The son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hacking the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.It is reported that his father "is longtime state Rep. Mike Kernell of Memphis, chairman of Tennessee's House Government Operations Committee."
David Kernell, 20, of Knoxville, Tenn. entered the plea in federal court in Knoxville, the same day prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging him with intentionally accessing Palin's e-mail account without authorization.
Kernell, an economics student at the University of Tennessee, was brought into court wearing handcuffs and shackles on his ankles.
The charges against David Kernell were listed:
The indictment alleges that on Sept. 16 Kernell reset the password to Palin's personal e-mail account to gain access to it. Authorities say Kernell then read the contents of the account and made screenshots of the e-mail directory, e-mail content and other personal information, later posting some of the information to a public Web site.
2 comments:
1) what he did was kinda wrong, but 2) it wasnt hacking and I wonder what kind of trial the prosecutor is going to try to make stick.
What David Kernell did was simply answer some questions. Any high schooler in any school has done the same thing to their friend's hotmail account.
1) "Kinda wrong"? It's illegal!
2) Whether you call it "hacking" or something else ... it violated the privacy of an email account and contributed to suspisions about internet safety.
3)This was not a "friend's hotmail account" ... it was the Governor of Alaska and U.S. Vice Presidential candidate. There is a huge difference.
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