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Screenshots from Alaska Governor and Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin's personal [[Yahoo!]] email account were published online by an alleged hacker on September 17, 2008. The material appeared on the anonymous posting site WikiLeaks, the gossip blog Gawker and elsewhere. The Washington Post and an online blog at Mother Jones both published her Yahoo email address the previous week.
20-year-old David Kernell, son of Tennessee congress Representative Michael Kernell is the key suspect in the email hacking investigation. Kernell's apartment was searched by law enforcement, but as of September 24, there was still no indictment made on the University of Tennessee student.
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FBI Investigation
John McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis called the incident a "shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of the law." They notified the FBI and a joint investigation was launched with the Secret Service.FOXNews: FBI, Secret Service Investigate Hacking... (September 18, 2008)Palin Emails
Gawker speculated that the hacking of Palin's email account may have caused the Governor to destroy evidence that could have possibly been used against her in the Troopergate investigation.Palin Email to Sean Parnell
In one email, individual writing from Palin's account refers to radio host Dan Fagan as "evil."-
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Palin's Inbox
- A screenshot of Palin's inbox shows several e-mails from Ivy Frye, Palin's assistant, with a new message at the top revealing that the Yahoo! account password was changed at 4:23 a.m. According to Wikileaks, the "clunnel" URL in the search bar is a proxy meant to prevent the hackers from being traced.
Palin to Parnell
- This e-mail is apparently a response to Sean Parnell, Alaska's Lieutenant Governor. Palin expresses frustration at radio personality Dan Fagan's representation of Parnell. Palin calls Fagan "inconsistent and purposefully misleading."
E-Mail from Amy McCorkell
- The inbox also contained an e-mail from Amy McCorkell, whom Palin had appointed to the Governor's Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. McCorkell says that she is praying for Palin and encourages her not to be negatively affected by extensive press scrutiny.
A Moment of Levity
- The leaked photo from Palin's e-mail account shows one of the Palin daughters, supposedly Willow Palin, sticking her tongue out and crossing her eyes while holding an infant.
