Palin Email Hacker Found

mortonda writes to tell us that the person responsible for breaching Sarah Palin's private email account has been found. We discussed the breach last Wednesday, shortly before the hacker, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville student, posted a message detailing his methods. Wired has a story examining the potential legal consequences for the hacker.

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Seems != Guilty Even for a Republican

[WED Fan]

Do you know that she seems to have been using the account for gov business?

(Emphasis added is mine.)

So now, "seems" is enough to rate a finding of guilty in your book? It's funny, I've seen many a political discussion on /. and when the person in question is a liberal/Democrat, then "seems" means we should either find the person innocent in the court of public opinion, or at least reserve judgement until a court renders theirs, and then maybe even say the person was railroaded. However, when the person in question is a conservative/Republican, then "seems" is the equivilent of caught-red-handed-flail-them-lock-them-up-throw-away-the-key.

It seems to me that many who are afraid the "other side" will destroy the Constitution are all too ready to destroy it when its someone they disagree with who will be the victim.

Not a very open-minded, nor enlightened approach.

Please have the courtesy of reserving judgement until such a time all the facts are in.