Comments on: Feds probe hack of Palin's e-mail account

Wikileaks posts portions of what appear to be Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin's e-mail inbox, drawing a complaint from the McCain-Palin campaign and an inquiry from the Secret Service.

[cpeterka]

OMG SOMEONE DID A WIRETAP WITHOUT A WARRANT !!
What is this nation coming to? Someone broke the law by obtaining private communications without a Legal Warrant !!
Quick call in the Attorney General.
Quick call in the President.
Quck, call in AT&T !
How Dare They Invade Someone's Privacy without Legal Permission!

Or is it .... Turn About is Fair Play?

[The_Decider]

This just shows that Palin is no different than Bush. She is Bush, but even more retarded.

She also comes off as a female version of Ann Coulter, mean and nasty.

What a great candidate: Mean, nasty, thinks she is above the law, no experience, no brains, no morals, and just plain creepy. No wonder the extreme right wing nut cases love her!

[freewheel]

mharrell11 said: "All of the radicals will be the first to cry fowl when Obama is elected and you loose all your constitutional rights."

Exactly right. If Obama tramples our rights (as all Presidents have a tendency from time to time), the Left will hold him accountable, and not apologize for him. As opposed to Conservatives, for whom Bush / Palin / Cheney / McCain can do no wrong.

[Dragon_Myr]

Wow...a public official who uses a private email account to communicate with other public officials. How is this news? They all do it! Someone let Pelosi know her AOL email account may be in trouble. (obvious sarcasm ahead) Thanks, CNET, for legitimizing a group of people who broke the law, and for using their illegal activity to further a national press story. So when is the story based on false documents planned? Is that next week or 2 weeks from now? (obvious sarcasm end)

I haven't made up my mind which side to vote for yet (a lot can change between now and election day). However, all this yellow journalism may just sway me out of spite for all the crap that interrupts real news that's out there. I cannot recall the last time the media has been so vicious. CNET, now that it's under CBS rule, has definitely been going downhill ever since. This is more evidence of it.

[Nighteye19]

"However, all this yellow journalism may just sway me out of spite for all the crap that interrupts real news that's out there"

If this is how you decide to vote for a president, don't bother. Your vote shouldn't be counted because you are an idiot.

[Lilymarie]

Palin is doing illegal activities, and lucky for us someone is reporting on it. My question now would be how many other Government Officials are doing the same thing to skirt the law. I say hold her accountable, she's the one who is guilty of breaking the law, and our Government Officials should be held to a higher standard then those who are trying to keep them honest.l

[BuddhaKat]

So tell me this, if you're a government official, in this case a governor, and the law requires you to use official procedures for things like official state business, does that mean you have to use the "official" system for everything in your private life as well? Of course not! Now I know all the Lib's are grasping at the thinnest hope that Palin did something wrong, but the facts exonerate her. If there was anything, no matter how small, it would be all over the news. CNN, NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS are all pulling for Obama and wouldn't hesitate to go on the air with ANYTHING that could possibly make Palin or McCain look bad. The silence is deafening. The only law that was broken was the one that protects our privacy and I hope the hacker is found and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

[BuddhaKat]

Lest there be some confusion, the Dem's, Left, et.al. are fierce defenders of the law, right up to the point when it's convenient not to. So it's OK to commit a crime as long as it might expose something that can help your agenda? Then why are you all so pissed off at Bush for wiretapping?

[O-Really]

Can any of the Obamites produce a Palin email that is an example of Palin conducting state business on her personal email account, other than the email to her Lt governor where she is complaining about the media spotlight on her personal life? Or is all of this blustering about Palin being a criminal simply more mud slinging? Any link you can post would be greatly appreciated.

[jachamp]

Palin and her supporters claiming about the hacking being illegal and a horrible act is like a drug dealer and his clients complaining about having their stash stolen.

Palin's secret accounts were designed to circumvent the rules. I wish there was a real department of justice involved here to nail her on obstruction of justice charges but with the wishy-washy people involved in this case...you can see the hackers being probed while the real criminal walks free.

[O-Really]

ja, Palin must be really stupid to have put her last name on one of her "secret accounts" don't you think? Keep drinking the coolaid :)

[obamavoter]

Sarah Palin answers her critics!

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/61410aa4ff

[renGek]

First, the most important thing is palin needs to take responsibility of her action and not say "hey you hacked me, not fair". Anyone working in a company with sensitive info knows better than to use personal emails for work. Had I done something like that, I would be fired and/or severely disciplined. Its your own dang fault.

Second, hackers hacking people's email should be punished. But its not likely to happen because most hackers are clever. The fbi have weigh in on much higher profile hacks to yahoo, microsoft etc. and none have led anywhere so good luck fbi.

Third, lots of people get their emails hacked. Good luck trying to find a law enforcement agency to help you if that happens.

[Jeff_Smado]

The fact that Sarah Palin was using a Yahoo! account is almost neglectable in light of the fact that Anonymous members were illegally cracking the email account and deliberately spread private and government information on the internet, on top of all endangering the safety of Palin's family. No "public interest" exists for this, and their doing was just plain illegal. Anonymous is known for illegal and harassing actions for a long time.

Article:
http://www.nolanchart.com/article4803.html

Fox11 News on Anonymous:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY

Anonymous response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjU8bZR19A

Another Fox11 report:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYH-5ke_bOU

Anonymous documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbwNyKXux70
http://www.anonymous-exposed.org

[rickdesjardins]

I am not surprised that those on the left say hacking the email was just fine. I am also sure the tune would be completely different if it were Obama's email...
I am surprised at CNET's bias in the article to the point of repeating conjecture and innuendo regarding her use of personal email for business... pretty transparent. To think I used to like this website...

[JonFraudCarry]

The same Liberal pukes who screamed and yelled about George Bush and wire tapping are celebrating this. Hypocrites.

[ekeefe41]

Does anyone know what laws are in place for this type of thing? After all this was just a private email account, not a government ran email. I know people that had there myspace accounts, yahoo, and gmail accounts hacked... yet the secret service nor the FBI did any investigation....

Do you see my point?

Tax money is now being spent investigating this. I want to know is there even a law in place to prosecute this kind of thing?

[ekeefe41]

Does anyone know what laws are in place for this type of thing? After all this was just a private email account, not a government ran email. I know people that had there myspace accounts, yahoo, and gmail accounts hacked... yet the secret service nor the FBI did any investigation....

Do you see my point?

Tax money is now being spent investigating this. I want to know is there even a law in place to prosecute this kind of thing?

[solitare_pax]

Thank goodness they haven't hacked John McCain's e-mail account!

[Harrison912]

As a web site owner of safety and security products, I'm always glad to see security breaches closed and the perpetrators punished.

[j_a_s_p_e_r]

Just read the comments by the 0bama supporters. tsk. tsk. When you hate someone with such vitriol, you lose part of yourself.

The arguments are that she deserved it because she was using a private account, that its cool because she must be hiding something. They are enjoying every bit of this because it is not their candidate. They relish in the fact that her privacy was violated while claiming that it is payback for supporting illegal wiretapping.

Extreme liberals published her social security number on a liberal blog and then they hack her email, whats next? When you sell your soul for an ideology what do you get in return?

[tech_junky48]

I have a few questions for those who are posting here,

1. Why is it that Sarah Palin is a horrible person? There were no public documents leaked. There is no proof she was even using her email for her job anyway.

2. Why aren't the hackers to blame here? I love the way anyone who hacks for the left is a hero, while wiretaps are "a horrible invasion of privacy". Newsflash: every president since Nixon (or maybe Carter, I forget) has tapped phones. Only Bush is using it legitimately, during a time of war.

3. Why isn't the AP revealing what they know?

4. Why is this even on CNET? More and more political issues have been appearing here since they were bought by CBS. This should be a TECH website, not a political one.

Flame away. I'll be ready.

[j_a_s_p_e_r]

CNet was purchased by CBS... at least it wasn't MSNBC :)

[tech_junky48]

Good point jasper, MSNBC hasn't even been feigning neutrality since at least the '90's.

[j_a_s_p_e_r]

1. It was not Anonymous. It was one guy
2. it was not a hack. He pretexted the lost password system

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D939AO101&show_article=1