Little Green Footballs has an article about the person accused of hacking into the email of Sarah Palin.  He is the son of a Democratic state representative in Tennessee.

Just for the record, I don’t hold parents responsible for the actions of their 20-year old children who are college students.  However, even though this may have been a big joke to David Kernell (the hacker), I would like to see him punished severly.  Hacking is illegal and should not be treated lightly.  Computers and emails are used to communicate a lot of sensitive information, and there needs to be protection on the confidentiality of that information.  I am not a computer geek, so I’m not sure what is in place, but hacking into a public figure’s private email is tacky at best and criminal at worst. 

Just a note–the twenty or thirty ‘wolves’ that headed to Wasilla, Alaska, a few weeks ago seem to be having a difficult time coming up with serious dirt on Sarah Palin.  They did come up with a DUI her husband was charged with twenty years ago, but Barack Obama admits that he was using cocaine at that time, so I’m not sure how much of a deal they can afford to make of this.  They also tried the “troopergate” thing, but Bill Clinton already had a patent on that name; and as the memos relating to the situation are released, the charge of scandal is unraveling.  Sarah Palin is a charismatic, attractive lady, but it seems as if when it is all said and done, she lives a rather average life of balancing work, family, and career..