Feds Closing in on Palin E-mail Theft Hacker
Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:01 PM
By: Rick Pedraza
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The FBI and Secret Service investigating the hacking of Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palin?s private email account, which circulated widely on the
Internet Wednesday, have uncovered a digital fingerprint which should
lead them to the culprit.
An article posted on the Web site WikiLeaks contains snapshots
of email exchanges the Republican vice presidential candidate had with
colleagues, as well as private family photographs.
The Associated Press obtained all the emails and ran stories
about their contents, but when the Secret Service contacted AP on
Wednesday and asked for copies of the leaked emails, AP hesitated to
cooperate.
A campaign spokesman for presidential running mate John McCain
calls it a ?shocking invasion of the governor?s privacy and a violation
of law.? A statement issued to the media Thursday says the matter has
been turned over to the appropriate authorities.
Details of the hacking include a first-hand account suggesting
Palin?s Yahoo! email was vulnerable. Apparently the hacker was able to
impersonate Palin online to obtain her password.
The Associated Press reports the hacker guessed correctly that
Palin met her husband in high school, knew her date of birth, and her
home Zip code. Using those details, the hacker tricked Yahoo! into
providing a new password, the Internet service provider says. Yahoo!
declined to comment further about the details of the investigation,
citing Palin's privacy.
The subsequent FBI investigation reveals that a person
claiming responsibility for the break in sent a message to the hacked
account, writing, "i am the lurker who did it, and i would like to tell
the story."
Investigators are waiting to speak with Gabriel Ramuglia of
Athens, Ga., who owns the Internet service provider company that was
tracked to Palin?s account. Ramuglia told the AP he?s reviewing the
logs and will turn over any digital fingerprint information to the FBI
if the hacker violated rules against using the anonymity service for
illegal activities.
"Usually, this sort of thing would be hard to track down
because it's Yahoo! email, and a lot of people use my service for
that," Ramuglia tells The Register. "Since they were dumb enough to
post a full screenshot that showed most of the URL, I should be able to
find that in my log.
"If you're doing something illegal and causing me issues by
doing this, I'm willing to cooperate," Ramuglia said. "Obviously this
is the most high profile situation I've dealt with."
Border Patrol agents arrest two felons in Douglas and Naco
By XAVIER ZARAGOZA
The Daily Dispatch Jan. 4, 2008
Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal entrant in Douglas Friday who in 1994 had been convicted for aggravated assault with a handgun in Cochise County.
Jesus Corona-Gutierrez, of Mexico, had been sentenced to eight years in prison before he was removed to Mexico on February 9, 1999. Corona-Gutierrez was arrested in March 1994 for attempted murder in Cochise County.
Corona-Gutierrez was arrested for reentry into the United States.
Border Patrol authorities said that since Corona-Gutierrez is a convicted felon, he will be held in service custody pending prosecution for reentry of an aggravated felon. He will then be formally deported to Mexico.
In a separate incident agents in Naco arrested an illegal entrant that was convicted for sex abuse of a child in Idaho.
Alejandro Fernandez-Montelongo, 24, of Mexico, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He served 180 days before being returned to Mexico. Fernandez-Montelongo is also in service custody pending prosecution for re-entry of an aggravated felon.
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Global warming to blame
for fires, says Harry Reid
To astonishment of reporters,
Senate majority leader makes link
Posted: October 23, 2007
10:26 p.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Is there a political angle to the wildfires raging through Southern California?
You
betcha – at least according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who
said global warming is at least partly responsible for the blazes.
"One
reason why we have the fires in California is global warming," the
Nevada Democrat told reporters, emphasizing the need to pass the
Democrats' comprehensive energy package.
