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Obama's Mobile Phone Records Compromised, Shared
Tiger4 writes "Verizon has confirmed that some of its employees have accessed and perhaps shared calling records of President Elect Barack Obama (coverage at CNN, Reuters, AP). Verizon says the people involved have all been put on leave with pay as the investigation proceeds. Some of the employees may have accessed the information for legitimate purposes, but others may have been curiosity seekers and may have even shared the information around. The account was 'only' a phone, not a BlackBerry or similar device, and Verizon believes it was just calling records, not voicemail or email that was compromised. The articles do not mention the similarity to the warrantless wiretapping or hospital records compromises of recent months. But that immediately sprang to mind for me."
My problem is that the media has aired more of Joe the plumber's background than Barack's. All he did was ask a question. Why is the left only tolerant when they are being agreed with? Where's the ACLU to defend this guy?
I'm not not licking toads.
"It is better to stay quiet and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
Regarding you, sir, there remains no doubt.
If you can read this sig, congratulations, you have your glasses on!
You have a good point, note however you completely ignore one very important aspect of Palin's email break in.
Palin was breaking the law when she used that email box for official government business in an attempt to deliberately hide it. (She said so in one of the emails in the box.) The "kids photos" were a side effect of her getting busted by a vigilante out to get her for doing something illegal.
Obama, on the other hand, is probably not breaking the law using his personal phone (at least we have no evidence that he was yet).
So, "break into Palin's email" = illegal, immoral, but has vigilante righteousness.
And, "break into Obama's phone" = illegal, immoral, and the act of someone using illegal means in an attempt to "get" him as part of a partisan plot.
Unfortunately, we (collectively) are going down a road that will be tremendously hard to back out of, politicians need some privacy (just like regular citizens do) to conduct affairs, and it is rapidly getting to the point where there is always someone in power who is on the "other" side who has access. An unfortunate side effect of the bogus "war on terror", Patriot Act, and other crap.
Had Palin not broken the law, then yes, the two events would be equally bad.
Claiming that the two events are equivalent is disingenuous bullshit. So, consider yourself called on it. Go climb back under your republican rock for 4 years please.