Gov. Palin's E-Mail Hacked

American Voices

September 22, 2008 | ISSUE 44•39

The son of a Tennessee state representative hacked into Gov. Sarah Palin's Yahoo! e-mail account. What do you think?

This is outrageous. Clearly it's the responsibility of the government to infiltrate people's e-mail accounts, not rogue private citizens.

Bart McCorkle
Roofer
This makes me sad. I remember a time when nobody knew who Sarah Palin was, much less what sort of spam she had.

Shandra Ferguson
ESL Teacher
I'm sure it won't be long before they crack McCain's elaborate system of cans and strings.

Blake Gruber
Systems Analyst

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