CNN

So does she want this investigation conducted before or after she decides to cooperate in her own investigation for abuse of power?

To "S"....shut your silly behind up!! If McCain does win I'm sure you'll be one of the millions out of a home and job and you can believe you won't be able to move into one of McCain's seven homes! I can't wait to see all of you idiots whinning about you've lost everything since McCain was sworn into office....can't wait!!

OBAMA 2008&2012

PLEASE!!!!

I think they are desperate to change the subject from the economy.

You will see, these kind of stories are going to keep coming, they are going to talk about anything but the ISSUES.

Lies _ Spin _ and more Lies... Just like Bush did in 2000 & 2004.

Thanks, but no thanks to McCain & Palin

There needs to be a full blown investigation and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law. Americans do not want to be spied on by the government nor do we want to be spied on by common hackers trying to "sway" our political decisions. No matter who or what is behind this it is not acceptable.

We as Americans should not take this incident lightly especially when it includes the minor children of any elected official. Totally outrageous and UN-American! Do not let this story fall into the cracks of the newsrooms. Demand it be resolved and the hackers full blown identity be brought out.

Perhaps if Sarah Palin was not above the law and her and her aides had responded to troopergate subpoenas then this probably would not have happened. Everybody wants to know the truth.

Maybe now we will.

No way no how no McCain no Palin!

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN 2008/2012

McCain and Palin have lied so much and it has gotten where you can not beleive them any longer. Just looking to blame the Obama camp. It could be anyone in the world, because many of us do not trust Palin, at one point I did like McCain, but now no more, no McCain, No Palin, No McCain Administration. It appears that they all lie and are very dangerous people. They dish out the lies and negative ads, and Obama can't. Come on people.

Someone who can't protect her email account is going to protect our country.

Folks, wake up. She is a political ploy. A diversion from the real issues facing America.

At this point if Sarah Palin stubbed her toe, Republicans would blame it on the Obama campaign. My question is- why are they trying to kill the investigation if there is nothing to hide?

I'm sure Sarah WILL cooperate with this particular investigation. Now, why won't she cooperatie with "Troopergate"?

Palin using Yahoo email for Government business is a clear violation of Pulic Record Laws. Same old story, just like the Bush administration. Enough already – vote Ron Paul or anyone else. But not another 4 years of Bush style tactics. Our economy is dead, over 4000 of our bravest soldiers are dead and all because people voted for their party rather then what is right for their Country. Enough already.

"This is a shocking invasion of the Governor's privacy and a violation of law," campaign manager Rick Davis said in a statement.

Well first of all they should probably get over it ... unfortunately this type of thing happens quite a bit and very little is ever done about it. Secondly, she probably should've thought about this before using her Yahoo account instead of the one the government gave her (which I feel pretty certain would've been much safer).

Hacking has long been a serious problem for internet users. The pity is that it is not taken seriously by the government until some political figure gets their e-mail hacked. Otherwise, hacking seems to be treated as a game and no real big deal.

As for the jerk who did the hacking, I hope he/she is really proud of themselves. Their butt belongs in jail.

Where is the outrage of missing e-mail at the White House.

This was not done by or on behalf of any Dem. This is a play straight from the Karl Rove text book McClain seems to be now running his campaign based on. He is slipping in the polls on the issues so the need to manipulate the media and take control of the news cycle. PLEASE do not fall for it. Rove was successful in 1986.

If anyone really thinks this is a smear campaign by Obama, they obviously haven't been paying attention to the McCain smear ads, which have been proven to be bordering on lying. Obama doesn't need to "smear" Palin. Every time she opens up her mouth and gives a (non)answer to questions, she makes herself look like the unqualified candidate she really is.

To s:

Right, because Obama is in charge of a group of internet hackers that hacked Sarah Palin's e-mail and ONLY made public e-mails a few e-mails that are not incriminating and a couple pictres of her family?

Ridiculous. Obama had nothing to do with hacking her e-mail.

She was not conducting St Business on her E Mail.....she simply mentioned immaterial matters...for Pete's sake get it right.
Jack Jones
Atlanta Ga

Wow. Everyone will read your intelligent and balanced comment and vote McCain for sure... Your baseless accusations and lies are very familar... Is that you McCain?

Anyways, good for hackers, hold Palin accountable for her secret email accounts. Someone who refuses to do real interviews and reveal emails is obviously hiding something. Although even without them it's obvious that she's not ready to be VP or God forbid President, the distance between the two is only a 72 yr. old heartbeat.

Smear campaign by Oboma ? I think it was the Russians cause they are only a stones throw away from Alaska they probably has insight to her and her administration that one being so close can only have

Our banks are going broke, the auto companies are looking for a $25 million bailout, the gov't took over Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae, 1.3 millions homes in foreclosure, real estate market has tanked, 30% increase in personal bankruptcy filingings, Lehman Bros. has disappeared into bankruptcy oblivion from the financial landscape, our kids are fighting and dying in 2 wars, unemployment is 6% and the Republican campaign is busy keeping us informed about a reported e-mail account being hacked, which reminds us McCain doesn't know how to use e-mail or computers and Palin shouldn't be wasting bandwidth with her right wing garbage.

I think we ought to abolish the Republican Party if this is all they can offer.

Repugnant! Liberal scorched earth tactics on parade. Unfortunately this is a prime example of how the left operates. The left has a long and well documented history of trying to destroy those whom they cannot compete w/ politically. Gov. Palin is kryptonite to todays democrat party. This illegal violation of privacy is just another example of the Stalinist tendencies of liberals. Anyone who justifies this breaking of the law w/ wishful thinking about possible violations simply suffers from Palin Derangement Syndrome.

I take it we need to investigate whether Obama, Biden or McCain have personal email accounts from which they may have emailed business related issues?

This is pathetic! Someone must be held accountable. Although, at the end of the day I believe this only draws more support for Gov. Palin.

WOW!!

And the Democrats say McCain is sleazy???

Hacking private emails and circulating them thru the internet....

WHAT A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES!

McCain / Palin 08 & 12!!

This is Watergate all over again. I would like to know who ok this in the Obama Campaign; How far up the chain does it go, and did Obama know about this?

I know now who I am going to vote for and it’s NOT Obama,

McCain Puts Country first, Obama puts Obama First.

It doesn't matter if she is a decent person. She is not ready to be VP of the United States. Even a top McCain adviser said she couldn't run a large company. Well, MY FRIEND, (to quote McCain) the U. S. is a very large company.

Accoring to John McCain, Sarah Palin is the most knowledgable person in the whole U. S. about energy (John McCain's words, not mine) then why is the cost of gas in Alaska about $4.38 a gallon, highest in the nation. Could this be more of the Karl Rove/George Bush/Dick Cheney big lie campaign.

S
This is how you GOP war mongers stray away from the issues. Like McShame and Failin. Failing was asked what she will bring to the oval office on national security if elected...no answer.."i am ready bring it on any country"..is that the best GOP can come up with?

This is typical Chicago Politics...they get super dirty and jeapordize people's lives when they become worried they will not win.
Come on, Obama threw his Mentor under the bus so that he could run unopposed in Chicago...we saw it.
J Schmidt
Chicago Illinois

Actually it's about the lies and corruption of Sarah {Palin. The longer the federal government thinks it is better than the people, and above the law, the more aggressive THE PEOPLE will be that WANT ANSWERS. As these hacked emails show she does have things to hide. She alludes to smearing competitors and corruption. These emails, obtained illegaly, prove why she is HIDING HER GOVERNMENT emails.

If the GOP is smart, they will continue to "hide and duck" Sarah. She is all moose stew and no substance. A fraud. Her approach to governing would be no difference than Bush's. Divisive. Secretive. Destructive.

Every little thing in this campaign has been blamed on Obama. What crazy people do in their day to day lives has nothing to do with Obama. Who cares what is in her e-mails. Her own public lies or mis-steps will let people judge her qualifications.

Vote no to MCPAIN !!!

what the heck has Obama to do with that?

Maybe it was McCain himself. Since we all know, he invented the Blackberry, he might also be a PC-crack. lol

I don't care for that. It just shows, a pitbull better not write e-mails...
No, truly. It's HER fault. She's hiding something, that's why she abused her power and wrote some business mails from her private account. Sarah Abuseacuda

I do not accept or support hackers. But I support truth-telling to the people and we as the people have The RIGHT to know, what she wrote, we have the RIGHT to know ALL of her records as governor and mayor! Because WE have the power to whether vote McFailin or OBAMA. So don't try to fool us, Abuseacuda with lipstick...

You left your caps lock on..... and Obama had nothing to do with it. I heard it was Ebaumsworld.

ALL hackers, spamers, and identity thieves should be put in prison for decades and receive max fines! It would be nice if all Presidential Canidates would also discuss this issue and do something about it when they get into office.

Isn't it a Violation of law by conducting official business on a personal e-mail account so the excahnges are hidden from the public doing the publics business ?

Just another Bush thinking she is above the people

To "s" –
There has been no proof, nor even allegation, that the Obama campaign is behind this I saw no smear tactics from the Obama campaign in the primaries. And it was the Clintons that brought up race first. You need to go back and check your facts.

"This is a shocking invasion of the Governor's privacy and a violation of law," campaign manager Rick Davis said in a statement.

Well if that is the case, what about Gov. Palin violating the law on using email accounts such as Yahoo for government use?

maybe if the McCain campaign would let the media question Palin, hackers would be less interested in her...

GEE!

ONE DAY THEY ARE SUING TO STOP AN INVESTIGATION AND THE NEXT DAY THEY ARE ASKING FOR ONE.

AND THE FLIP-FLOPPING CONTINUES!

A) You shouldn't be conducting government business on your personal Yahoo account. Period.

B) It speaks to Palin's poor judgment.

C) You shouldn't be CC'ing your husband, a civilian, when conducting state business.

D) This speaks really poorly about Palin's judgment.

I grow tired of this two party system where each party points fingers at the other for the economy, the war, and our soon to be socialist society. Both of these parties are responsible for our slow demise as a society. Neither party truly cares about americans only our votes. How many Dems will come out and condemn this action? I will continue to vote for a third party until the top two start having real debates again. I am a liberal living in a red state but could not and still can not see a real cadidate to put my support behind. Again; How many Dems will condemn this action?

Wow, really? Did you really just say that?

Obama had nothing to do with this like the not so smart "S" states. This is her fault for not using the states email to conduct state business and discuss issues with state personel. I hope we don't see Federal Government business being conducted on Yahoo. also what was she trying to hide?

Wow, she must have had something to hide if people are risking jail time to get the information out.
Right on you little radicals!! i’m sure some of the paranoid racists people will try to spin this as Obama’s fault.. but trust when I say this…
The truth always comes out when people try their hardest to hide it.

I'm just waiting on McCain/Palin to blame this on the Obama campaign.

Headline: "Obama Campaign hired hacker to hack into Palin's Personal Emails"

Hell, they get blamed for everything else.

I just have one question for everyone is this country.

Why would you want a President who does not even know how to send an email in this age of technology and why would you want a Vice President that is so stupid she uses Yahoo or any other type of free email service as your offical work email? Sounds pretty lame to me....

The lies are starting to catch up to these people and you can only tap dance so long.....then as we all know, it will be time to pay the fiddler.

Veterans for Obama

To prison for 20 yrs for those who hacked her computer – and 5 yrs for those who copies the infor on any web site.
Also, give them a computer in their jail cell that "does not work" requiring them to sit in front of the computer for 4 hrs a day – one that does not work.
Jack Carlson
Seattle WA

"Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record."

Wow, for a "Washington Outsider", she sure seems like she's going to fit right in.

President Palin... how terrifying is that? Chilling!

Just another Rep. ploy -- a cry for attention!
Poor Sarah.

OBAMA FOR CHANGE (and after this week, we DO need change).

WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT. WE ARE THE LAW. WE ARE ANONYMOUS. IF YOU FALL OUT OF OUR FAVOR, THEN WE CAN MAKE IT SO THAT YOU NO LONGER EXIST. YOU HAVE NO FREEDOM BUT FOR THAT WHICH WE GRANT YOU. WE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING, AND ALWAYS ACTIVE.

Brilliant editing job...

"The statement came hours after a user on the Web site WikiLeaks said he had gained access to Palin's Yahoo e-mail account and gained access."

And S, find other new sources other than CNN. You might actually learn something.

iF THEY COULD HACK YOUR EMAIL AS A GOV. Campaigning to be VP the nation cant entrust you with our security.

How can anyone not believe it was a Democrat that pulled this illegal smear attempt? Just read all of the nasty blogs from Obama/Biden supporters that CNN continues to promote with baiter articles like Cafferty File.

Rubbish! Anything that happens to this candidate is not what Obama or Libs are doing. Absolutely rubbish! Everyone knows Obama has better things to do(like really talking about issues), unlike the Republic candidates and supporters whose only "to-do" list is criticizing the Libs.

VOTE OBAMA!!!

The only smear is mccain/palin lies. check your facts.

Big whoop. Now we will find out what color lipstick the pitbull wears and that kids love Totino's pizza rolls after a hockey game.

Didn't Karl Rove do the same thing... He broke into his own office and blamed it on the opposing campaign. By the time the media fervor calmed down and realized that it was an inside job, the damage had been done and the other campaign was destroyed by the lie. Do your research folks. Don't be hoodwinked.

Tisk...tisk... Stop it Karl!!!

SORRY.
She should not have used public 'E' mail for official state business. That is why there exists a SECURE 'E' maill address for the Govenor of Alaska !!! If Public addresses, istead of protected sites, THIS very thing can happpen. Here's the deal, if she was TRYING to avoid exchange of info about anything to do with State business and used a Public 'E' mail address she was negligent .............in the long run she accomplished nothing. I support Obama and I too would be angry ; but, a public address can always be just that............PUBLIC.

I agree with you S. Someone in the media really needs to take the lead and expose Obama for his lies and his smear tactics. The media is doing America a HUGE disservice.

I am an informed voter through my own research and reading up on both candidates, I couldn't rely on the biased media to give me the information I needed to make up my mind.

My vote is for McCain/Palin

Sarah Palin is asking for pain. She already contradicts herself in mid-sentence trying to answer the simplest of questions. This will only hurt the GOP campaign more. She'll have a real rough time with Biden in the debate. He knows what he's talking about.

S – Obama didn't unleash this – the state of Alaska started it long before we heard of her. Quit with the lies.

Are you sure your not the demon? You can't seem to figure out the CAPS-Lock button?

Anyways, I can't wait to see if there is anything juicy in those emails. lol

It is terribly sad that the political process in this country has gotten to "destroy at all cost". Identity theft is a major problem we face. It would be nice if the people behind this, that are so proud of themselves for this despicable act would put their illegal talents to better use. Why don't they find Osama's email account or any of the many terrorist who really want to kill us! I hope they and anyone who posted the information – that the knew to be illegal – are prosecuted.

I'm sure that the dirty dems are behind this invasion of privacy – they should be ashamed of themselves. I wonder what Obama's e-mails to Rev. Wright contain????????

And you know Obama did this how exactly?

OF COURSE SHE'S HIDING SOMETHING!!!!! SHE IS REFUSING TO COOPERATE WITH THE INVESTIGATION. IF YOU ARE NOT GUILTY WHY NOT COOPERATE???? SOUNDS LIKE MORE OF BUSH/CHENEY TO ME.

It was carried out by a hacking group known as Anonymous. I Googled ‘Anonymous Hacking Group’ and here is what I found. Anonymous hacked SOHH[dot]com, a hip-hop music site, and covered with Nazi propaganda and racial epitaphs( source MTV 2007). They also released a statement that they wanted to dismantle the Church of Scientology (source cnet news June 2008). This is by no means a smear conducted by Barack Obama. I would find it hard to believe that someone of African American dissent would get an anti semitic group to run his "smear campaign". Do everyone a favor and research the news you read before you make uneducated statements to confuse others.

The question is why would she even bother to use a private e-mail account for state business? This raises questions about how accountable the governor and her staff are. Another important question it raises is about the transparency of government. If we the public can see what our government is doing, then how accountable can it be?

Why won't she and her staff appear before the inquiry? This goes the poin that she and the McCain campaign made about being reformers. I thought that reformers would make government more open and transparent so that the public could be kept in the loop. I guess there was something that I missed in that idea.

I thought that 'spying' on one's neighbor was central to the GOP platform.

McCain camp,
McCain's first question to Palin: What is a Hack and Is that another one of your kids name's?

Obama/Biden in 08!

Funny how the fact that Palin's email got hacked needs an investigation, but "troopergate". . . not so much.

It seems that the Republicans could run for office here in South Africa.
Maybe you have a spot for Jacob Zuma on your ticket.

The Republicans probably hacked Sarah's email account themselves. What better way to draw atttention to a losing ticket?

Unfortunately, as a public leader and worker FOR the tax payers, her email is not private. The email system was purchased by and for the people of the State of Alaska.

Many states have ruled that email is public record and there are hundreds of cases of emails being accessed for any number of reasons. There is probably a process for accessing any emails from anyone in Alaska's public office.

She should follow McCain's path and just not learn how to use email....

What a pair......

I've always been with the thought that if there isn't any dirt to play in, you won't get dirty. What's the problem? If Palin and family are good decent family than facts about their life shouldn't make a differance. Why hide it unless, of course, it's not that righteous.

Hahahaha...this is just the beginning "hockey mama"...politics is a nasty game & if you can't take the heat go back to WASILLA!

HAHA you are blaming Obama of smear tactics. Hilarious! What is the blatant lies that McCain has been puting out there. Give me a break. McCain and Palin are basically smearing themselves. How about you not worry about these silly stories and try to tie them to Obama, and wait till the debates about the real issues of the country. Most people don't give a darn about Palin's email account. It's probably a lot of SPAM just like the words that come out of her mouth.

Obama/Biden '08

She's lied over and over and over. Now she's trying to hide something. We need transparency on whatever it is. We can't just vote for a female for the fact that she puts a gleam in mcwars eyes.

We've had secrecy and deceit for 8 years. ENOUGH !!!!

Let's take our country back for US – Obama/Biden '08

Anyone's Yahoo email account can be hacked. Use a more secure email server if you want more privacy Governor Palin. If the Republicans get their way everyone's email will be read by the government. To blame this on Senator Obama is absolutely ridiculous. But way would that surprise me?

LET ME QUESS, IT'S OBAMA FAULT? RIGHT!!!

EVERTIME SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE TWO ANGELS IT'S OBAMA'S FAULT.

I AM CURIOUS, COULD THE REPUBLICAN HAVE PLANNED THIS TO BLAME OBAMA???

wE WILL NEVER KNOW!!!

As a "responsible" government official, she should NOT have been using a personal e-mail acct. to conduct government business.

Although I in now way support anyone hacking into others' accounts, this was bound to happen, and that's the reason for private accounts.

Palin is irresponsible. After viewing some of her e-mails that were posted online, it makes me wonder what she does all day long on those blackberries. Trivial nonsense going on while she's being paid.

I hope the hackers found some evidence that can be used in the investigation about her firing the boss of her ex-brother-in-law. She's got to be guilty of that charge–otherwise she wouldn't be putting so much into covering up. She's paranoid for a reason!

S,
So you are saying Obama and the Dems had something to do with this? Interesting.

Can someone tell me what this woman have to offer, because to date I have not heard about her stands on anything beside a bridge to no where like if I do care about some stupid bridge I mean serouisly?

Americans was in love with her for what ever reason but I know what goes up must come down and look at whats happening now, call the fire trucks because she is on her way down to crash and burn.

I see that blogs that criticize the media and Obama are still being taken off this site. So sad.

For those who attended the town hall meeting with Palin-McCain ticket...oops I mean McCain-Palin, did she ever answer the questioner other than stating we can play stump the candidate.

Palin = high rating for SNL.

What a great VP she would be!! Pinocchio Palin does not know that she is not supposed to use yahoo account for doing state business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel very secure!!! if she becomes VP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even Karl Rove said McCain is a liar. Palin is a VP choice to simply placate and buy the women GOP vote. Republicans get to say "Hey, look at us, we're progressive, too."

And the stupid American voters fell for it.

If McCain wins, we'll have four more years of what we have now.

But let me ask you this: do you have enough health insurance? Do you make over 250K? Are you comfortable with a President who is ridiculously out of touch with the American people?

Vote McCain. Great idea.

To S,
Do you have proof that the Obama camp did it? I'm not an Obama supporter but there is a law called, You are innocent until proven guilty. May I remind you that both the Republicans and Democrats are both lying. It's up to the voters to educate themselves especially now that the economy is in great trouble. If American economy collapse, the whole world is affected.

Here is a hint. It was the McCain campaign...why? because she has lost her victim roll and needs it back, and because the supposed hacker was smart enough to get into her account, but not smart enough to get anything substantial.

Why can't Palin & McCain tell the truth! They tell the public change/country I can't see it in their stomp speeches. More lies. Sorry Rep. I ' ve changed my vote Dem.

Seems to me that these are the people supporting the governments right to read out e-mail without permission. Why should the reverse be such a big deal? Does she have something to hide? Of course she does.

Republican Hypocrisy: We can read your e-mail but stay away from ours.

Isn't it funny that this should happen to try and divert some of the attention from the fact that McCain/Palin have no economic plan – it was probably someone in the McCain camp that did it. The McCain ticket can't win with the issues – they have to make it seem like they're getting smeared and have people feel sorry for them – how pathetic!

Wow, the republicans are desperate and trying to destract the American people from the fact that McBush/Palin are totally useless!!

Obama/Biden '08

S, you seem to live in a world where everything that happens is blamed on the Jones down the street. There are people out there working to undermine both campaigns. Just because it is an attack on Sarah Palin it automatically comes from the Obama camp ? Wake UP

This is not a smear campaign!!!!!!!!! But I find it ridiculous that a politican would have the foresight to use a private email account to conduct state business, so that the emails could remain private. That is not transparency in government we can believe in. Its Cheny, Bush politics we need to run from.

Other way around! McCain Camp set this one up...to get people to feel sorry for her....

Did you hear her last night. She sounded like a sick child...

Stump the Candidate.....!!! Little or no response to the questions at all. This chick is truly dumb.... What a side show this has been for the last 3 weeks. They are sitting together answering questions just in case her "mind" blows up and John can try to rescue her.

This is not a Game Show.... She needs to answer questions and stop going around them like a "baby"..... Beauty Got her where she is and I do hope Beauty doesn't put her in the White House.... We are screwed for sure with this "nonThinker" However, I must admit we have had a chance to enjoy the moment. Since her speech....it has gone down hill from there......

This crime can plague anyone and the solution to this problem is simple...make it a capital offense punishable by death. But as we all know, liberals are not big on criminal punishments.

Re: s

Hey, sticks and stones. There's been plenty of smeaing going on of Obama and Biden too. Both sides have their hands dirty. It's called politics. And no one running in this campaign is an angel. All that said, hacking e-mails goes beyond the pale, though if you think Palin's the only target, you're mistaken. While McCain claims he doesn't use computers, I'm sure someone is trying to get at Obama and Biden's personal files too. This is just the nature of politics in the 21st Century. Had Watergate – the Republicans' "finest hour" – occurred in 2008 it would have all been done online...

The comment from s is crazy, why would Obama want to smear Palin, she needs no help in that department. Palin is a smear all by herself. And Obama is so above this nonsense. The responsibility lies right here with Palin. Soon all the dirt will be uncovered and brought out to the light.

DON'T VOTE MCSAME, AND DON'T VOTE OBAMA.

VOTE 3RD PARTY OR DON'T VOTE AT ALL!!!

So, with all the "bailing" out by the Federal Reserve, doesn't that put the Feds in control of private sector industries??????

We are heading for a disaster. Ron Paul did his best to wake us up.

Thanks for posting this CNN!

McCain picked someone that only brings her gender to the ticket. So, we Americans deserve a more qualified VP that fits these standards.

DOLLY! DOLLY! DOLLY PARTON!

Now that is what I call a qualified woman, because her “BIG HAIR“ puts her closer to God than Palin!

And what did YOU think I was talking about?

Yes it was wrong ,but we got to see who she really is, her daughter drinking etc if she has no control over her household how will she be able to help run a country I just think she is wrong for the country she does not even know anything about foreign policy she never answered the question that was asked to her that's why John McCain stepped in can't anyone see through this political scam whats wrong with America I think a lot of people are still going to vote for McCain-Palin because of COLOR shame on them oh but they are RACIST what do you think it is especially when we see the Polls show Obama will be better for the Economy go figure !!!

The "hacker" has already "confessed". He didn't give his real name but he posted the whole story on the site where "anonymous" hangs out.

The FBI needs to read Michelle Malkin's blog... she's got the whole story and some people in the comments have a pretty good idea who the "hacker" is.

What does this have to do with Obama, folks?? This lunatic is going to have access to the nuclear codes and she uses a Yahoo account? Wake up America

Obama/Biden '08

I didn't list my e-mail account as a contact along with this comment, because I have had my account hacked into twice in the last 90-days. Get used to it folks, there are a lot of predators out there, and they will hack into ANYONE, even more so if you are in the public eye.

I would not count Palin's e-mail account being hacked into as "political espionage" of any variety. It's probably a 16 year old with some skill and far too much time on their hands.

Given how much personal and financial information flies over everyone's e-mail, I hope this shows Republicans and Democrats that we need better privacy controls or ANY of us is in danger of having our information compromised.

Sorry Governor, you're no better than the rest of us in this case, and if the FBI is willing to investigate this e-mail intrusion, we can keep them hellaciously busy investigating the rest of all e-mail intrusions.

S, Wake up and smell the roses. Sarah Palin broke the law when she used a personal e-mail account for government business to avoid oversight. Whoever hacked into her personal e-mail also broke the law, but they did it to prove she was a lawbreaker. At this time there is zero proof that anybody connected to Obama had anything to do with this.

Shouldn't we let the FBI/Secret Service complete their investigation and learn who actually hacked into her account, and then determine who they may or may not be connected with?

While we are talking about letting appointed government agencies complete their investigations, shouldn't Sarah cooperate with the Troopergate investigation being conducted by a non-partisan elected Alaskan government body?

The Republican ticket wants to keep Palin in the spotlight ONLY TO DISTRCT the real tough issues away from McCain. He, himself, said he knows very little about economics and healthcare. Of course, Miss Alaska can only deal with the simple questions too...tha't why she has to use a teleprompter 100% of the time.

The Republican ticket is a disaster.

Two words about this story. "WHO CARES."

You would think CNN would have the judgement to make better use of it time and space.

Focus more of their energy on why Palin refuses to answer questions from the press and on the Keating 5 and McCain's involvement with that.

obama is more than he appears to be. anyone seen MACHURIN CANADIATE.

oh well, its hard to feel sorry for dictators.

This is the kind of thing America needs to watch out for!

These "hackers on steroids" have been tormenting the public for too long! What will we do when such evil scummy sites like Anontalk and Ebaumsworld start to hack into the Pentagon? These scrupleless people will have no qualms with selling this information to the Chinese!

These groups, this "internet hate machine" will be the end of this country. Even worse now that you consider this recent event linking them to the Obama campaign. It's a shame, I almost respected him. He was so well spoken, but now he's simply uppity.

Maybe when and IF they find out who did it, the person(s) can ignore the arrest or subpoena....because according to HER, its OK to be ABOVE the LAW.

Palin is EVIL LIAR

It was reported that she used this account for business purposes in Alaska.

Who uses a Yahoo Email account to do state business?

Don't these responses sound like they are trying to pin this on the "evil Democrats."

I smell Karl Rove. No one is paying any attention though, Because are economy is in the toilet and the faster we get rid of the barracuda the better!!!

I'm glad it was hacked. What the hell is she doing conducting official government buiness through private email anyway? Good, I hope it all gets exposed and she is held accountable for her stupidity. She only did this because she thought she could circumvent laws regarding government email accounts and now it has been exposed.

No smears here, just good old-fashioned whistle-blowing.

Heck for all we know it was John McCain who hacked into her email to try and learn more about her. Since he doesn't have a clue!

This is an invasion of privacy, BUT why would a government employee conduct official business on yahoo and not the government email system UNLESS she is trying to hide something from the public? Very poor judgement , Sarah Palin. If a democratic candidate had the same resume as Palin the reactionary right would be all over that candidate for poor judgement and experience.

wow. CNN is replaying Mccain's townhall meeting. That's good American people will know CNN better.

* Please ignore the first entry"
What Smear Campaign.. Oh yeah…. we have for forgotten that SEN. Obama had his personal file opened illegally …. In reference to Gov. Palin What is her agenda (I mean what are the steps the will take to turn our local and global situation around. I keep looking for it and hear nothing)…. Just for the record I am a register Republican.

VOTE or DIE TRYING!!!
A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE SAME MESS BRINGS ABOUT NEW RESULTS

S, are you implying that Obama hacked (if it's indeed true that her email was hacked) Palin's email? The suggestion is laughable, no matter which candidate one supports.

S, Obama is responsible for this? How is that again? I'd like to know how everythign is Obama's fault. Palin is a train wreck who is constantly lying despite everyone knowing what she says is not true. But I guess it's Obama's fault that Palin is lying. Maybe Obama wrote her speeches for her.

Please. Get a life.

This was NOT endorsed my Obama. This is Anonymous at work. Just as nobody paid them to take on Scientology, they saw injustice, and found a way to fight it. Whether the contents of the E-mails are every fully released or not, they have proven that she lied, and possibly broke the law, by using her personal E-mail to conduct government business, probably to try and keep it from being released to investigators... a tactic already well played by the Bush administration.

LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES AMERICA!

We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget.

Good going DEMS anyone that would vote for Obama now has to be crazy. You people will do anything to hurt Sarah!!

I know some of you are going to attack Palin because she may have used her personal email to contact a person or two for work.

But, seriously folks, those that work in a field where you speak with clients all the time on both a private and public level know full well you do whatever it takes.

I work at home sometimes, and I have to use my personal email account to do business. The email system at work cannot be setup at my home.

So, if I ever run for office one day, I cannot wait for thousands of rude bloggers to tear me a new one when they do not know what they are even talking about...

i can't stand this tramp

The McCain campaign probably had her e-mail hacked themselves, as a means to get all the messages deleted before the "troopergate" investigation could go through them. Whoever did this destroyed evidence in an ongoing criminal investigation.

Oh my god, who cares?!?!?! CNN, you are not the E! News channel. Stop reporting like you are.

A sample of what may be next from CNN "Palin takes Track to school on Monday mornings - McCain camp says she's a good mom"

Or, a sample of one of their analysis pieces:

"Obama tells campaign manager that he woke up tired today.Appears that Race is getting to him"

Give me some real news please. For example "Obama responds to AIG bailout" or "McCain responds to AIG bailout"

I have not seen Obama smear her at all. He specificly said "families are off limits" he stuck to her word. However, Sarah Palin attacked Michelle Obama and John McCain had a video out about Obama's kids which "lo and behold" disappeared after he made his point. Race baiting has taken place on the Republican side. If they are so decent why are they trying so hard to hide the "firing". Why are McCain's high powered attorney's up in Alaska to try to squash this case? Obviously there must be something to hide or they will let the case go forward. So to blame all of this on the Obama campaign seems a little foolish and just a little desparate, don't you think? Look at the polls and see where they are going.

OH PLEASE, save the drama!!! McCain/Palin will not win this election and if by chance they do, believe me it will be a repeat of corruption at the polls (remember your man Bush)? This is no doing of the Obama campaign. Do you know how easy it is for the average person to hack into a personal email? BTW from what I hear, she isn't even supposed to have a personal non-government email account . Just to show you how backwards she is when it comes to running things. She may be a nice person, but not even close to being ready to run a country.

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN!!!

Anyone stupid enough to ignore their own internal internet security in favor of a less secure one just to circumvent the law is an idiot's idiot.

that being said, they shouldn't have been hacked either.

I, unlike S, am glad that America is finally waking up to the fact that Palin and her family are not the perfect image they presented, and that Palin and McCain are both bad politicians since neither one can handle being called on thir bs without getting angry and vengeful.

Republicans are sure paranoid.

You bet ya that's illegal. Some people go too far.

if they would stop lying and cheating this really wouldn't be an issue. Neither one of them can be trusted

Why was Gidget using a shadow email account to conduct government business? This woman is Karl Rove's wet dream!

this probe had nothing to do with the obama campaign .. but don't let silly things like the FACTs get in your way ... mccain doesn't!

Please answer why would a gov. official, be conducting gov. official business on there personal account? Yes it's wrong that someone would hack GOV. Palin e-mail account, this what's going to happen when you place a inknown in front of the American people, to become VP of the US, without that person being vetted. McCain thought they he could dupe the American people with anything. But the question here is why would Sarah Palin, conduct Gov. official e-mails on her personal e-mail account. Yahoo!!!!!!This again proves Bad Judgement on the McCain side. Most professional people know that this goes against company policy, in her case Gov. policy. As we can see she doesn't respect the very policy's she swore to uphold.

investigate a hacker hacking into a personal e-mail aacount used for offical state buiness 9wink,wink); but', no investigation into the governer's abuse of power....that's a wake up call America

Oh yes, lets blame Obama for everything. Besides, Obama was not the one who started going negative first. Women need to see past the uterus. This comes from a white woman btw

Since the government can read private e-mail without a warrant, we should be able to read the email of public servants. It is only fair. What do they have to hide? Why should they object if they are not doing anything wrong? It is only for their own safety. We need to know if they are terrorists. Reading private emails of public officials makes us all safer. It is for the children. And we all want children to be safer, don't we?

Wow! This could be huge.

If she can`t take care of her kids and keep them in line, how the hell she gonna take care of all of us, you gotta be kidding me, you people arrrrrrrrrrrrre stupid.
Go Obama !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny how you don't mention that these emails indicate that she was using her personal email account to conduct government business. All government business is required to be conducted using government email accounts so they can be tracked and recorded into the archives. What is she trying to hide?

Why would hacking Palin's email be a smear tactic? If she is using a yahoo account for government business, that is a violation of the law.
Why is no one talking about the issues in this election?

You obviously don't know how to view a high-road campaign or turn off your caps lock. McCain is doing the same things Bush and Rove did in 2004 and 2000. Win at all costs, despite the truth and what's best for the country. You were wrong with Bush twice .... trust your own history and don't vote again. Please.

Oh, please. Smear shmear. Palin is damaging herself-no one NEEDS to smear her. America is actually waking up to the disaster that is Sarah Palin. It's becoming more and more clear that this woman's views are way too extreme and that the only thing she seems prepared for is to repeat the talking points that have been spoon fed to her.

Had enough? Vote Obama!

WHAT does this have to do with the Obama campaign?

NOTHING!!!

The vast majority of Americans are so easily fooled and even more are easily led.

VOTE OBAMA!

S:

Where is the proof as you are suggesting that it was the Obama camp that hacked into Palin's email? Where is the proof. Get a life will you and quit whining. Can't take the heat get out of the kitchen. And tell McCain and Palin to stop lying about their records and Obama's proposals. McCain claiming to be a regulator when for 26 years he has been a staunch de-regulator helping to cause much of the economic problems today. Give us a break.

Why is it every time something goes wrong it's Obama's fault?

A just to keep things straight McLiar and Paliar started the smears on day one of the convention. Then McLiar had the nerves to say" if you would have done as you were told boy, the campaign would have been different.

Get a life.

You are right "s" every single one of us "libs" is constantly trying to hack your accounts so we can look at your most intimate secrets.

/sarcasm off

This all a publicity stund by the mccain. vote for mccain if that your wish. However, think about the outcome in the next four years. revelation.

S- How is someone hacking Palin's email an Obama "SMEAR CAMPAIGN"... unless you are imply that he keeps a team of crack hackers on staff?

Oh, by the way, [whispers] your caps lock is on.

s, voting for McCain is like voting for death, dispair, and 4 more miserable years of what we already have. No thanks.

With the latest events effecting our economy, alot of Americans are suffering. It will be interesting to see if the people stick with what got them there or will they step out for a new direection, , ,

This happened days ago, why is it still in the news. Who cares anyway. It isn't important news.

THIS ALL OUT SMEAR CAMPAIGN THAT OBAMA HAS UNLEASHED ON SARAH PALIN WILL BACKFIRE. THE PALIN FAMILY ARE NOT THE DEMONS THE LIBS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEM OUT TO BE. THEY ARE A GOOD AND DECENT FAMILY AND SHE WILL MAKE A GREAT VICE PRESIDENT.

AMERICA IS WAKING UP TO OBAMA'S SMEAR TACTICS AND WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HIS RACE BAITING OF THE CLINTONS EITHER!

VOTE McCAIN!!!!

I don't want people reading my personal email, either - Dick Cheney, NSA employees, the FBI - without a warrant, they should stay out. Don't you agree, McCain/Palin supporters?

Of course, I haven't used my personal email to commit any crimes, like conducting state business on my personal account. It doesn't appear that Mrs. Palin can say the same.

For you to blame this on the Obama campaign is totally ridiculous. It seems that the McCain Campaign does nothing better than play the blame game instead of admitting their actions own that caused this uproar in the first place.

These are facts not smears. One day the truth will be revealed. I just hope it is before election day.

Oh baloney, grow up. Obama didn't hack into Palin's account, the hacker probably isn't even political. And smear tactics are just what the Repubs use every four years. The Obamas are a good and decent family and Obama will make a great president. I'm so sick of repubs trying to claim "family values", as if you've got a lock on loving your family and Democrats don't love theirs. At least Obama showed the good judgement to be against this stupid war in Iraq that has caused our country to be on the verge of bankruptcy. And I seriously wonder about the "good and decent" values of someone who can go up in a plane and shoot defenseless animals for the "fun" of it. Hardly Christian of her. She should have been paying more attention to where her teenaged daughter was. That's what "good and decent" mothers do. And no, I'm not picking on Bristol, I'm just saying that most mothers would have given a rat's behind what their daughter was up to but Ms. Palin was too busy trying to scam millions on the Bridge to Nowhere project, get her ex-bro-in-law fired, and killing animals to care.

This is sad that we have to turn to fling dirt at each other during elections. ALl we do is further divide our country.

Good. May the perpetrators be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

But, tdo not let this detract from the numerous allegations that Palin, and members of her governor's administration, conducted some of their state business on personal e-mail accounts.

to S,

Do you have any idea what qualities a vice-president (or future president) should have? their education, their kno;edge of cutrrent affiars? whether realted to economics, foreign policies, helath of American citizens in all normal aspects of life?

VP is not a joke, he/she palys in the shadows but does most of the work of the president with the advisors and the cabinet?

If you hava a business will you hire Palin for anything else than your goodlooking receptionist?

Grow on buddy . life is not a cake walk for most of the peoplr except for people with 8 homes and millions in bank. If you have , good enjoy yr life and dont spend your time here. There are much more intelligent and intellectual people here than you can imgine. CU keep smiling:)

THIS ALL OUT SMEAR CAMPAIGN THAT OBAMA HAS UNLEASHED ON SARAH PALIN WILL BACKFIRE. THE PALIN FAMILY ARE NOT THE DEMONS THE LIBS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEM OUT TO BE. THEY ARE A GOOD AND DECENT FAMILY AND SHE WILL MAKE A GREAT VICE PRESIDENT.

AMERICA IS WAKING UP TO OBAMA'S SMEAR TACTICS AND WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HIS RACE BAITING OF THE CLINTONS EITHER!

VOTE McCAIN!!!!

Sarah IS the BEST LOOKING !!! VOTE FOR HER!!!!!!!!!!!!

s..first of all there is no proof that obama is behind this...
Now to the issue, and the question you ahve to ask yourself is why were these accounts used in the first place? to keep things that she was doing from the public eye while she was gov? I don't know but makes one wonder.
Also why of these were out ther were the accounts not closed, when she became the VP candidate? Was it even thought of or might it have been that they wanted to leave them openso that they could be hacked, and then be able to scream about it.
You would think that since mcCain invented the blackberry he would have known how to protect her private email. Some thing smells fishy here....almost Watergate like.

Obama's smear campaign??? Oh, that's a good one! The Republicans have created entire political careers out of smearing their opposition and they are doing it again this year. But, in addition to smear, they add fear. It's good ole smear and fear. Jesse Helms may be dead but his legacy lives on.
You know, when I first heard about this email story, the first thing I thought of was that the Republicans could be staging the whole thing in order for people to feel sorry for her and so that the Party can play victim again. After all, that seems to be a typical mode of operating for rigth wing: Attack and play victim. I wouldn't be surprised if this was an attention diverter that was planned just as Palin is being investigated and her supporters are refusing to cooperate on "Troopergate".

This is very interesting. She calls on the law when someone else has allegedly done her harm, with a presumption of guilt attached to the accusation: Obama. And she refuses to obey the law when it makes her vulnerable by refusing to take part in a bi-partisan probe of her activities in Alaska. What other kind of probe should it be?

I look forward to the debates.

Who cares! Everyone's records have been broken into this election season.

I cannot believe that she is allowed to have Goverment property on her personal e-mail this is absolutley shocking. Now it is going to cost big bucks for investigating this. Why is she not being charged for this.?

s
Wow typical response.
I get it. Anything bad that happens to the Republican tickt just blame Obama. If the McCain camp would have been upfront with the American people, the hackers & other individuals would not be trying so hard to find out about the troopergate scandal.

Vote MacCain,
You crazy as hell, I`m voting Obama , all the way baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You go boy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Considering the constant, personalized disrespect toward McCain and Palin shown by the liberal media, no wonder that overzealous individuals get the idea that it is permitted – even funny – to attack Republican candidates in any personal way. When we hear draft dodgers like Chris Matthews mocking and belittling war hero McCain, or Barbara Walters speak to McCain as if he were her gardener, some of their viewers get the idea that it is "open season" on the personal attacks.

Wow S, your comment blaming Obama, is it credible? Has the FBI contacted you and told you it was done by Obama.

let me know, because none of the news media is reporting this.
O'reilly said last night that this is a sleeze website and they do it all the time.

These liars. We don't even know what to believe now.

They probably did it themselves to take our minds of the issues as they always do.
It won't work this time.

I hope the news media will really start looking into this women. Why did the emails disappear. What exactly is this women doing. We deserve the truth. Whose is the mother of Trig! I hope the media gets over there fear and broaches these issues. This is really scary. A VP candidate who does not want to talk, but seems to be covering up a heck of alot!

The Republicans only hope of winning this election is that the American voters will continue to believe anything.

OBAMA!

S September 18th 2008 8:20 am ET.

Please stop whinning and allow Americans to vet Gov. Palin since evidentally the McCain campaign didn't have time to vet this candidate.

At this time of war, and an unstable economy the American people don't have another 8yrs to play with Republicans simply because someone's ego wants to be in the BIG SEAT.

Personally, I am watching Gov. Palin and what I find is a rehearse candidate who avoids direct questions and blurts out answers no one even asked her.

ABC interview...Charlie Gibson never asked about 6.1 unemployment rate

Foxnews H&C...she controlled the questions and never answered Hannity. (although he was all giggly and never insisited)

BUT WAIT UNTIL CNN GETS A HOLD OF HER....SHE WILL WISH SHE HAD STAYED IN ALASKA.

Oh please...obama did not do ths...get over it..where would he even find the time..stop trying to MAKE UP lies...that is what you McCain people love to do...well I suggest you find a new hobby before you hurt your canidate even more!!! Juts relax..the feds are taking care of it...

To S: who wrote
THIS ALL OUT SMEAR CAMPAIGN THAT OBAMA HAS UNLEASHED ON SARAH PALIN WILL BACKFIRE. THE PALIN FAMILY ARE NOT .........blah blah ......blah.... blah

This has nothing to do with Obama. Get a grip on yourself. You don't see Obama blaming McCain about some racist who vandalized his posters with swastikas and racial slurs do you? Get over yourself "S".

Excuse me 's' but you are an idiot. There is no smear except from the McOld campaign. No one said she was a demon but come on, I think she needs a little vetting considering McOld's health, mental condition, and age. Stop whining so much.

"Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record."

Taking one out of the Bush playbook, eh Sarah? Yes, by all means, that proves that Sarah's a "maverick game-changer."

If you think she'd make a great VP, you'd probably want to appoint my pet bird to a cabinet post.

excuse me, "unleashed"

This is not a "smear" tactic, whomever is responsible faces criminal charges and the Obama campaign is not foolish enough to be involved. I think making her emails public would certainly show what she is made of – good, bad, or otherwise. Nothing is more revealing than those things you considered private.

Why does she blame Obama for all her "problems"? This lady needs a major dose of reality. But then, I'm sure she's doing her best considering her political experience - or lack of it.

Fear not and lose no sleep, Obama will lose

How do you know if they good and decent people? Have you met them, other than what you have read. Blame everything that happens to Palin on Obama now that shows your bias. Stick to the issues, high gas prices, groceries have gone up no millions without healthcare. That is what America will be concern with come Nov 4. Not e-mails or lipstick! Your right America is waking up! And they don't won't to re-live the 8 year nightmare with McCain/Palin. Vote on the issue America and take back your dignity! ENOUGH!

What about my other two responses.

SHE PROBABLY DID IT SHESELF !
SHE CAN'T ANSWER A DIRECT QUESTION.
WHAT A CHOICE!

S, you have got to be kidding me.
Yes, indeed, the smear campaign that Obama has unleased...lol

Read a book, read a newspaper, or even better yet...LISTEN TO WHAT PALIN AND MCCAIN SAY!!!

Don't make us shake our heads and laugh.

Another point of correction:
Just give me a break! This is simply another source of distraction. I feel so sad when Americans treat the political issues of their system with intellectual deficiency!! The thought that someone as old as McCain with limited cognitive abilties, and Palin so full of herself could dominate the political scene amazes the world but the U.S. Send these folks to the UK, Germany, or even French voters and they will literally "throw up."

If the American people are so dumb that a Constitutional Scholar has to convince them about what they have and continue to experience in the recent 8 years, then Americans truly need help!

We know why the hackers didnt go after McCain's email, there's not much in there except the initial yahoo welcome letter and may be a test email from his grandson who helped him set up his account.
Hackers need to crack his personal morse code device - -. .- ... .. -. -.- .. -. –. ... .... .. .–. (translation) On a sinking ship

LETS SEE TWO POSSIBLE SCENARIOS:

1) MOST LIKELY THE REPUBLICANS DID THIS SO THAT THE EMAILS WERE DESTROYED BECAUSE PALIN IS GUILTY OF SOMETHING.

2) IF PALIN IS INNOCENT WHY IS HER ATTORNEY GENERAL GOING TO BREAK THE LAW AND IGNORE THE SUPEONAS, SOUNDS JUST LIKE BUSH. REPUBLICANS WILL DO ANYTHING TO WIN.

FINALLY IT IS CLEAR THAT IF THIS ELECTION IS CLOSE THE NEW COMPANY FORMALLY DIEBOLD WILL PLAY A ROLL IN STEALING IT FOR THE GOP, SADLY IF OBAMA WAS 100% WHITE (NOT JUST 50%) THIS ELECTION WOULD NOT EVEN BE CLOSE. AMERICA IS A RACIST UNEDUCATED MESS.

S, why do you think Obama had something to do with this? The McCain campaign will do any thing to get some media coverage. They're not talking about the fact that this woman has no clue of what to do if something happen to Mr. McCain. Please save it, and talk about the issue please.....

Obama/Biden 08

Here it comes-the McCain campaign trying to shift the attention away from issues. No one cares. The stock market is poised to drop 1,000 points this week and we are about to inherit $1 trillion in debt from bailouts. This is of no moment to the voters. We want substance! It's too late in the day to fight lipstick rumors.

Sounds like most of her emails were to her 6 state paid nannies who take care of her children/maid service. As it turns out, she's not the super mom she proclaimed to be...she get alot of state paid help!

OBAMA FOR A NEW DIRECTION!

S, this has nothing to do with the Obama campaign!
While the FBI tries to track down those responsible for the hacking, I hope they also take a close look at the government business Palin conducted on her personal account. She claims to want transparency in government, yet by most accounts is a very secretive Governor.
We've had 8 years of an administration that is secretive, lies to the American people, and think they are above the laws the rest of us have to live by.
No More! No Way! No McCain! No Palin!

Something maybe in there that she doesn't want the public to see? Something maybe about Troopergate? Probably just a bunch of porn spam. But still...

So, you have an inside track that it was the Obama campaign???? So quick to judge.....

Think you better check on McNut's smear campaign, all his ads are LIES LIES LIES....and it has been proven....

This makes me sick. The creep that did this should feel very comfortable in the socialist government that we are heading toward if the libs have their way. OH, and thanks, CNN, for remembering to put the quip about Palin facing questions regarding her personal email. For a second, I thought that you may be simply reporting the news in respectable way but you had to remind me that everything you print has to cast anyone who is not Obama in a negative light. Shame on me for getting my hopes up.

After the White House denounces McCain's fundamental argument, and admits that George Bush is too overwhelmed to discus economical failure with the American people

Anybody who votes McCain is an ignorant, fascist traitor that should be exiled for their gross denial of doing what's best for the United States. Country First, yeah right, what they mean to say is Me First.

ONE NATION

Using a unsecured Yahoo account for government business is irresponsible.. What was she thinking...??

And now its Democrats and Obamas fault?? When will these Republicans learn to stand up and take responsibilty?? What a bunch of whiners....

I cannot fathom that whoever is so afraid of our next Vice President.It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure who is behind this.. When you have to resort to these tactics, I for one sure as hell doesn't want a Democrat as President. Oh he will will do is normal sweet talking as always... Go McCain/Palin Bob Beckner, Florida

Palin would not testify in trooopergate and now wants an investigation into her e-mail. The fact is that she used this e-mail account to direct attacks at people while she was in office.

Oh my god, do we really want this woman to be in the white house for the next 4 years. I am so sick of this elections. The polls should have Obama by a landslide.

People wake up and see what is happening to our country. Republicans are trying to trick you again with their lies. Don't fall for it.

Obama / Biden '08

Smear, ????
Your a joke and so are your cantidates but I guess that it's normal fo expect comments from someone who thinks that Bush has the intellect of Einstein. Good luck when your ship sinks

What Smear Campaign.. Oh yeah.... we have for forgotten that Obama 's was had a personal open illegally .... I reference to Gov. Palin What are her agenda (I mean what at step his is going to take to turn our local and global situation around. I keep looking for it and hear nothing.... Just for the record I am a register Republican.

VOTE or DIE TRYING!!!
DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE SAME MESS BRINGS ABOUT NEW RESULTS

You are an idiot. You somehow decided that Obama was responsible for this? Typical Repug logic.

Not sure what in the world the above comment by "S" has to do with anything about this subject. This is not a smear the Obama camp has anything to do with.

What this is concerning is using a a very unsecured option (personal yahoo account) to conduct government business.

Why in the world would someone use this type of account to conduct very sensitive business you ask?

Because this account can not be subpoenaed.

So on one hand, she protects herself from the law, a little trick picked up from the Bush administration.

On the other hand, someone who uses an unsecured account makes valuable information easily accessible for cyber-criminals/terrorists.

This is horrible judgment at very best.

WHO THE HELL WOULD USE YAHOO TO CONDUCT GOVERNMENT BUSINESS?

Since we don't know yet IF Palin's email was hacked, or WHO did it, it seems a little hasty to accuse the Obama campaign of anything yet.
Demonizing the opposition makes for an uncivil society.

So let's get the facts first, before we start 'spinning' the story.

what do you expect when you are using yahoo in place of your official email. Is she hiding something?

You think Obama had something to do with this? How silly you are

Wasn't this a plan by the repugs to erase all her incrminating emails?

Sarah Palin is a right-wing bible thumping radical. She will take away all your rights in the name of god. Any one who thinks that the war in Iraq is god's will needs to re-examine thier religion. Those are the same beliefs that radical muslims have...so Sarah must be a radical muslim and not a christian. She needs to stay up in Alaska where her frozen brain won't endanger the lives of intelligent people. As a veteran I am shocked at her statements...she has no clue about the real world. I would bet money that her son will never go 'in harm's way' and will probably end up in some safe area with lots of protection. God forbid her little boy might have to fight.

I love it. Evertime something comes out with regards to Sarah Palin it's immediately the Democrats fault. Possibly, if the McCain campaign had thoroughly vetted and/or given the media access to Sarah Palin all of these smears (as you call them) would not have occurred.
Also, my wife and I make a great family , but trust me, neither of us would make a great vice president.
Thank you media for doing your job.

I am sure Democrats have no problem with her email being stolen. They believe that government should control every aspect of your life and that everyone should be able to spy on their neighbors. Reminds me of the Third Reich.

in response to 9/18/8:20amET. Only God can decide who is good and decent. We must decide by "facts". Looks like McClaine brought Palin in as a "token". But, she is no Hilary, not that I would have voted for Hilary. What powers would she really have in the McCain relm? She is a Trojen Horse that if brought into Washington, may possibly have the same results.

Thats not cool. Shame on anyone who says different

I agree with the previous post!! The links the Democrats will go to WIN is showing me that as an Independent that I will not be voting for a Democrat this time around either!!!! A Disgrace for this country! We are America! Some people got in the position their in because of hard work, dedication and dignity not by the help of low down dirty crooked people. GO MCCAIN/PALIN. You have my vote and 98% of the votes from my hometown.

Another point of correction:
Just give me a break! This is simply another source of distraction. I feel so sad when Americans treat the political issues of their system with intellectual deficiency!! The thought that someone as old as McCain with limited cognitive abilties, and Palin so full of herself could dominate the political scene amazes the world but the U.S. Send these folks to the UK, Germany, or even French voters and they will literally "throw up."

Funny that the liberal people who support Obama and always cry about their privacy rights being violated by the Bush administration are the same people behind hacking her private email account.

To comment from s:
How can you say that it's a smear by Obama when we don't even know the facts yet? Your comment is ridiculous and hateful. What makes you think that Palin will make a great president? She certainly has not been a great governor!
Vote Obama!

I am fully supporting Obama, but for people to do this is wrong and unjustified.

VOTE Obama!!!

What's the problem? Email hacking is totally legal.
Looks like Bush Warrantless Wiretapping program is working just fine!

"THIS ALL OUT SMEAR CAMPAIGN" Wahh!

Just give me a break! This is simply another source of distraction. I feel so sad when Americans treat the political issues of their system with intellectual deficiency!! The thought that someone as old as McCain with limited cognitive abilties, and Palin so full of herself could dominate the political scene. Second these folks to the UK, Germany, or even French voters and they will literally "throw up."

Why did the campaign manager say "...and we hope that anyone in possession of these emails will destroy them" ? Makes one wonder what's in the emails?

Oh yeah here we go.... Blame Obama for anything that happens in the world to Sarah Palin and pretend that Obama is "trying to destroy her".
Barack Obama has nothing to do with this. There are some really paranoid people out there.

s ,DO you have to blame everything on Obama ? He was responsible for the investigation now it's an email . GOd ,this is paranoia.

S

Dont be an idiot!! Yeah blame all the worlds problems on Obama.

Seeing as how Palin wont coorperate and release her emails, whats the problem with seeing them, unless she did something wrong.

I just love how her and McCain can scream someone broke the law but yet she refuses to talk about Troopergate, none of the people issued subpeonas will talk. Oh they're above the law but us common folk are not?

Give me a friggin brake!!!!!

Yeah S go ahead and vote McCain, vote against your best interests.

They are such liars. I don't believe anybody broke into her e-mail. Palin and her family need to put a hitch their trailer and go back to Alaska. She is as qualified as my pet cat.

Did you enjoy the koolaid?

Are you in some kind of land of make believe? Are you really saying this is some big conspiracy theory and that Obama and the Democrats are "just being mean" to her? She will need to be able to take a lot more of a beating than this if she is going to be VP – the media is a lot more harsh than any democrat. And maybe JUST MAYBE she isn't coming out smelling like roses because SHE DOESN'T!

And ps – she is an idiot and wouldn't know the truth if it hit her in her Tina-Fey-Beauty-Pagent-Pitbull wearing lipstick FACE!

She wasn't hacked by Obama, she was hacked by 4chan. That is not a website that is friendly to Obama, or McCain, or any governmental official. They're anarchists.

So funny. Palin has been using an "off the record" email account to conduct PUBLIC business, thereby lying to and misleading the people. The only thing her supporters can say? Of course... Obama did it.

Nevermind that Palin has done something wrong... it's obviously Obama's fault she did it.

Please. Obama's negative ads against McCain are at least true (factcheck.org is your friend!). McCain's ads against Obama are so obviously false and pitiful.

we dont know if this is the Truths , the republican just want to start somthing ,to change the News . thays what the do every four Years , give at up ,we not Stupid

For heavens sake, S, use some common sense. Not everything is tied to Obama. You are clearly an idiot.

Yes, we agree there needs to be an investigation!!!! We need to know why she was using a Yahoo email account for official State business? The only comment is for who ever has any emails is for them to destroy then?? What is she so afraid of and why will she not cooperate with the trooper gate investigation? Too many questions going unanswered. McCain picking Palin was believed to be a rash decision and events every day are proving this to be true. Either she was not properly vetted or she was and the McCain campaign thought they could keep this stuff under wraps. Either way his judgment, or lack thereof is in question. She was a bad pick and we will lose this election because of it.

This is so silly, especially the comment by the blogger "S" that Obama has anything to do with this. Stop the hate. Sop the madness and let's stick to the issues!
Undecided voter.

You know, I doubt people would be doing stuff like this if Palin would just come clean, be available to the media, cooperate in the Troopergate investigation, and otherwise let the American voters know who she really is, how she really operates and what she really stands for. Same thing with the internet rumors – people believe gossip because we have nohing else even remotely credible to go on except what little the mainstream media is covering and has been able to confirm.
Let me be clear: I'm no Palin fan and McCain lost this white woman's vote when he picked her, but the kid who invaded her privacy stepped over the line and should be punished. However, I also think, she invited just this kind of thing by hiding from the American people and repeatedly lying to the voters.

Who cares?

S,

how are these smear tactics? someone hacked into palin's personal email account – it could have been any 17 year old kid who's good with computers.

Dems are running scared when they resort to this.

What is fascinating is to see the accounts used for government oriented emails. Alaska has laws (and reasons) for retaining emails on their .gov

To see officials like Palin trying to circumvent it is disturbing. She has a right to have a personal private account. But by directing people to use her yahoo account for government business, as is now reported, she created her own additional and new ethics problem.

It is not the content of the personal emails voters are finding disturbing, it is the increasing indicators of Palin's own abuse of office.

Yes, it's bad that someone hacked into her email account. What's worse, however, is that she was using her personal email to hide conversations from her government account. THIS is what we should be scared of. She has a lot of hiding going on, and as we slowly chip away at the lies, we're uncovering a very manipulative, calculating woman. I want a REAL leader in the White House. Go O!

This is not where Americans want to see the energy of the McCain campaign. It will be viewed as an attempt at another mindless distraction.

Are we to honestly believe that the GOP sent any campaign sensitive material to Palin via Yahoo! ? If they did, the Republican Party / McCain has only shown how irresponsible they are and/or how ignorant they are around information technology.

More likely, McCain's only interest in this is to draw attention away from

1.) the investigation of Governor Palin in the Alaska State Legislature .... or
2.) recent media scrutiny on Palin's repeating lies and half-truths ( Bridge-to-No-Where, Sold it on E-Bay for a profit, etc.) ... or
3.) on Carly Fiorina telling a radio station that Mrs. Palin wasn't qualified ... or
4.) from John McCain 1st being against a bail out of AIG ... before he was for it ... or
5.) from John McCain stating 16 times that the "fundamentals of the economy are strong ... and then trying to spin it around and citing the AMERICAN WORKER as what he meant in a CHEAP pandering effort ... or
6.) from reports that Ms. Palin was overheard referring to Obama as Sambo and Clinton as the "B" word ... or
7.) that ... Mr. Reform Washington ... John McCain ... can only revert back to Washington's .. "form a commission to study the economy" tactic in the wake of the financial turmoil this weak.

This e-mail story is a distraction. Let's see some focus on one of the 6 items above.

Obama has not "unleashed" anything on Sarah Palin. A good rule of thumb for her would be to not use her personal e-mail accounts to conduct state business. I mean, come on. I don't think anyone is making them out to be demons. I think people are revealing truths about their family and their beliefs. Truths that the American people don't want leading their country. If anyone has used ridiculous smear tactics in their campaigning I would point the finger at McCain. He has gone above and beyond with his bad politics. You need to get a reality check.

to s-

This article has nothing to do with Obama. How out of touch with reality are you??

Who cares if her e-mail was hacked. It is nothing more than the republicans crying foul because they will not win this election. So "s" give it a rest and come to grips with the fact that Obama will win.

Yea, Obama has nothing to do with this. But nice try.

The hacker should be dragged over rusted nails over and over again... but...this has nothing to do with Obama and anyone who thinks that is blinded for their dislike for the candidate they are obviously not voting for. I really think if she would openly make herself available to press it would only do more to boost her image to that of her party and other gender-driven voters going to the gop side. She's still an empty book to me until she proves herself otherwise. She's 1/3 of the woman that Hillary is, for Hillary fought to be where she is and palin was "selected" to get women voters that will only vote base on gender. The gop ticket and palin stand for nothing that Hillary stood for... nothing.

Intelligent woman voter that votes on issues that affect me.
Obama|Biden '08

Ah, yeah sure 's' now so you'er saying that the Obama campaign has hired hackers? duh.

TIPYCAL REPUBLICANS LIES AND SMEARS TO DISTRACT THE PUBLIC IN THE ELECTIONS FROM THE REAL ISSUES.

I am sorry Mcain is too old to run this country and she does not qualify to be vice-president they are both to scary to run the country

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF RTHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Actually, the Obama campaign most likely had nothing to do with this, Anonomous has already claimed responsibility for the hacking before the mainstream news groups broke the story.
If it was a smear tactic im sure there would have been more incriminating emails released, rather than simple chatter

Why would she conduct government businness with a personal e-mail account anyway. ...?

CNN.................ALL PALIN, ALL THE TIME?????

Instead of reporting everything that she does, why don't you refuse to cover her until she begins taking questions from the press.

When Tim Russert died, the "4th estate" died as well. All we're left with is a bunch of hacks writing what they are told instead of asking questions.

Why don't you just print the press releases from the McCain campaign so we don't have to have the middleman reporters involved at all.

It does appear that Obama is using his old Chicago politics to try and smear Palin. First Hillary now Palin. What does this man have against women, yeesh.

If any information concerning the firing of Troopergate were in her personal email, Palin's credibility is in question as well as her reckless behavior as Gov.

S, why don't you practice what you preach? Blaming this on Obama with no proof is a smear tactic too. It's irresponsible to say that Obama is responsible without proof, but no one is actually interested in proof, are they? This sort of thing is almost always vigilante work.

It's curious, isn't it, that the hackers never tried to get into Hillary's, Obama's, McCain's or anyone else's email, private or otherwise, though I'm sure they could if they wanted to? It definitely looks like a smear campaign. Palin must have some genuine power for them to be so scared of her they'd resort to this.

I guess Barack Obama caused McCain's jet to be shot down too.LMAO!!!!

the hack is probably all baloney... a plant my McBush campaign since they have NOTHING to offer Americans but WAR and RECESSION....

PALIN IS A LIAR

Once again this is a mind game the republicans are playing. Who ever did this works for McCain or supports McCain. Come on how dumb would it be for Obama to have anything to do with this. Seriously!!!! hahahaha you guys are funny with this one.

Obama-Biden est: 2008

VOTE OBAMA-BIDEN

Typical Right-wing paranoia comment.

Here is my take on this e-mail story:
1-Palin want to get rid of problematic e-mails
2- create a hacking story
3- shut all her yahoos' accounts up.
4-Job well done and the media does the rest of the job by making her look like a victim to unsuspecting viewers!

What is a governor doing using Yahoo! mail (which won't have the standard security levels of her proper email) to carry out official government business?

Uhm... Obama's smear campaign? How about almost every McCain ad out there, as well as most of their speaches that mention Obama being just flat out lies? How about Rove of all people calling out the McCain campaign for stepping over the line between fudging the truth and all out lieing?

And so now you're suggesting that it was someone in the Obama campaign that "hacked" her yahoo account?

Sheesh.

Also, stop yelling... it's really annoying.

Palin's family isn't the issue. Her qualifications and the fact that if something smells bad, it usually is. Also, have we all missed the sexism bait. Cut me a break!

Don't really care for either candidate, but that is shameful and illegal. Hope the FBI catches whomever did it.

None of the Above '08!

The Republican ticket is frought with liars, cheats and all are in the pockets of big oil and lobbyists. Obama need not do any smearing, as the ticket is doing enough of that to themselves. Out of touch and out of their minds is how best to describe the McCain/Palin ticket. Economy fundamentally sound? Open your eyes to the rest of the world, people! Maybe McCain and Palin's personal finances are sound....look who's paying them! WE are, in tandem with big oil.

VOTE OBAMA, he, at least has a conscience.

They want to investigate????? The troopergate they don't want to co-operate what is this double standard????????? McSame campaign they are doing everything to get all the headlines,,,,,they are running a very low campaign pathetic!

Obama/Biden

The McCain/Palin camp blames obama for everything lies they tell american people. This is 21th Century you can not keep lying and don't expect people to find out.

Nobody is smearing anything about Sarah and her family. she is doing it to herself. What happens to the transparency she promised people?

Stop the crying and the whinning just tell the truth.

This is another faux scandal cooked up by the McCain campain – anything to take the focus off of the real issues affected hard-working Americans.

McCain would rather talk about Palin's Yahoo account than the economy any day of the week.

Let's stay focused on the issues that matter!

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN!

I am soooo tired of Obama who has no experience and the media, who is clearly sexist, putting down Sarah Palins experience. She was a mayor and she is a governor. When the hurricanes hit, it was the mayors and governors speaking to the media. They had all the responsibility. Yet they make fun of Sarah Palin. What a double standard.

when will american be smart enough to read between the lines. I haven't been here but and I can see the GOP only cares about the rich and treat the rest of us like your intial "s"

Palin has shown she doesn't have the judgment. I mean come one, you use Yahoo to conduct government business? She would had been better of if she had taken an ad out in the New York Times. It would had been just as safe. Yahoo is not known for its security. I am pretty sure the secret service will tell her at the end of the day to not use Yahoo in the future.

The reason why I say this is I also had my yahoo account hacked into. I knew pretty much who did it. But yahoo took no action. Yahoo won't take action for the average user. It only takes action for the so called "high profile" user.

I have also seen comments online that they hope the hacker is found and prosecuted. Shows you how naive people are to hacking. It goes on alot more than is reported. And alot of them don't get caught.

So if you want someone that has shown they have naive judgment, vote for McCain. If you want someone that is smart and has the right judgment, vote for Obama.

Obama/Biden!!!!!

Hehe, yeah ok Obama does the smearing. The McShame campaign and and ONLY the McShame has done the smearing. The facts that have come out about SP are facts...just because you don't like those facts doesn't make them smears. But nice try.

Why don't you all get real!! John McCain and Palin are extreme right wingers and they have used SMEAR tactics. The question is: would you really want Palin to be the President if something should happen to McCain? It scares me!

I don't care WHOSE email got hacked.

Somebody needs to do jail time.

McCain's campaign is pathetic. It is obvious they are trying to create a distraction from Palin's investigation in Alaska and avoid discussing issue #, the ECONOMY. These guys are done! McCain should hire a new set of campaign managers. These are a bunch of nitwits.

Obama '08

That is disgraceful, regardless of what party you're from.

I was waiting for a negative comment about Obama's campaign doing something against Palin..To "S" you need to read the facts before you blog...

PALIN WAS ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION SINCE JULY AND THAT WAS WAY BEFORE SHE WAS THE VP PICK....SO THE ONLY SMEAR TACTICS IS THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN WHICH EVERYBODY KNOWS IT...THERE WAS EVEN AN ARTICLE IN TIME STATING THAT THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN IS PLAYING REAL DIRTY POLITICS AND THE SMEAR ATTACK ON OBAMA THEY HAVE BEEN PULLING IS LIES...THEY EVEN WENT AS FAR AS CALLING MCCAIN & PALIN LIARS........

OBAMA WILL PREVAIL CAUSE "GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY!!!!! MCCAIN HAS NO HONOR......

What ever and get a life. Just because somone hacked in doesnt mean the Obama camp is behind it. However, lets just see what all gets posted and what this un-qualified Palin is trying to hide. O-and bye the way, funny how everyone is catching onto her and that she has no business being nominated for VP. The Honeymoon is over and the polls are showing it. After all of this hoopla about her and the conservative side, Obama has weathered the storm and is back on top of the polls.

OBAMA/ BIDEN 08, Yes we can.
Fired up....Ready 2 Go!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please stop! Governor Palin's email account was hacked by well known hacker group 4Chan NOT Sen. Barack Obama. Goodness, grow up people!

where did the several hundred comments from yesterday go?

"S," stop yelling. Obama's got nothing to do with "Anonymous," and claiming so makes you look like you're short a few marbles.

Why does it have to be someone from Obama's campaign who has done this?
Obama's campaign has done nothing wrong or illegal. Tell me one thing that Obama's campaign has said about Palin that is a lie?
I guess we will find out at the debate between the vice presidential candidates who is the better person to represent this country.
Also your precious McCain says he is going to change things? He is one of the good ole boys that Palin loves saying she is going to take on.
BTW I am a female voter that is voting for Obama/Biden!

Wow, nice glossing over how Palin used the PERSONAL email address for GOVERNMENTAL business, in an effort to avoid having to disclose!

Way to go, CNN!

"THAT OBAMA HAS UNLEASHED ON SARAH "

It is the McCain camp that has unleashed the war... and this is just another part of it. The Obama campaign is not responsible for this hack.

Decent family? Well maybe... except she's completely unqualified to be VP much less President.

Maybe if repubs ever practiced what they preached... it wouldn't have gone this far.

It's the Obama campaign and his hoards of online hackers.
Change indeed. Obama is just another sleeze like the
friends he selects. CNN, you should stop patronizing Obama.
Let the people of America select the next president of the
United States instead of you ramming Obama down their throats.
He is no saint and he can't walk on water!

Yes she is a liar, and the people deserve to know. Who ever hacked her acct. was wrong to do it but if she was honest and truthful what does she have to hide. It isn't the Obama camp either. The GOPers always blame him to try and get some lie to stick but we the people know the truth. Sarah palin what do you have to hide. And another piece of news from Iowa where McShame and Palen will be speaking, apparently our 10 billion flood here in Iowa doesn't matter to McShame cause we asked him to see the damage here and he said he doen't have the time, yes McShame I guess we know what matters to you and it isn't the people. You come here when its flooding and get in the way, and then when we want you to come and see the aftermath you can't even care enough to make time for us. McSame don't bother coming then cause we are not going to vote for someone who doesn't care about us and that is you. Obama 08,12 I'm voting for someone who cares about IOWA thats Barack Obama!!!

Welcome to the club, my girlfriend hacked my email, too!!!

Outside the topic of illegal entry into someone's email box...my concern would be with how Palin has used the Yahoo account.
Obviously she had a government supplied and administered account that should be used for all work related issues.
A personal account should not. Email is archived for legal reasons as well as for standard backup/recovery.
If she was using the Yahoo account for chit chat, no problem. But if she was conducting government business thru it, then an ethical issue can be raised.

This isn't Obama. It's that group called "Anonymous"–made up of troublemakers, jobless kids and protestors. This illegal act should be prosecuted. It's a modern day Watergate–break-in.

IF AMERICA BELIEVES ANYMORE OF THE LIES/CHARGES THAT COME OUT OF DAVIS AND THE MCCALLIN CAMPAIGN, IT WILL TRULY BE SHAME ON US. THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING ELSE IS BEING MANUFACTURED TO TAKE US OFF THE THINGS THAT MATTER, SUCHAS, THE ECONOMY, THE TWO WARS WE ARE FIGHTING AND DIEING IN, DEREGULATION, AND THE HIGH PRICE OF GAS. PLEASE DON'T BE FOOLED THIS TIME AMERICA!

Spam-bots getting a bit out if line?

C'mon you all keep saying how smart you are. This was too smart, or too smooth, or too legal..................

Smear campaign? And you know this how? The McCant./Payless ticket is not one for our country. It's freightening what would happen if they're voted in.

Whats the big deal about her email being "Hacked" The Government snoops into our emails and personal lifes daily, only under the cloak of "Security". People get hacked every day, but does the government really care? NO. If Palin is supposed to be "one of us" then do what everybody else does, suck it up, butch up and get a new email account.

yep, our tax dollars at work, it's more important to find who hacked into Sarah's email account then pedophiles lurking around the net.

Didn't Sarah Palin herself blow the whistle on a fellow co-worker for improperly using his email working on campaign issues which he was forced to resign? Now we are finding out even after blowing the whistle on her co-workers she is doing the exact same type of thing. Once again a liar and hypocrite. I'm starting to lose track of all the lies there are so many.

I am appalled by the EXTREME steps that you angry liberals would go to in order to tear down this woman. Hacking into her personal email?1? That is disgraceful. I am frightened by the kind of irresponsible "I worship you and would do anything for you" behavior that Obama seems to inspire in some of you obviously insecure and weak-minded people.

Question: Who has the most to gain (they think) from hacking into the Governor's email and posting them for public consumption? Case solved!

Demons? Don't be silly.

This whole email issue should have never happened, though. The messages we're reading about should never have been on yahoo. It's improper to commingle public business with personal communications.

The management of the Wasilla Sports complex was also improper. Palin built a municipal facility on land that didn't belong to the city, which is both improper and inept.

Nonetheless, S, your paranoia is just that. Palin may just be a garden variety radical, but some of her supporters are puerile name-callers and wackos.

If one conducts themselves with honesty, pride, and integrity, they will most likely not find themselves in the midst of such a scandal or be accused of wrong doing. Obviously Palin has not conducted herself in such a manner. If she has nothing to hide, then she should just comply with the investigation (partisan or not partisain) and get this nonsense over with.

Remember, rules make you free. If you follow them, people leave you alone!

Having Palin on the ticket was a big mistake. Obviously, she doesn't know that you can't discuss official matters using your personal email account. Did she need to be reminded of it?

And this what McCain is offering us a VP!!!!

Where is this country going?????

Did I see on the CNN special on Palin that she gave birth to her 1st child just over 7 months after they were married? If so, why isn't the Christian right commenting on that? If so, it would be no wonder she is so supportive of her 16/17 year old pregnant daughter. Palin pregnant out of wedlock at 21/22, daughter pregnanat out of wedlock at 16/17. God help any next generation girl in that family – 12/13???

To "s"-

What in the world are you talking about? Obama's campaign had nothing to do with this!

What makes me wonder is that if she had been using this email to conduct state business when clearly the protocol states you're supposed to use the state/government email hosting services, is if she was doing it on purpose to try to avoid scrutiny on issues like Troopergate – that could be flagged more easily (but more easily deleted) when using her official email.

Maybe it was the investigators who or FBI who felt it was necessary to
hack Palin's e-mail because this is the only way to gain information
since Palin is so secretive and uncooperative with her own
investigation.

What does she have to hide? Maybe the emails will prove that she is not a nit wit, or a bad mother, or maybe she actually has facts saying that the dinosaurs did roam the earth 4000 years ago. Maybe they will say that she wants to overhaul our foreign policy, or that she never intended on firing her ex-brother in law as a state trooper. What is she trying to hide? I love how conservatives can be so twofaced on issues when their own candidate is involved. Flip floppers all of them... Every person who thinks Palin would be a good leader also thinks Bush is doing a great job!

She definitely has skeletons in her closet.

Dear S,

Typing in All CAPS does not make your statement automatically true.

-Julius

Oh yes, as if the Obama campaign hired the hacker to gain access into Palin's e-mail account?!? Please, don't insult the american people's intelligence. You right winger's never cease to amaze me with the bullcrap that you pull out of your behinds to throw at the liberals. This is almost as absurd as the comment that the Obama campaign has "hijacked" the investigation into Palin's firing of the State Police Chief. Give me a break.

NO MORE REPUBLICAN LIES!!

Obama/Biden '08

he asks his viewers, "what would you do if you were GOP strategist?"

like that's what a so-called news program should focus on at this point,

like this is all some fun game to play.

obviously, he and his neo-con cronies don't want the people to see and understand the real troubles this country is in.

nice try, blitzer. nice try.

Obama's smear-fest against Palin continues. No Surprise. This is how the Community Organizer has run every campaign. The Thug from Chicago prefers to eliminate the opposition so he doesn't have to actually deal with them. This is just slimely Chicago politics taken to a national level. Al Capone would be proud.

How exactly is this a 'smear campaign'?

A known hacker on the internet found a way to get into Sarah Palin's emails. Emails since April 2008 – far before she was a vice presidential candidate. The emails are real as pictures not seen before, phone numbers unknown before, and people unknown before were detailed.

So instead of the crime Palin committed by using personal email for government business (she must use a government account and keep the records), you would rather allege that Obama planned all this? Get real. The hacker might have been a democratic-sympathizer, but I would hazard a guess that the hacker was trying all the politicians emails, and just succeeded with Sarah Palins.

McCain's attacks are actually causing him to fall in the polls. Obama has hardly done any attacks at all this campaign, much to the chagrin of many democrats who have wanted him to.

ISSUES! ISSUES! ISSUES! McPalin Campaign is trying to distract Americans from discussing real issues. It amzing how they manufacture stupid fluff. One wonders why they can't come up with any constructive ideas! They should be more concerned with Palins on going investigation in Alaska. These idiots are rediculous!

McPalin campaign think americans are stupid! After all the lies they have been telling lately, we are NOT going to buy this one! "no but no thanks!"

Obama-Biden 08!

No, it wasn't Obama you twit. It was /b/, no connection at all to Obama.

I suggest ketchup with all that caps lock crow you're going to be eating.

How stupid is this person that she is using a free mail account for State Business. Or is she using it to hide information from public records. For a long time she said she would cooperate with the probe into her wrongfull firing but now she is using G.W. Bushing play book by changing her mind and not cooperating. Looks like another coverup to me and most people. Great job Vetting his one. The Palin bounce is just about over the more people get to know her the less they like her.

hahahaha it's not a smear campaign-it's a bunch of internet geeks who felt like hacking into her email...it's incredibly easy. Also, i heard and saw from the webshots that there were only pictures of her baby sent to friends–and emails back and forth from family in her account about basic family B.S...nothin' juicy.

Case Closed: It was Obama and the media!!!!

Obama/Biden 08
Vote Smart America: Take RACE out of the race!!

The group that hacked her e-mail was Anynomous, they aren't related to Obama.

Just because your candidate broke federal law by using personal email for government business, don't try to spin this as an attack.

I realize that the McCain campaign would do this to Obama (if they could) in a heart beat, but Obama doesn't campaign like that.

We don't know who hacked the email's but it sure wasn't a supporter of Palin's. If Sen. Obama's email was hacked , the Dems and their friends in the MSM would be all over this as a "Right Wing" dirty trick and they would hang it around McCain's neck. It sure seems quiet right now in th MSM and the Dems about this. Where is the outrage?

s, what in the hell is wrong with you? If Sarah had nothing to hide, then she should have been more than willing to turn over any information to clear herself. If she wanted to prove to the American people that she is who she say she is, then she should have put all of her cards on the table. Like the saying goes, "there's something rotten in Denmark." Trust me, there are ways to get the information needed, "by any means necessary."

Why is Barack Obama suddenly responsible for everything SHE does wrong? Stop making him the scapegoat. Good grief! Maybe you need to wake up to the fact that she isn't this perfect creature on a 'task from God.'

I can tell you this for certain. If it would have been Obama or Biden to have their email hacked the Press would be demanding justice, instead they are protecting their source.......

America is catching on to this and how the press is pushing Obama down our throats.

The way things are going make me wish it was October already, I can't wait for the surprise.

Excuse me "S", but where in this article did it say that Obama’s camp had anything to do with this email hack? Quit trying to blame the other guy! No where does it say that this was the work of the Obama team. Get real…

Ummmm... I don't think that anyone would hire a hacker to get a hold of Palin's email account for political purposes. They don't have to. All they have to do is look at her record...

Are they a good and decent family? Really? How do you know this? Do you know them personally? Do you call them at home? Do they invite you over for dinner? Relax...

If Palin has nothing to hide, then she shouldn't be worried. It is a crime that her email was hacked and hopefully the perpetrator will be brought to justice but I don't think it's quite time to holler 'smear tactics' just yet.

It's amazing the lengths that BHO will go through. Smearing tactics, hacking email, what's nextt?!?! This is change I can definitely do without.

Too bad they can't hack into her past email since it has been revealed she used personal email accounts to conduct public business believing they could not be subpoenaed. It was pointed out last night on NBC news that the only other VP candidate in modern times with as little foreign affairs experience was Spiro T. Agnew. So last night news gives them something else in common besides being crooked little governors. Just remember, if she is elected and forced to resign later that makes the Speaker of the House next in line to be president. Currently that would be Nancy Pelosi.

Sarah Palin IS
No 1 VP Nomination in us History.Palin not for only ALASKa,Palin for United State of America. CNN Do you think about this ?

Wow how shocking more info is coming out

IT is the SLEAZY tactics of the Obama camp who are responsible for the email hack I am certain, they can only gain ground through lies and smears...I wonder NOW with the ECONOMY what Obama is going to do with his precious bill for the GLOBAL POVERTY ACT FOR AFRICA THAT IS 845 BILLION TO AFRICA! AND OBAMA WANTS TO RAISE TAXES!

I really hope this ELITIST and HIS HOLLYWEIRD CLAN go BACK to the HOLE they crawled out of! WE do NOT NEED OBAMA'S TAX INCREASES!

This has nothing to do with Obama, you idiot. Anyone who would vote for McCain after hearing this woman uses personal email to conduct state business is brain dead.

The Palins may be a good decent family, but as a politician Palin falsley claimed to sell the state plane on eBay when it was actually sold privately to a Republican at a loss. She claimed to say "Thanks but no thanks" on the bridge to nowhere when she was actually saying "Mother may I"- Congress killed the deal before she said "no thanks" she keeps the money then takes credit for virtuous behavior.

If this is what the dishonest McCain ticket has to offer, I say "thanks but no thanks" to the McCain-Palin administration to nowhere.

Hmm...bias some? I leave a comment well over an hour ago questioning the "Right To Privacy" and how Palin is using an unsecure email system outside of the archived government email system that the state of Alaska provides and instead of seeing that posted, there's a comment bashing Obama which has nothing to do with this story otherwise.

Who moderates this thing, Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild?

I'm glad someone did hack into her e-mail. If the McCain camp stops trying to keep her backround a covert operation then this would have never happened.

I like how Dems talk about the dirty tricks the RNC plays, but act as the DNC does not pull stuff like this. Keep up the two faced play it is only making more and more voters turn to McCain/Palin.

The media coverage of Palin is almost out of control. I don't think I have ever seen anything like it.

S, you have got to be kidding. As a moderate who has not decided, it is very clear to me that McCain was the one who started a huge smear campaign, and Obama is now just responding. The GOP is notorious for huge smear campaigns that twist the facts. They called Obama a celebrity and compared him to Paris Hilton, and you want to point the finger at Obama for smearing? It's idiots like you that elect idiots like George W. Bush. Do us all a favor on election day and stay home.

While I in no way condone hacking into peoples' private lives, this should serve a valuable function: Perhaps this would help Sarah realize that her views on censorship and spying and security should perhaps need adjustment. What she says in her e-mails is none of our business. Should she become president (evidently she is running for said since McCain has all but vanished), our e-mails are none of her business either.

When will the people who support Obama realize that doing these stupid things hurts him? It does nothing but give sympathy and coverage to his opponents.

McCain – Pailn '08

I feel the trooper investigation more important.

wow the guy above is a little off the rocker. this is not a Obama attack this is the act of 4chaners who did this on their own accord. Obama isn't about to do a hack like this.

Wow Sarah Palin is so stupid she can't even set the filters to keep her own personal e-mail account secure, how the hell is she supposed to keep our country secure.

Democrats are all for personal privacy unless the privacy is wanted by someone they disagree with. What a bunch of hypocritical SOBs.

Why does everyone insist on blaming Barack Obama for every Palin mishap!! S, you got some nerve blaming Obama's campaign for something that is totally illegal, not to mention stupid. Next time you respond to a ticker, get your intelligence together!!

Smear campaign?

It was not the work of obama

I don’t think Obama is spearing Palin. It’s the MSN finally researching what comes out of McCain/Palin's mouths.

Fact checking is not smear...IT TRUTH...

ISN'T THERE A LAW ABOUT TRUTH IN ADVERTISING........

Please! She brought this on herself by trying to be sneaky. Dirty deeds that happen in the dark - like trying to hide official emails - always come to light.

What does this have to do with Obama? NOTHING.

This was a hacker from the group "Anonymous". Has it occurred to you that other people besides Obama do not like Palin?

This just proves this country is against the McCain/Palin ticket and if they were to be elected it would be another 4 years of travesty.

This also proves SARAH PALIN'S IGNORANCE. To use Yahoo! for government business is just plain stupid. No if, and, or buts around it. McCain showed lack of judgment in picking her and she is showing lack of judgment here. Also let's not forget her asking for the trooper investigation and now opposing it.

The McCain/Palin ticket is a joke!!!!

Invasion of Privacy? Now there is a shocking statement coming from the Repugs. Gee, isn't it the Repugs that have invaded all our privacies? Go home and watch your c hildren, Sarah! Your husband obviously doesn't have the time. He is busy "sledding" all over Alaska. Don't want to see your youngest daughter pregnant do ya?

s, how in the world do you relate this to Obama? Hackers love to get into anything and I'm sure as many of them, or more, are trying to hack into Obama's e-mail.
Also, please, please, take your keyboard off "Caps Lock". It is really hard to read your ridiculous rantings when you write like that.

To S.....
Let's face it, the Republicans have done more damage to our government in the last 8 years than all of the administrations since the "Great Depression" and now that it looks like a DEEP RECESSION is looming for the next 18-24 months, if not worse, John McCain has flip-flopped on sooo many issues since April of this year. Now the "De-Regulation pusher" is all about 'Regulation" and is running with a VP canidate that can't answer a qestion about foreign policy or economic issues without sounding like doofus... Obama is the answer not "Jed and Alley May Clampet"

And of course, this is Obama's fault.....as if anybody in the campaign cares enough or is low enough to do something like this. As if there are not thousands of people out there who have nothing better to do than hack into whatever they can get into.

Get a life, people, get a grip. Obama and the Democrats are not smearing Sarah Palin - she's doing quite a good job of that all by herself. I haven't even heard her name mentioned by the campaign all week. They're not running against her - they are running aginst McCain.

Any smearing that's being done is being done by the press and by ordinary people like me who have a brain in their heads and can see through this woman and who realize she certainly does not represent the kind of family values that matter to me, nor does her agenda match mine. There is a whirlwind of activity swirling around via email in this country with the FACTS about her, not made-up tactics.

This woman does not vote with her uterus.

So now it's Senator Obama's fault that someone hacked into Ms. Palins's email just like it's Bill Clinton's fault that the major financial institutions in this country are collapsing. Please, give us a break. Wake up America and don't reward these fools with four more years.

Sounds very Rovain to me. Make a wild claim with no facts. Make it appear to be the work of your opponent and get the 15 second sound bite and move on!
Go Obama.

It's a despicable invasion of her privacy but it's ridiculous to suggest that the Obama-Biden campaign had anything to do with it. I mean, why would they bother with it when all they have to do is stand back and watch the over-hyped, under-qualified former weather girl self-destruct all on her own.

Sarah Palin has soooo very much to hide. We all know that Obama's campaign has nothing to do with this violation of privacy. But, with Palin's closet so full of skeletons, the public is getting increasingly curious, and ANGRY about her not being open and honest. What is she hiding? In the end, it won't matter. She's losing supporters and interest rapidly. She was nothing more than a novelty and diversion to take the focus off of Obama. It worked, but her 15 minutes are almost up. Good riddance!

GO-BAMA/BIDEN!!!

With so many lies coming from the Repugs, you have to ask is this the truth or more spin so we can talk about something other than the economy/issues? Don't put it past them.

Obama/Biden '08

To "s" (first commentor)

Somehow I doubt that the Obama campaign did this...boy would that be stupid. Nobody is saying that the Palins are demons...just gun-toting, moose-shooting, religious nut jobs. Good people yes, but nut jobs all the same.
I still don't understand how people support this pair. If you have some kind of religious conviction or moral objection to the Democraic platform, then fine...I can respect that and understand how you might be a republican. Other then that, these yahoos have driven us into the ground. McCain and Palin are no different than the average conservative...in Palins case she is probably much more to the right than average. They will not bring anything different to government then we already have.
So if you like the way things are, or have a moral obligation to do so, then by all means vote McCain. Otherwise, please put aside whatever other objections you might have for Obama and vote for the good of the country.

The Palins may be good...but decent? Not too certain of that. Let's see....she was pregnant when she got married, she now has a pregnant 17 year old, history of drugs with the kids, a husband who was a member of a party that wanted to secede from the US and his wife tells that group "Keep up the good work!". If Obama had those in his past the Reps would have been all over him! She was for the bridge then against the bridge but kept the money – she was open to the investigation and then said no to it. One lie after another – one cover-up after another. I would throw the guys in jail that hacked her email account because that's just wrong.....but don't call her or her family decent! They are far from it.....most of us are far from it as well but we're not putting ourselves up there as holier than thou!!!

S – stop with your rethuglican lies. Obama has not once talked negatively about palin. People are just seeing the ugly truth about her and don't like it. But Palin has smeared and attacked Obama shamelessly since and at the RNC. If you consider lying continuously, shooting animals from a helicopter, declaring that we might have to go to war on Russia, firing her ex brother in law because he was married to her sister, refusing to testify in an ethics probe that she said she initially would all good and decent then I question your morals. But your a rethuglican so anything goes with you people.

What this hacker did was wrong and I hope the authorities can find the hacker and press charges.

Hey S,
ARE YOU SERIOUSLY TELLING YOURSELF THAT OBAMA IS BEHIND THIS? Incredible!

Maybe if she'd used her Alaskan govenment e-mail account to conduct state business instead of playing cute like Karl Rove using the gwb43.com e-mail account to "lose" a million e-mail messages, she wouldn't be having these problems....

S, you must realize that the McCain camp is also trying to smear Barack. Remember the false reports that Obama is a Muslim?
Sarah Palin may be a good and decent person but things like Palin's support of the Bridge to Nowhere, a pork barrel project need to be talked about. Palin's hometowns civic center which has cost her town over $ 1.5 million dollars. This project is still in court, so her hometown still is paying more.
Are these smear tatics or just getting the information out on an unknown candidate who is one heartbeat away from the oval office.

I heard that the e-mail hack was a ploy to get Sarah Palin back in the spotlight.

I am unemployed, but I wouldn't not vote Republican, even if they offer me a job.

Palin is not taking all the women votes a they believe, I hear a lot of negative comments against her from many womens.

VOTE OBAMA

To the commenter named "s" who insists on using all caps:

How does your comment in any way relate to the article? Read it first. Then comment.

Thank you.

Hey "s" – Who said this had anything to do with Obama? Sounds like a hacker trying for "street cred". You're the one doing the smearing.

What can he do... He does'nt know how to use a computer... I guess he is going to delegate this duty to someone else...

OBAMA/BIDEN 08....

I am so tired of hearing people saying Obama has something to do with this. It is just crazy, I am sure the people that did this to Palin, would have done the same thing to Obama if he would have used a personal email account to do state business. Whoever did this should be punished to the maximum because its just plain wrong but I am sure Obama had nothing to do with it.

Well let's save everyone a lot of wasted time and money. All he has to do is call Rove and ask who he used to hack into the account. Case closed, not let's move on and get back to the REAL ISSUES.

U.S. Air Force "No one comes close!"
OBAMA/BIDEN 08

"Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record."

Look, another potential scandal involving caribu wacko chick. Is this want we want near the WH. I did not think so.

Dems…we so have this one in the bag. 2 more months and we never have to hear from this wind bag palin AGAIN!! and John too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's shocking and illegal is that Palin was using personal e-mail accounts to conducts government business. What's shocking and illegal is that Palin then deleted those accounts when they contain Troopergate evidence.

Not a lot of sympathy here.

This hacker group, Anonymous, entertains me quite a bit. First they hack the Scientology website, now Sarah Palin. The common connection between Palin and Scientology is their fraudulent nature. Looks like Palin has been exposed putting official business on her personal email account. Isn't that a violation of the FOIA in Alaska?

S, you sound silly. Typical GOP response - blame Obama for their many mistakes and lies.

Give me a break! We have endured Bush's intervention, listening in and changing voters votes for how many years now and a major problem is Palin's emails????? Is she stupid or what. They are on the internet. They are fair game.

Ok, S.
First rule of the internet (more or less) is don't type in all caps; it looks like you're shouting.

Secondly, the entity known as Anonymous did this. I could spend a lot of time explaining Anonymous to you, but you wouldn't get it I think. I say this not to disparage you, but someone who types in all caps shows me they understand how to get on the internet and then that's about all - I'd have to explain things like "4chan" and "/b/", and I'm afraid you couldn't grok it.

Thirdly, at the risk of my better judgement: Anonymous did this without any political agenda; Anonymous did it for the LULZ.

Lastly, do you really want a public official who uses a free web based email for personal and business reasons alike (the business part is pretty unethical, by the way) to be a heartbeat away from "the button?" To paraphrase Larry the Cable Guy, "I don't care who you are, that's just stupid right there."

The hacker should be prosecuted by both the Feds and State of Alaska. In AK, they take this issue seriously....up to five years in prison. The libs have totally lost it, they are out of control and are hurting Obama. If they have any common sense, they will knock it off.

WikiLeaks are not releasing emails from her personal account. They are only interested in the gov account containing emails that should be archived and public anyway.
She told her staff to only use their personal email and her personal email to discuss state business. It's a dandy way of avoiding accountability in the case of a subpoena, say for unethical conduct.
If she had used her official government email account this hacking would not have happened.

What is she hiding?

I would like to know why we have to ask a woman if " she can do it all"?work and family. did anyone ask mccain, biden, or obama that question? are we still in the mood of woman "take care of the children, and men babysit the children?"

Good job Palin! If you can't even protect your own personal email account; how are you going to handle protecting our beloved country. I think the Repulicans planned this one!

Plus a government CAN NOT use personal email address for business. It clearly states that in the employee policies. I guess she is above the law.

who cares about this frauds email? she is making john mccain look more like a fool everyday. he now can't stay on his weak message because he is scared to death she might say the wrong thing!
she is a joke and has backfired on the republicans. be careful john boy....you might get what you ask for.
mccain acts like he is a nervous wreck these days.
obama is making him look like an out of touch old fool here.

what is pitbull Palin hiding?

Maybe that she is a lying hypocrite who fires people she doesn't like and put her high school friends in positions' of authority?

That's ridiculous. It is as likely that Obama did this as it is the GOP did it themselves in order to lay it on the Democrats. It is exactly the sort of Karl Rove tactic that McCain has embraced after deciding he would trade his integrity for poll numbers.

Sarah Palin has no standing to subpoena anyone or compel testimony regarding this alleged breach of her privacy rights in her personal e-mail account since she has directed her staff to ignore the subpoenae issued to investigate her improprieties in office. Is this the kind of leadership we want for our country? Where is Ken Starr these days?

Hmmm let's see she uses a less secure means of email to conduct Official Alaskan State business and encourages her aides to do the same. Not only does this circumvent any transparency of her actions as Governor, but shows the extremely POOR judgement she uses to conduct business period. She knew her "private" email could not be subpoenaed for use in a public trial. What does she have to hide.....? And now she's trying to say the investigation into her abuse of power is politically motivated?? Even though the investigation was initiated before her selection as a VP candidate. PALIN is not to be trusted and is not of moral substance. But then again she IS Republican!

S why is that everytime something happens to ms beauty queen obama is behind it. Maybe concern citizens really want to know what other lies she is telling. She has a legal investigation on the way and her ethics are in question. But some how Obama is to blame. America is waking up to the lies but some how Obama is the blame. What a bunch of babies grow up and get some common sense.

I'm no Palin fan, but hacking her personal e-mail is a huge invasion of privacy. Doubt the Democrats would be that stupid, more likely it's some bored college kid – maybe an Obama supporter, maybe not – who got tired of video games and wanted 15 minutes of fame.

That said, puts a whole new light on her conducting official State business through Yahoo in the past, doesn't it?

You are less than smart. This article does not even mention Obama, let alone imply that he is responsible for somebody hacking into her email account. Also, take caps lock off.

S, you're hallucinatory at best. And if this had happened to the Obama campaign, you right-wingers would be yelling "we have a right to know everything!" You guys are cracking me up. But hey, it's your world so do and believe what you want....you probably couldn't be convinced otherwise anyway!

s,

you sound like a complete nut.

does the GOP know the difference between hacking and spam emails palin signed up for.

No McPain

I wish people would get a clue! This is not a smear tactic from Obama. Any professional hacker can gain access to an e-mail and say that I did it on the behalf of somebody. So it's really unfair to say that everything that happens to the GOP is an tactic sent via Obama. That's like saying that all of the protestors at the GOP were sent there as spies for Obama and to delibrately disrupt the convention on his behalf. Get real people!!! Speaking of smear how many anti-Obama, muslim-Obama and terrorist Obama e-mails are out there. Anyone who is new to a campaign trail is subject to this kind of scrutiny.

...oh come on. Stop the paranoia.

Obama's camp doesn't need to break into Palin's email. It is, however, much more likely that some random anti-Palin kid or private civilian took the time and energy needed to do it.

Not everything anti-Palin is from Obama. She's pretty good at making her own enemies if you haven't noticed.

and pay attention to what she has said, is saying, and her experience. She has nothing.

Shut up!!!!!!!!you sound insane.... don't nobody really cares about her private email.... this was most like a kid with nothing else do...

Hey S Are you an absolute idiot? How do you blame Obama for email hacking. That's the problem with all you republican idiots you cant see who is causing the real problems. Pull your head out and get a clue. 4 more years of republican rule will take this country down to an all time low.

Aw shucks. I knew I shouldnt have had that guy fired. Now the world will realize how dumb I really am.

I can't believe that America is stupid enough to follow the Republican party after McCain's scandal some years back and Palin's current scandal. We criticized Clinton for having an affair which had no affect over our lives, yet we don't critically analyze and critique corrupt Republicans who's negative political actions do affect our lives. I think Palin needs to accept that she's going to be under the political scope and we as the American people deserve to know what she has been writing about in her e-mails, and she is obligated to deal with the consequences of her political actions in Alaska. As a woman, I don't trust her; she used her children as political playcards and when I know more about American political policies than she does, it is not a good sign for America as a country. As a woman, I am seriously offended that the Republican party thinks I will vote for McCain-Palin just because the VP is a woman. I'm voting for Obama because he cares about improving this country so we will be prosperous in the future. His economic plan and alternative energy policy ensures that America will be a country to look up to like we once were (the World War II generation). I'm from a Red State, and I still see the hypocrisy that is the Republican party.

I know they are very good, let 's see..
she is a lier,, big time lier, even after her lies about the bridge was exposed , she did not stop lying..

he has a 17 year old daughter who is unmarried and is pregnant

She and John Mccain are trying to stop the investigation of the troopergate which she has fired the boss of the troopergate because he declined to fire her ex-brother in law...

the list goes on and goes on ...It is just too many for me to keep up with.

she is one of the most corrupted and dishonest politicians in the history of this country...

For the first commenter, and I'm sure the several Palin drones that will follow, Obama didn't hack her account, genius. And if you actually believe the Obama campaign was behind it, you have a more delusional and scarier thoguht process than Palin herself.

It was a hacker on steroids. Plain and simple. Give it a rest.

you need to pay attention to the issues friend. Instead of looking at her image pay attention to what she stands for.

Another waste of taxpayer money. Secret Service investigating a hacking of a yahoo account? Are you kidding me? It happens everyday to private citizens and not even the local police would be willing to pursue this for anyone else.

Here's a tip for Mrs. Palin and anyone else who is unknowledgeable in the computer world. When you click that button that says "you are about to send information through the Internet and it may be seen by others" it means that you are about to send information through the Internet and it may seen by others. Get that?

People with any sense whatsoever treat email like a postcard – it can be read by anyone.

Just another example of the elitist Republicans demanding special treatment.

Ok, How is this an Obama smear campaign? The conservatives have been doing this for years and now that it comes back to haunt them, you're going to whine like a little girl? Grow up. If they are such a "good and decent" family they shouldn't have anything to worry about. Oh, btw way, a good and decent family teaches responsibility and doesn't let there teenage daughter get knocked up and the son use illicit drugs and participate in underage drinking.

How is this an attack? This crap happens all the time.
Were living in a world of computers. Some are just smarter than others face it!

Obama "08"

I bet Sarah Palin's monitor has whiteout all over it, for when she makes a correction... or else she just prays to Jesus to help her spelling. What a total ding bat....

S,

You shouldn't rush to judgment here.... there is no evidence that Obama was behind these attacks, just as the "Swiftboaters" were not orchestrated by Bush's campaign. He/she may be an Obama SUPPORTER, but to accuse him personally is a bit gratuitous.

Vote NADER!!

What a lie. The Obama campaign wouldn't stoop as low as the McCain campaign.

well.......I guess the truth about troopergate and other character matters will be made public........uh oh! Your 15 minutes a fame Ms.Palin are about to come to a screeeeeeeeeeching halt!

McCain camp looking to change the subject to something that has nothing to do with running the country.

This race is over.

Give me a break. Just because someone may have gotten into her personal e-mail does not mean that Obama was behind it.

Get a life.

Why is she conducting state business through her personal account? What is she hiding? I don't think that she is a demon or anything like that, but I know she is not capable of leading this country should something happen to McCain. She comes across as an airhead who loves all this attention. If the American people do elect McCain/Palin, I will lose all faith in them.

Hey "S" – no one said it was Obama that hacked her email. I bet Obama would disapprove of this action as well. Both sides of this election have fervent supporters that would go to unacceptable lengths ... so just hold on there.

DO YOU HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN IS BEHIND THIS? YOU SHOULD GET THE FACTS BEFORE YOU MAKE BOLD STATEMENTS LIKE THAT.

No, S look at the FACTS and not your political opinion. If this was an investigation into a regular civilian like me and you this case would be open and shut. I knew once she got under the wing of the GOP campaign she woud be able to "Karl Rove" her way out of her wrong doings. If every American could pull stunts like this are streets would be filled with convicts, rapists, killers etc. and these are the likes of who should be running this country. It's a smack in the face of our judicial system.

If she had opened it up to transparency, then no one would have needed to hack it. More and more things are coming out about Ms. Palin....we will not vote for someone we can't trust or have confidence in during this very difficult economic climate. When McCain put her at the top of the ticket and strated acting more and more of a clone to Bush.....he lost all honor and credibility with the American people!

America is waking up and we are not happy with what we are waking up to. Gov. Palin has told so many lies and Senator McCain is covering for her. Sure, he want s an investigation in the alleged
hacking of her personal email but he wants to stop an investigation into allegatioins of power abuse. What is wrong with this picture?

How convenient. I'm sure the Palins will cooperate with this "investigation." Be on the lookout for this investigation to become "tainted".

By the way, a Republican administration blocking an investigation .... Hmm, sounds familiar .... More of the McSame

Secret service and FBI for a hack job?

It's out there, she used Yahoo for gov business.

It's out there, regardless how it got out. Obama didn't hack anything.

Why not use the fbi to investigate the abuse of charges? How can we trust someone who is accused of something, then, reacts in the same manner by abusing power by saying to America, I will not participate? You have no choice but to do so to prove your innocence.

Play the victim all you want Palin. John, distractions like these are great to avoid talking about the issues. Let's just vote based on how bad we feel about Sarah's feelings, OK?

S,

This has nothing to do with Obama. Someone hacked her Yahoo email which she shouldn't have been using for State business. This just goes back to the bad decisions that Republicans make time and time again. Palin seems to be a Bush clone.

Wrong to have hacked her accounts. But it has been well known she has these accounts and questions raised about what she is using them for since they are not official government accounts. With her now refusing to corporate with the investigation into the events around her brother-in-law it sure is looking more and more like there is a lot to hide. I do hope they catch the hackers, but how convenient those accounts are now deleted and all that e-mail gone (or is it).

I am so tired of Obama being blamed by repugs for everything. Palin should not have had a public email for government business.

She was for this investigation before she was against it.

If one has nothing to hide........let the investigation proceed. Remember, it was started ,with her blessing and encouragement, before she was asked to be McCains VP.

The public has a right to know!!!!

When you point a finger at Obama....4 fingers are pointing back at you!!!

CNN POST THIS.................Moderation is like being on a deserted island.

Why is the governor of a state using a personal e-mail account for state business?? That smacks of something to hide. Then again, Palin and her husband are under investigation so there you go.
There should be a federal investigation into what happened to all of those White House e-mails that went deleted. Anyone who is an objective thinking person knows who is responsible for that.

To "s" writing in upper case

There is no evidence yet that Obama or his campaign is behind this hack. There is no eveidence that the account was actually hacked. Putting pictures of family is no big deal. Someone may have had access to some pictures perhaps taken when Palin wasn't a celebrity. Screen images of e-mail posted on-line have not been confirmed by Palin. They too could be fabricated.

McPain camp is trying to get "sympathy" milage out of nothing.

I hope they throw them in jail for fifty years with no parole. It will be traced back to the Obama camp. Of course the same way he did about the Clintons he will deny and condemn it. It will backfire as his other crap does. Five in this family will not be voting for this socialist.

S, this hack was done by a group of anonymous hackers. But of COURSE all you conspiracy theorists think it MUST have come from the campaign, nobody else could POSSIBLY want to find out about the woman. Ridiculous.

This is the result of an overly-secretive campaign and the way that they are sequestering the woman who is vying to hold one of the most powerful offices in the world. If she won't reveal herself and the press won't ask her the tough questions, the American people will find out the answers themselves. Like it or not.
Palin will be revealed for the fraud and politically opportunistic pick that she is. The bubble will come crashing down in an ugly mess.
Buhbye McCain and all his pathological lying.

Automatically someone is going to BLAME the DEMOCRATS!!! But stop and THINK – it can be a REPUBLICAN making it look like a DEMOCRAT!!!!

REPUBLICANS have played DIRTY for years and now they cannot handle the BACKFIRE – they will try ANYTHING to get elected and THIS YEAR – "WE'RE NOT HAVING IT"!!!!

OBADEN 2008-2016 – "YES WE CAN and WE DON'T GIVE A HACK"!!! LOL

Please...give me a break! Just another distraction from the serious and #1 issue at hand-the Economy!

Don't blame the Obama campaign for this unless or until there is some evidence that the campaign was involved.

Speaking of evidence, if the emails show that Palin is illegally using her personal account for official state business, then there should be an investigation – and NOT by the Alaska AG, who is too politically conflicted to be allowed to conduct the investigation.

S – not bloddy likely. She might well be a decent person, but she's wholly unqualified to lead this country at this difficult time. We've had enough Republican control over the past 8+ years, don't you think?

McCain and the repugs will do anything to keep her on the front page and America's mind off of the issues. They are trying so hard to make her a victim. Anything to make America feel sorry for her.
Remember America.... STAY FOCUSED!!!!!

"S" needs a lesson in communications. maybe he too can go to several different colleges to get a simple career in such... like journalism... funny this was the top of the ticker yesterday, and today as well. looking for those ratings CNN?

P.S. this race is not as close as the polls show. it's like a championship. if the media didn't make it seem close, who would watch?!?!

Obama had NOTHING to do with this... Yahoo is a public e-mail site... anyone with half a brain could hack someone's account. the better question should be, why was a governor using Yahoo to conduct state business? why not on a more protected and private e-mail channel? if that's not eyebrow raising, i'm not sure what is anymore!!

OBAMA '08

Who are these Obama vigilantes? Why doesn't he ring them in? Why is he losing control over his "supporters"?

Taking a page right out of Dick Cheney's book, Palin is using private emails to conduct gov't. business? Why the big deal? Because in any investigation personal emails can NOT be subpoenaed. Obviously, she has something to hide.
While I am sure that the repubs will accuse the Dems of hacking into the account, truth is, you have to be a moron to think that someone out there can not hack into an email address. Whoever did it is smart enough to cover there tracks and will never be caught.

You can take the yahoo out of Alaska, but you can't take the yahoo out of 'gov.sarah @'yahoo.com'.

mccain and palin are done for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just another distraction. This only plays into the McCain camp. So, I wonder who is responsible for it. Additionally, the McCain camp probably will say that now that this happened no one should use these emails in an invistigation. How conveniant. Anyway, let's get back to the economy and let the CIA deal with this one.

"SHOCKING" says Rick...now thats rich coming from Republicans who's so used to slimeball tactics What IS shocking is that Palin's so stupid to use a non secure domain for her secret notes she didn't want on the State system in case someone went looking into her QUESTIONABLE dealings.

Funny thing – these Republicans and Emails....does anyone remember them going after their own President and Vice President – whose emails pertaining to the illegal and politicalized firing of several state attorney generals were "lost" and not able to be produced? They were not so "enraged" then to open an "investigation".

I wouldn't be surprised if the "will-do-anything-to-win" McCain't – founder of the Blackberry – didn't use his own skills to break into Palin's emails just to make a story out of it. Shame on you Mr. McCain't!

So you have a presidential candidate who doesnt use the internet and then you have a vp candidate who uses yahoo for state business. As someone involved in the technology industry this concerns me deeply as these 2 are showing both their age and inexperience to understand the cyber world we live in. When I saw that she had a yahoo account I knew someone would hack it. She could save herself a lot of trouble by actually talking to the press. If you would talk to the press maybe they wouldnt have to do investigations on you. They are just trying to find out who you are and your basically giving them no other choice.

You stupid people who fall for this deserve to get what you will if this idiot is elected as President!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

While I'm definitely not a fan of Palin in anyway, this is uncalled for and unwarranted as those who did this should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This takes the focus off real issues and gives some more reasons to feel sympathy for her and vote on those reasons versus her qualifications for the position.

Yes! America IS waking up. That's why Obama is ahead in the polls today.

To think that there are still registered voters planning to cast a ballot for the Rethugs is mind boggling. She is "busted" trying to circumvent the governmental safeguards on improper use of e-mail by using a personal e-mail account. Her husband is not only the "first Dude" but apparently a close advisor who has access to whatever she has access to. This was the dumbest VP pick in history and will ultimately be the punch line of some very funny jokes. Unfortunately, right now there's nothing funny about it.

You are creepy. It was in no way affiliated with Obama and Sarah Palin should have known better than to have a normal email account when she is running for THE VICE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA!

Stop blaming OBAMA for EVERYTHING bad that happens.

This is just a ploy to get away from the issues. Give me a break!

I cannot believe that someone would be so bold and stupid to do this to one of our VP candidates! Just shows that there are some people in the world who will do whatever, to anyone regardless of what damage they might cause!

This is only going to make her more popular, so thank you!

McCain/Palin '08!!!

Palin for President 2012!!!

Gross.

Oh look, another shiny object.

Trying to distract the public much GOP?

While the act itself is deplorable, this would be a page 11 snippet of a story if it was not for the fact that...

- a private e-mail account was being used for gov't business
- who's contents are linked to an ongoing gov't investigation
- it is tied to someone who is running for the second highest office
- who is refusing to cooperate with gov't appointed investigators

- who is SO stupid that her entire defense is that she did notice that she was using a web browser based public e-mail service (Yahoo), instead of her official gov't appointed e-mail program (you know the one with the gov't seal) that says Governor Palin on it...
20 to 30 individual times!

And you want us to swallow this? For real?

You cannot be seriously considering this fool as a possible representative of you can you?

Wake up and say, not this time. Don't worry no one will know and your children will be safe.

Peace

Is THIS what Obama is going to bring to Washington?

By the mere fact someone did this... they are obviously taking action to help the Democratic and Obama Party. We don't need these type of people in charge.

These kinds of things will continue to happen because the American people want to know more about her from her own mouth. The Mcain campaign is doing everything in their power to protect her from speaking in public without a planned friendly agenda. This is politics at it worse!!! I Sara Palin is really the Maverick for change for America, lets talk, on our turf and in a forum that American's can find out whats true and whats not concerning Mrs. Palin. The adultry, the lies, the manipulation, the abuse of power etc...

NO DOUBT ANOTHER DIVERSION FROM THE MCCAIN CAMP!!!!

BTW- IF PALIN HAS NOTHING TO HIDE WHY ISN'T SHE COOPERATING WITH THE INVESTIGATION, NO MATTER WHO IS CONDUCTING IT? LOGIC TELLS US THAT IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE THEN YOU HAVE NO REASON NOT TO BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AS SHE KEEPS CLAIMING SHE WILL FIGHT FOR IN GOVERNEMENT....

We are not going to fall for this one. This is a stunt pulled by Republican Operatives trying to change the national conversation from the REAL issues like the economy to fake outrage about how the mean people on the left are picking on St. Sarah.

What a shame. Notice that this never happens to a Democrat candidate. Simple reason: Those who are conservative or support Republicans don't use their tallents for such idiotic destruction.

The Democrat supporters and the left are always angry and try anything and everything to destroy people. The end justifies the means.

Can't want to read all the angry comments from the typical lefty that is CNN's primary audience in 3.....2.......1

Palin,

Stop breaking the law by using personal e-mail for official government business.

Release your tax records.

Live up to your word and talk to Troppergate investigators.

Answer questions about your record and experience!

If there is nothing to hide, then why is she hiding? She is a liar and can not be trusted. Palin's tactics would destroy our Government. She is not smart enough to try to lie and misled the US, but she think she is, that is very dangerous. We should not gamble to see if McCain/Palin win in November, She should be removed from the ticket. I am a true Obama supporter, but the Republicans need to do something with Palin. Someone need to let her know that she is truly outside of her sandbox.

Obama/Biden

Sounds great to me, she has NOTHING to hide(or do she!)
Time will tell-There is something about this women, she is the one that should not be trust. IF IT DOSEN'T COME OUT IN THE WASH IT WILL COME OUT IN THE RINSE.

Sounds like she ought not use a personal email system like Yahoo to send business related email. Sounds like her judgement might be lacking...

What's interesting about this article is that there's no mention of the contents of her personal emails. Based on the screenshots (if they are to be taken as factual) she clearly violates the law by using a personal email address to conduct state business.

That alone should be investigated regardless of how the information was obtained.

Gov Palin wants an investigation for discover who did what to her email account. There are three important issues here. 1) Should she benefit from an investigation she wants, when she will not cooperate in an investigation which the State of Alaska wants; 2) should she be allow to get away with the same unethical tactic of as the Bush aides in Washington -. using that email system for official business in order to avoid Freedom of Information oversight; and 3) the legal implications of someone hacking a personal email account in order to reveal an unethical or illegal use of that email account.

PS: If you want to play "Stump the Candidate" ask about the Bush Doctrine.

Gee, maybe it was Trooper Wooten – better get him fired, again.

The trail will lead back not to Obama but it will lead back to some of his high profile advisers.
Similar to water gate.
He has many young people who are very on line savy and I am sure they know how to hack into peoples email accounts. He has raised hundreds of mii=llions of dollars and I am sure now that Palin has reach the same celebrity status as Obama his campaign will stop at nothing to find dirt on her.
Even if it is breaking into her email account to find dirt

National security expert Sarah Palin...right. Hasn't got enough sense to protect her own e-mail with any of the hundreds of commerical products available to prevent hacking.

Good luck, Sarah, keeping tabs on that daily security report the Pres gets each morning.

If I was Sarah Palin, since this is federal law, I would get an expert to follow the invasion and have the person (s) prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Remember the kid that got 20 years or more for something like that.

But this type of thing just shows the thugs that populate obama's campaign. They did the same thing to Hillary and worst. But then when you have the Chicago gangland behind you, I guess you will do anything and obama seems to be doing it.

Now, here is a matter that's important enough-hacking someone's personal mail traffic-but hardly rises to the level of abuse of governmental power. Yet McCain Palin are seeking a lawsuit to get the alleged hackers, while at the same time suing, on several fronts, for stop of information an admitted abuse of position by Gov Palin.

They're on the same, lawyer-parsed and -dominated way of governance that the Bush administration has been perfecting. Talk about lack of transparency; that is already the hallmark of McCain/Palin. I'd like to say I'm surprised.

Sarah Palin didn't support the bridge to nowhere after congress pulled their backing. Then Alaska kept the money and Sarah is still trying to get earmark money for the same bridge. She claims to have been to Ireland and Iraq. Her plane stopped to refuel in Ireland. That's it. She never was in Iraq. She refused to have the investigation into what really happened when she fired everyone that was involved with the officer that was divorcing her sister. Does anyone see the line of bull that flies out of this candidate's mouth. Staunch Republicans should be pulling their hair out! We have whiney whimpy as a candidate that has voted with George over 90 percent of the time and the empty headed fool they picked to run with him. She is a bigger idiot than he is. Our economy is in the toilet and our party has picked these boneheads. Where is the collective intelligence for this party.

McCain for first time tried to use a computer. Quote: "Ooops...sorry was not me !".

Who Cares..I bet they are going to blame Obama. McCain needs to retire and Palin neds to go back to Alaska and take care of her kids.

Obama/Biden 08

And she was conducting official business on it!

You can't make this stuff up, folks!

foreign policy........which foreign police? no ms. piglin, foreign policy... and on and on and on....and we all hope it ends soon.....

is todd palin billing the state of alaska for travel expenses?, he seems to be on all the pictures and on tv.....who is caring for the family? we get it, he would not allow anyone to ask her questions, enough to qualify him for fringe benefits, also, doesn't he work for OIL?

I hope the FBI gets to the bottom of this and soon. This is a very scary invasion of privacy.

Chicago style politics from Obama.

Something we really don't need four years of.

Pitiful.

Desperate.

lmao @ palin being hacked that made my day as an IT Management Employee

Rove said Palin was a "political pick" just as Sen. Barack Obama's choice of Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden was, and that she is not the most qualified candidate. Biden, well-versed in foreign policy issues after more than three decades in the Senate, makes up for the Illinois senator's lack of experience in that area. Palin has been governor for less than two years, and was mayor of small-town Wasilla before that.

Naturally this should be investigated. It would be nice though if the McCain camp would support the "Troopergate" investigation with the same amount of determination!

Let's see how long it takes for them to blame Obama.

This woman uses a YAHOO email account to do state business?

And she expects the public to trust her matters of national security?

The woman has showed herself to be incredibly irresponsible. No thanks.

Yes, its not fair that Palins emails were hacked and yes, it's an invasion of her privacy.
But just what was Sarah Palin doing conducting official business with Yahoo! email account?
How ignorant and stupid can you be?
Day after day, Palin continues to scare the heck out of me.

THIS ALL OUT SMEAR CAMPAIGN THAT OBAMA HAS UNLEASHED ON SARAH PALIN WILL BACKFIRE. THE PALIN FAMILY ARE NOT THE DEMONS THE LIBS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEM OUT TO BE. THEY ARE A GOOD AND DECENT FAMILY AND SHE WILL MAKE A GREAT VICE PRESIDENT.

AMERICA IS WAKING UP TO OBAMA'S SMEAR TACTICS AND WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN HIS RACE BAITING OF THE CLINTONS EITHER!

VOTE McCAIN!!!!

No doubt it´s true. Obama youths are college-students trained and grown up with computers, internet and e-mail.

THIS ALL OUT SMEAR CAMPAIGN THAT OBAMA HAS UNLEASHED ON SARAH PALIN WILL BACKFIRE. THE PALIN FAMILY ARE NOT THE DEMONS THE LIBS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEM OUT TO BE. THEY ARE A GOOD AND DECENT FAMILY AND SHE WILL MAKE A GREAT VICE PRESIDENT.

AMERICA IS WAKING UP TO OBAMA'S SMEAR TACTICS AND WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HIS RACE BAITING OF THE CLINTONS EITHER!

VOTE McCAIN!!!!

I do wish the media would stop reporting this as a 'hack'. There's NOTHING hacker-like about taking a Yahoo ID. Most of the people who engage in this type of behavior have IQs well below average – it's simple smoke, mirrors and trickery, and has been going on since Yahoo's inception. It has NOTHING to do with hacking, at all.

It's outrageous to think that Gov. Palin was using yahoo e-mail to circumvent the spirit of the law by avoiding freedom of information requests for public documents. Could sensitive information about pipelines have been put into the public domain where terrorists could get at it? This is all very troubling. In the interests of voters, the troopergate investigation needs to continue unimpeded by the McCain campaign.

Why don't other people & companies get this kind of attention and investigation when their e-mails and websites get hacked?

No point in hacking her e-mail. What she is you can know from what she talks, like a second grade street magicians crowded by grown up kids.
You watched her answer the first question in townhall meeting about her foreign policy experience? the way she spinned ist to irrelevant something should make all repubs hang their heads in shame that they wasted thir time.

repubs really want to find some material in tgese two hopeless candidates and sadly are coming to conclusion that GOP made teir worst mistake.

all over world all know obama will win in a land slide, just a matter of few weeks. Palin will go to oblivion immidiately , john will take some time before retiring to bed.

all above needs no expert analysis but just pure common sense.

Yes, this would be an unlawful act. Maybe if the hackers are found they can refuse to work with the investigation. Maybe can refuse to answer any questions of the lead investigator and make sure they tell all of their cohorts to ignore any legal documents that say they should cooperate with the investigation. Do you really think they could get away with it?

"This is a shocking invasion of the Governor's privacy ..."

Not so much fun to getting your email violated and read by an outside source, huh, Ms. Palin?

Although I have a sneaking suspicion that if your side wins the White House, you wont have too much trouble doing it to us, like the previous administration, and wont be considered such a "shocking invasion of privacy"

This is how average Americans also feel about the administration's policy of easedropping on personal phone conversaitons etc. Perhaps if McCain/Palin win in November they will do something about OUR invasion of privacy.

However, I do take issue with a public official using a private email account to conduct state business. That is so wrong. Sarah needs to know, because she does not seem to understand, that she is doing the work for the public and should not be hiding her work for any reason from her employer, in that case the people of Alaska. She works for them.

Will they cooperate with this investigation? Looks like a partisan witch hunt to me!

Welcome to the big leagues Palin! You’re not in small town Alaska anymore. I can’t wait to see her and Mc Bush look ridiculous in the debates. Just hope Mc Bush doesn’t have too many senior moments. Like he did when he said the fundamentals of the economy are strong, and when Lieberman and to explain the difference between the Shiites and the Sunnies. Probably should have picked Liberman at least he has some foreign policy experience and knows who we are fighting against in the Iraq.

Wow, maybe someone is afraid of her?

She shouldn't have used a yahoo.com account.

I guess people trying to obtain more answers about this wacko, Palin.

Rahni, Connecticut

Oh my goodness, you mean Gov. Palin's rights have been trampled on? Kinda like those of the people of the State of Alaska to have a fair investigation into her handling of the firing of a Public Safety Official? Hmmm, typical Republican HYPOCRISY!!!

I continued to be amazed by this campaign, and how off the point the always seem to be. And the press and people continue to let them do it.

How come this story isn't, yes this is a violation of the law. Yes hackers are bad. But what about Sarah Palin's judgment. Guess what? Anonymous internet email accounts aren't secure!! Big News!! They get hacked!

Can can a governor of Alaska be this naive about the internet? What about her judgment to use a Yahoo! account instead of using the secure, encrypted email system I'm sure she has installed for the state government. If she even knows they have one.

She's like a junior high school child. "let's use yahoo and talk about our enemies so nobody can see us..."

Yikes. And the Republicans want her to lead our government.

HAPPENING NOW: "McCain-Palin in Michigan"

A headline from yesterday's nes.

Shut the hell up Sarah and stop whining. You sound more like McCain everyday. Looking forward to your guilty verdict in October. Sweet!

Palin's not the first to have e-mail hacked. Doesn't make it right, but she should know better than to use it for "sensitive" items.

Speaking of "hacking", what happened to the piece with McCain and Palin. Thousands of us submited questions and it didn't air last night. Wrong night? Palin-McCain backed out? CNN pulled the plug? Expanation please.

Poor Sarah!

No matter which side of the fence you're on, the law must be respected. No one has any business hacking anyone else's email and subsequently distributing it.

On the other hand, it's pretty dumb to have trusted any important email to a web based account – they get hacked all the time.

Palin and her staff should not have been trying to skirt the law themselves by using personal email to avoid potential subpoenas.

Lies and tricks are More of the Same.

Finally this happened! It was only a matter of time when a government official uses Yahoo! email for state business. It is ridiculous. She used it to avoid Alaskan law and freedom of information laws. Is this the person you want to be the Vice President of the United States? I was a McCain supporter until he selected this unqualified partner.

I will now be voting for Barack Obama and I wait to see the rest of the hacked emails and how they play into the troopergate ethics case.

Chris
Philadelphia

Whats wrong with being wire tapped McCain? Is that not what you and your fascists friends have subscribed too all these years in the name of national security? Whats the right wing argument here lets see...if you have nothing to hide then whats the big deal if they snoop around in your files? something like that right. why now make such a big fuss? Surely Palin has nothing to hide so whats the problem if it keeps the terrorists out of our boarders?

You see McPhony now how the rest of us law abiding citizens feel when our privacy is trampled and trivialized?

When you step up to the VP plate, NOTHING is personal or private anymore. Not condoning the act- but come on Palin, how naive can you be?

Greetings!

I've read and now I understand that Yahoo explains in their Privacy Policy that they may share and disclose your personal information under certain circumstances.

Come on folks, everyone knows that when you post photos on the internet you've just shared them with the world.

"McCain's Pain" (Palin) should have more common sense then to jepordize her families privacy by posting their photos on the internet. I agree, why would she be using yahoo email to conduct government business. There should be a secure email system within the Alaskan State Government for her access. "McCain's Pain (Palin) is at it again.

Mediforically speaking: "Cane & Pain" it fits them to a tee.

Is all LIES, LIES AND LIARS. JUST A SPIN TO KEEP THE LIES SPINNING TILL NOV 4, THAT'S. MAYBE TOMORROW, IT WILL BE ONE OF THE HACKERS HAS EMAIL HER DAUGHTERS OR ANOTHER LIES. THINK AMERICAN, THINK.

With all the nonsense we've seen coming out of the McCain campaign, I certainly hope this isn't another ploy to redirect attention away from the issues. And if it is, they're certainly not serious players in the bid for the top 2 spots in our country.

I know she's your worst nightmare Obamatrons but please leave this good woman alone!

and who is at fault for this one............wait for it........................wait for it
That is right Barack Obama.
It seems that everything that the rebuplucans can blame on Obama, they try to.

What are they hiding????

she is lies go back to Alaska

MCain Slapped all women in the face. Incompetent and corrupt. That's all GOP Got? An drewling old man and a pitbull in lipstic? Thank God I am a democrat.

WOW. Houston we have a problem.

WHAT ARE THE REPUBLICANS AFRAID OF MORE DIRTY LAUNDRY TO THE LIST JIM HALL.

I thought Palin did not want to cooperate with an investigation? What a brave maverick!

"Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record."

Look, another potential scandal involving caribu wacko chick. Is this want we want near the WH. I did not think so.

Dems...we so have this one in the bag. 2 more months and we never have to hear from this wind bag palin AGAIN!! and John too.....

So the McShame camp wants a full investigation on this but wants to stop the investigation on her firing the states top trooper.

One more distraction. What's she got? nothing .
Talk about Mcbush

Obama/Biden 08

I am surprised McCain's camp even knew what e-mail was seeing as McCain himself has admitted to never having used it!

It is amazing how the MSM is taking this story – this horrible invasion of privacy – and turning it into nothing but a trivial matter, even turning the blame on the Governor herself. I am so ashamed to have ever watched CNN and suggested that it offers anything but completely biased rhetoric.

Enough is enough

C'mon, just because you elitists are tech savvy and can't live without your black berries, doesn't mean you resort to hacking and misuse your knowledge. If you are tech savvy, use it for something constructive. This must be the work of an elitist Obama supporter.

James, FL

Shocking! And of course it’s illegal.

Sort of like not responding to a subpoena is illegal; even if you get your state Attorney General to say it’s all OK, because their “oath of loyalty” puts Palin’s subpoenaed staff above the law. And I thought their oath of loyalty was to the state.

Haven’t we seen this movie before? I think it starred Rove, Cheney, and Meyers.

If there is nothing there, why should they be that scared.Hmmm Keeping personal secret emails and using it for work stuff...

Wonder why she was using a Yahoo email account for official State busines? What is she so afraid of and why will she not cooperate with the trooper gate investigation? Too many questions going unanswered. She was a bad pick and we will lose the election becasue of it.

Read the last sentence of this article. Is it not a crime to hide Government Email on a private email account? What a problem child.

Sounds like doom for Palin. She is playing with the big boys now. Lets see how tough she is after all that trash talking about Obama. She shouldn't cry now this is for all the marbles.

Obama.........08

I have no pity for this woman. She shouldn't have been using a "public" e-mail account to do her political work, and she should've been more transparent about herself and her short history. Instead, she cowers behind the McCain campaign, seeking to squash the whole investigation through "executive privelige". I can't help it if people want to know something, anything, about the person running for the 2nd most powerful position in the world. She's just way out of her league, and everybody, Repubs, Dems, Indys and Undecidedes, all know it.

What is she hiding? It will come out in due time.

Yes it was wrong. Just as wrong as the GOP's attempt to block Michigan residents who are going through foreclosure from entering the polls. The FBI should also investigate why this is happening. We are revisiting the 1950's and 60's when African Americans were denied the right to vote. If you are poor, you cannot vote in this country? Where does that power come from?

Those Bad forest Wolves again?

Gee for this country losing close to a trillion dollars in wealth in just 3 days and all McCain can headline is an investigation on an email account is just absurd! If you focused on the economy like you do on your girlfriends accounts we may not be in this mess right now.

So then, are they also investigating Sarah Palin for hacking into Randy Ruedrich's computer and email in 2004, an Alaskan repub chairman, and using information to get him fired? Talk about that story, CNN.
What goes around comes around. She deserved this.

One thing we know for sure ... it wasn't John McCain who hacked her email account!

Sarah what color is your lipstick?

In what aspect, Mike?

Game over!

FIVE Republicans and TWO Democrats already had an investigation underway prior to this VP fiasco and they are NOW blaming Democrats. Why does she not just get this out of the way to clear the air and move on with the issues?

I want Palin to start taking interviews....how much time and room does she need.

**I don't imagine this will get posted by CNN.

She was an idiot for using Yahoo E-mail for Government business. Free E-mail is soooooooo SECURE!

Hmmmm....Can we trust someone this smart to VP of the USA?

I cant wait to see her National Security plan now!lol

They're surely DESPERATE.
Do not know what to do anymore to stop mrs.Palin trying to fiind information that may damage the lady. That shows how shaken up they are.
And the good thing is that the more they try to bring her down with this dirty tricks, innuendos and desecration of her family, the more favorable to mrs.Palin, people in the streets reacts in her favor. It is common phycology, but it is good, THEY don't get it.
Not even the help of the "liberal press" bias in favor of their new boy in the block, it is helping those who want to turn this country to a dictatorship of the worst of Leftist Socialism.
By the way Freddie Mae' bucks cannot be gotten anymore eh? Wow HE was number two recipient of its funds.
Now as usual proceed with the "ax"; censorhip cannot get betwixt truth and the people.

The liberals are so scared of Sarah Palin and her huge popularity that they will violate privacy to try to derail her. Privacy, the very issue the liberals always taut as being violated by the republicans. SHAME ON THEM! Whoever resorted to this illegal, nasty act should spend time behind bars.

It bothers me when the Mccain camp tries to distract us from the real issues on ground by calling for investigation of a personal email ordeal of Palin, while discouraging fare testification by Palins staff on the troopergate scandal.
The world economy is in turmoil because of unilaterism of the Repubilcan led goverment of George Bush & the so called Global war on terror that has affected trade and Global peace . the issue of Georgia & Russia is still of great distraction that will further threaten Global security, all we need in America is a leader that has a listening ear and is very objective before taking sides and in that i see Obama as that unifying factor and for the American so called White women for Palin come on Obamas mumis like you & fell in Love not on the Basis of racial convineince but truly followed her hearth which is a true American women value of freedom

Obama supporters and their internet savvy operatives are the likely suspects in the illegal hacking of Governor Palin's private e-mail accounts and the releasing of those to the Internet Democratic web sites and the media. Obama has been suspiciously quiet on this incident, obviously reveling in what it might bring to his campaign to discredt Palin. There are Obama opertaives and activists and lawyers in the hundreds in Alaska literally pouring through the rubbish pails of Palin in an attempt to get any scrap of info to ridicule her. This is Democratic dirty tricks at its worst. The investigation against Palin is being run by Obama loyalists and it is just partisan garbage -- We need somebody we can trust in Washington and that is John McCain - We do not need these South Chicago style dirty politics of Obama - SHAME

Oh, and thet big tax cut Obama was promoting with lies – he is retreating from it now as Obama himsself just yesterdat that it could have an uncertain nagative effect on the economic problems we face ni the financial markets

I bet she cooperates with this investigation.

I do not think that McCain and Palin are qualified to be president, but no one should have their privacy violated. And this is something that most everyone should agree with.

While I do not condone hacking of any kind, I suspect if Palin had used the government network, with the installed firewalls, this would have been harder to achieve. Conducting official business on Yahoo is asking to be hacked. Surely this is violating Alaska state laws, but then of course, republicans enacted the Patriot Act, and Palin does live next to Russia, so would this not be allowed, if the hacker thought she had terrorist connections? The hacker could be a national hero.

However, if the hacker is found and subpoenaed, invoke the republican justice clause, and just ignore the entire issue!

The 2008 version of Watergate....

We're all waiting! put them all up!

If this had happened to Obama or Biden, the main stream media would have been screaming in the streets. They would accuse the McCain ticket and, of course, George Bush for this invasion of privacy. But, of course, this article makes it sound as if it's Palin's fault. How dare she use a private email account!! As if Democrats don't do the same thing. Give me a break!!!

Why was she using a Yahoo account for government business....

this is another clue into Governor Palin... secret emails, and too stupid to do it right.

That's what you get when you skirt the law, Palin! You put your state business at risk, dufus! Now the taxpayer is paying for your poor decision-making. This would be the story of our lives should McSame/Palin get elected.

I just watched the news and heard that McCain likes to campaign with Sara and that he likes her by his side. Of course he does without her he is nothing. I think that is why he picked her. He was going nowhere. When he speaks alone no one listens, when she is around they do. I also noticed that since Sara became his running mate that foxnews in the morning always speaks about her nicely and not Obama. They can not wait to speak of her every morning. They are only concerned about ratings and to who is best for the country.I have stopped watching those 3 in the morning because I do not think they are fair any more. One more thing we as americans need to realize that Sara is not runnig for presdent ,John McCain is and if can not campaign without her what does that show. He was nothing before her remember that.

What is she hiding?

What are in those emails?

Interesting that the Governor will be cooperating in the investigation of this incident, while at the same time, refusing to do so in that of her home state's into allegations that she abused the power of her office.

Phony outrage again. This is the party that supports domestic spying. What was it they liked to say?: "Why worry if you have nothing to hide?". Just RINO hypocrisy rearing its ugly head again onto the stage.

So NOW privacy is a big concern? Well – since there's no Right To Privacy and especially if Gov. Palin has "nothing to hide", I see no problem with her emails being released to the public as they may shed more light on her involvement in Troopergate.

But furthermore, what is the governor of a state using an unsecure email system like Yahoo! to conduct state business when she had a reasonably secure state email system?

Was she trying to avoid potential subpoenas a la the RNC in 2006?

Perfect. Now there is good reason to not go ahead with the Troopergate investigation. This is good for McPain, they could not have done better themselves. Hmmm...could they have done it themselves?

Whether you support Palin or not, this is an evasion of privacy. Unacceptable.

I have to comment on Joe Biden being such a moron here is his quote talking about the reason for AIG almost going under

And what's caused this? The profligate tax cuts to the very, very wealthy that John [McCain] wants to continue.

Yes Joe it was tax cuts had we taxed them to death they wouldnt have been in that position to begin with.

Moron.....Nice pick for VP libs

CNN actually gave a multi-millionaire ex Hillary supporter multiple interviews yesterday for supporting John McCain. And if you actually listen to her, she not support John McCain, she just has a personal vendetta against Obama. This lady actually had the nerve to call Obama an elitist when she is 10 times richer than Obama and only live in the United States part time. CNN, I am ashamed you would actually give this lady airtime.

I thought the Dems were trying to recreate '68, not '72. And this without the courtesy of a FISA hearing. I wonder if a Dem equivalent of Liddy will emerge, sticking his hand in a fondue pot to prove his metal. To paraphrase Howard Baker, what did Obama know, and when did Obama know it.

I am an IWASP – Intelligent Woman Against Sarah Palin

this is a shame that this is happening to her....however, is there something she is hiding?

KEATING FIVE!

Who gives a moose patty about Palin? What role did the Keating Five have to do with this week's financial meltdown? Republicans like to ruin banks!

and growing every day!

Now, for the article.....PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE and folks, it is not going away that easy....keep hammering until the truth comes out.

the mc c goons are taking over the alaskan government along with the FBI and the SS (means Secret Service) not the other infamous SS.....why? PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE PALIN GATE is just one of many....

Really, invasion of privacy. Well what the hell do they think listening in on all our cell phone calls is???? They are so hypocritical it is maddening!! Nothing but lies, smoke and mirrors!!

Didn't Sarah Palin herself blow the whistle on a fellow co-worker for improperly using his email working on campaign issues which he was forced to resign? Now we are finding out even after blowing the whistle on her co-workers she is doing the exact same type of thing. Once again a liar and hypocrite. I'm starting to lose track of all the lies there are so many.

I can't wait to see all the left wing nut reactions to this one...I laughed so hard after reading the comments when Hillary tucked tail and ran, but oh my...those bad bad conservatives they were setting her up, hmmmm and you want her to be President, and she is afraid of going up against Sarah, I thought you all were saying she coudn't run this country, looks like she is the one not backing down...and I'd much rather know she could be the one taking the call at 2am then someone who would say 'no I won't take that call or meet with them, they only want to make me look bad' and all the cronies said AMEN.

yep if you are reading this I am shocked...didn't think CNN had the guts to post it.

I'm glad I made a copy of all the comments (409 of them) from this posting last night, because words can't really describe the hatred, paranoid, and twisted vileness of the Liberal Left.

I'm sure they'll be a repeat of it here today in a very short amount of time, but I've already generated an e-mail to make it's way across the country so that oridinary americans can witness for themselves the pathetic nature of the Obama supporters.

NO ONE in their right mind could read the ocean of horrible remarks and say to themselves..."Well, if these people support Barack, then maybe I should too."

You've gone way too far and it's going to cost the Democrats the election in November.

McCain/Palin '08

No doubt this is their own conspiracy they made to get airtime and press time.

It has now become apparent that Palin is just a hired Barbie (i.e.all she can do is smile and not talk for herself), a body for the female gender vote. Why is it that McCain or someone from the McCain camp does all the talking and being outraged on her behalf? I have yet to hear her express any opinion and comment on the issues surrounding her.

who cares about her emales being hacked no tayling how many and who have been spied on by bushie shoulnt do that at all she is imploding get out of her way or you might get smeared with opalen crap

McCain’s actions in Alaska are tantamount to witness tampering.

More ‘above the law.’

More lies.

More Bush.

No thanks. Can’t afford it.

While I do not condone hacking of any kind, I suspect if Palin had used the government network, with the installed firewalls, this would have been harder to achieve. Conducting official buisness on Yahoo is asking to be hacked. Surely this is violating Alaska state laws, but then of course, republicans enacted the Patriot Act, so would this not be allowed, if the hacker thought she had terrorist connections? He/she could be a national hero.

However,if the hacker is found and supoenaed, invoke the republican justice clause, and ignore the entire issue!

I read that the AP refused to cooperate with the Secret Service to find the individual(s) that did the hack. I guess we know who the AP is voting for! If this had happened to the Democrats Obama/Biden we would never hear the end of the cooperation the AP would give to authorities.... Makes you wonder.

Investigation for what? Didn't she know about the dangers of Cyber space, or don't they have that problem in Alaska. Credit card #s, personal information, banking information is hacked every day in cyber space and i never heard him make a big fuss when it happens to every day people. Oh, I forgot he is just one the "washington fat cats", with his 12 houses and billionaire wife, why should he care. All this time his campaign is spending defending Palin should be spent on a strategy to help a crashing economy, people without health care, bringing our troops home. You picked her, vetted her, now you are protecting her. I need a man in the White House, not a Romeo!!

No new investigations until you cooperate with the one that's going on!

Yes, I'm sure she was hiding information........ emails are never used as evidence. What next, she ordered flowers at Flowers.com while in the office?

You can't be the candidate of change when you have a Yahoo email account.....Anyone can hack those.

McDumb and Failin

Hmmmmm – Where was the outrage over the illegal taping of phone calls when Linda Tripp tried to bring down the Clinton Whitehouse?