All About McCain

[Alex]

This was reported before. Palin and her top people used private email accounts on advise of counsel (or somone advisor anyway) on the theory it wouldn't be under the same requirements (sunshine laws, retention, subpoenability) as emails through the official government channels. Of course, this is security hole is a much bigger issue once this is known to the general world.

I'm curious, though, why they revealed her husbands email address in the article. There is no reason he wouldn't be using a private email address since he has no official government business to do.

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by Alex

This was reported before. Palin and her top people used private email accounts on advise of counsel (or somone advisor anyway) on the theory it wouldn't be under the same requirements (sunshine laws, retention, subpoenability) as emails through the official government channels. Of course, this is security hole is a much bigger issue once this is known to the general world.

I'm curious, though, why they revealed her husbands email address in the article. There is no reason he wouldn't be using a private email address since he has no official government business to do.

The news is that her private email account was hacked, not that she has private email or that she uses it to conduct business so that the email cannot be subpoenaed.

I don't know about her husband, other than that apparently he attended a lot of her work meetings and people have mentioned that the Alaskan residents apparently voted for a co-governorship.

[3894]

Re: Palin and the Yahoo e-mail

To me, use of e-mail with ads for travel agents at the bottom of the page shows a lack of professionalism. Same thing with:
- routinely cc'ing her hubbo
- bringing the baby to work
- hiring her high school friends
-calling her audience "guys and gals"

As for McCain, Elizabeth Drew, author of Citizen McCain has an opinion piece in today's Politico. Quick Quote:

McCain’s recent conduct of his campaign – his willingness to lie repeatedly (including in his acceptance speech) and to play Russian roulette with the vice-presidency, in order to fulfill his long-held ambition – has reinforced my earlier, and growing, sense that John McCain is not a principled man.
In fact, it’s not clear who he is.

[Tenigma]

OK I misunderstood a tidbit about Palin's email hack yesterday because I assumed the hack was performed "anonymously."

This is actually not accurate. The hack was performed by "Anonymous," the amorphous group that has also waged a harassment campaign against the Church of Scientology.

That to me says a lot. This is activist-motivated. Instead of just some haxxor in Russia tinkering around and gleefully reading Sarah Palin's private email, this was done as an act of defiance to make a point--I *suspect* it was to say that government officials should not hide their backroom dealings under the veil of personal email.

Can we say....

????

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Tenigma

OK I misunderstood a tidbit about Palin's email hack yesterday because I assumed the hack was performed "anonymously."

This is actually not accurate. The hack was performed by "Anonymous," the amorphous group that has also waged a harassment campaign against the Church of Scientology.

That to me says a lot. This is activist-motivated. Instead of just some haxxor in Russia tinkering around and gleefully reading Sarah Palin's private email, this was done as an act of defiance to make a point--I *suspect* it was to say that government officials should not hide their backroom dealings under the veil of personal email.

Can we say....

????

The trouble with amorphous groups like Anonymous or Al Qaeda is that just about anyone can do just about anything and say "Yup. We are members of <** insert group name here **>" and there is really no way, even for other members of the group, to categorical say yes or no to their involvment. .

From what little I have seen this could just as easily be some Thetan looking to give Anon a black eye.