Blue Collar Muse

Jenn Sierra at Fort Hard Knox is reporting that a Wired.com article says the father of the person who hacked Sarah Palin’s email account may be a “Democratic State Representative” in Tennessee while the hacker himself may be a college student in Tennessee. This is the first I’ve heard of this. Anyone else here in Tennessee know anything about this?

If so, blog and link here so I catch your posts or email me with a link. I’m a bit indisposed at the moment and cannot investigate as much as I would like.

UPDATE: 2AM 9-19 Rusty at Rustmeister’s Alehouse and Mushy at The Silverbacks report that the hacker is likely David Kernell, son of Memphis Democratic Representative Mike Kernell.  So far all Kernell has done is confirm that his son is the subject of speculation and allegation.  There has been no formal admission or charge as of now.  The FBI and the Secret Service have both started investigations into the matter but there is no confirmation that Kernell is the focus of their efforts.  Terry Frank has some more in depth analysis and some great comments at her place.

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