and the
Goethe-Institut, and after-parties every night!
About AFR: The American Film Renaissance is a non-profit film institute
based in Washington, D.C. that celebrates timeless American values by
producing, showcasing and distributing films that promote freedom
(including free speech, free enterprise and freedom of worship), rugged
individualism and the triumph of the human spirit; and through
supporting, nurturing and training filmmakers who share AFR's mission.
AFR held the first ever film festival celebrating America?s traditional and
foundational values in 2004 . Since then, AFR has organized 5 additional
film festivals in Dallas, Hollywood, Michigan and Washington DC. AFR also
conducts filmmaker training programs and is currently producing two
documentary films.
For more information, please visit our website: www.afrfilm.com
<http> or contact us:
Director@AFRFilm.com <mailto> or call 202-375-7837.
October 1-4th.
Come see the films the Hollywood elite don?t want you to see!
Don?t get mad at Liberal Hollywood ? get even!
Attend the American Film Renaissance!
http://www.townhallmail.com/uqwdqawg_coagueib.html
Featuring:
An American Carol (Don?t Miss this Highly Anticipated Film!)
The American spirit is celebrated in this outrageous and totally irreverent
from David Zucker, the master of movie satire (Airplane!, The Naked
Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4). A cynical anti-American ?Hollywood?
filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday, and is
visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt
to show him the true meaning of America.
An all-star cast featuring Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Leslie
Nielsen, Dennis Hopper, James Woods, Robert Davi, Trace Adkins
and Kevin Farley.
Do As I Say (World Premiere!)
Based on the New York Times best-selling book "Do As I Say, Not as I Do"
by Peter Schweitzer. Do As I Say exposes the hypocrisies of
liberals like Al Gore, Michael Moore, and Noam Chomsky - who tell us to
live one way, while they live another.
Introduction and Q&A with director Nick Tucker.
U.N. Me (World Premiere!)
In this striking documentary, filmmaker Ami Horowitz illustrates how the
United Nations ? the world?s foremost humanitarian organization created
to ennoble mankind ? has become so ravaged by corruption that it
actually enables evil and creates global chaos. Filmed in Africa, the
Middle East, Europe and the US.
Introduction and Q&A with director, Ami Horowitz.
The Dukes (Washington DC Premiere!)
When a group of down-on-their-luck friends try to launch a comeback for
their nostalgia group The Dukes, creative juices flow, as do the risks of
ending up on the wrong side of the law. Starring Robert Davi (License to
Kill, Profiler), Chazz Palminteri (Analyze This, The Usual Suspects) and
Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Mask).
Introduction and Q&A with actor/director, Robert Davi.
Screenings at AMC Georgetown 14, The Carnegie Institution and the
Goethe-Institut, and after-parties every night!
About AFR: The American Film Renaissance is a non-profit film institute
based in Washington, D.C. that celebrates timeless American values by
producing, showcasing and distributing films that promote freedom
(including free speech, free enterprise and freedom of worship), rugged
individualism and the triumph of the human spirit; and through
supporting, nurturing and training filmmakers who share AFR's mission.
AFR held the first ever film festival celebrating America?s traditional and
foundational values in 2004 . Since then, AFR has organized 5 additional
film festivals in Dallas, Hollywood, Michigan and Washington DC. AFR also
conducts filmmaker training programs and is currently producing two
documentary films.
For more information, please visit our website: www.afrfilm.com
<http> or contact us:
Director@AFRFilm.com <mailto> or call 202-375-7837.
Don't start none...won't be none.