Posted by
Board Certified M.D. on Monday, September 22, 2008 10:38:56 AM
Agents with the FBI served a federal search warrant at the of self described "0bamacrat"(on
Facebook) David Kernell early Sunday morning. This 20 year old UT is the son of life long Tennnessee State Representative Mike Kernell from Menphis who met with his son and lawyer Friday night.
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The FBI is stepping up its investigation into the possibility that a University of Tennessee student hacked into the personal e-mail of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
- A Department of Justice spokesperson confirmed there has been "investigatory activity" in Knoxville regarding the Palin case, but she said there are no publicly available search warrants, and no charges have been filed.
- A separate law enforcement source confirmed to 10 News that a search warrant was served on Kernell's apartment.
- According to the witness, several agents arrived at The Commons of Knoxville around midnight.
- They presented their badges upon entering Kernell's apartment, where several students were having a party, and took down their names.
- The witness tells us they asked him and those who did not live in the unit to go outside. He believes the investigators took about 1.5 to 2 hours taking pictures of everything inside the apartment.
- Witnesses say Kernell and his friends fled the apartment when the FBI agents arrived.
- Kernell's three roommates were also subpoenaed, and must testify this week in Chattanooga, according to the witness.
- Knoxville blogger and WBIR contributor Terry Frank has posted what she says are images from Kernell's Facebook page.
- Numerous web sites say someone going by the name "Rubico" has admitted to hacking Palin's email. According to www.wired.com, "Rubico" made the claim in an internet posting. This person said it was easy to access Palin's yahoo account by using information like her zip code and birthdate. Various people on the internet have quickly associated Rubico with David Kernell.
- Previous StoryThe son of state Rep. Mike Kernell has been contacted by authorities in connection with a probe into the hacking of personal e-mail of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Kernell confirmed on Thursday.
- Kernell, a Memphis Democrat, said his 20-year-old son David had been contacted by authorities investigating the hacking of Palin's personal email account.
- The FBI and the Secret Service started a formal investigation on Wednesday into the hacking.