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2009-12-03 Science & Technology

Boxer: Hackers should face criminal probe over 'Climategate'

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Posted by Steve White 2009-12-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 No one should have a degree if they hide scientific facts, period.

Boxer is stupid and not a scientist so she is just the shopping cart lady to me. The rest may get bent. This fraud is over.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-12-03 00:29|| 2009-12-03 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 It's not clear the docs were obtained by hacking. They could have been released by someone with legitimate access who wanted to expose what was going on.

Posted by phil_b 2009-12-03 04:00|| 2009-12-03 04:00|| Front Page Top

#3 More likely the file was placed in a location that someone else had access to and they grabbed a copy. I agree with phil_b, I seriously doubt any "hacking" went on at all.

Posted by crosspatch 2009-12-03 04:09|| 2009-12-03 04:09|| Front Page Top

#4 It's my understanding that the university they were "working" at screwed up and made the location public and they got nabbed at that point.

Posted by gorb 2009-12-03 06:02|| 2009-12-03 06:02|| Front Page Top

#5 The computer was in Britain. Its not a criminal matter as far as the US government is concerned anyway.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2009-12-03 06:12|| 2009-12-03 06:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe to Babs --oops, I mean SENATOR Babs, the UK is just one of the Democrats 57 states.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-12-03 07:02|| 2009-12-03 07:02|| Front Page Top

#7 The e-mails... were obtained through hacking.

No they weren't. They were leaked by a whistleblower. Whoever did this is a hero, not a criminal.

Posted by Parabellum 2009-12-03 07:16|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/]">[http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/] 2009-12-03 07:16|| Front Page Top

#8 What do you expect? You pummel a man in wheelchair in St Louis and you get misdemeanor charges. You give a blood lust killer a fat lip and you get Court Martial. You engage in one of the most egregious cases of voter intimidation since the 1960s and you get the charges dropped. The Donks lived vicariously with every 'leak' for the last 8 years pushing their agenda and never once care about the legitimacy of the leak or leaker, but what damage it could do against their opponent. Now Bab's is whining that someone else is playing their game of power. You set the standards girl, live with it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-12-03 07:31|| 2009-12-03 07:31|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, Ma'am, considering that they originated at a facility in the UK, and once obtained, the emails and code fragments were originally posted on a server in Russia, I'm sure your jurisdiction over the matter is precisely....zilch.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-12-03 07:41|| 2009-12-03 07:41|| Front Page Top

#10 Boxer can not resist any chance to show how stupid she is and yet her electorate morons keep voting her back.

Posted by 3dc 2009-12-03 08:07|| 2009-12-03 08:07|| Front Page Top

#11 So if an informant came forward with an assassination plot that was acquired from a hacking technique, would GED Boxer take the same approach, or would that person be hailed as a hero accompanied by a vigorous investigation?

Posted by HammerHead 2009-12-03 08:35|| 2009-12-03 08:35|| Front Page Top

#12 Rambler in Virginia: watch it, do you know how many votes she had to buy to get that title?

Posted by HammerHead 2009-12-03 08:36|| 2009-12-03 08:36|| Front Page Top

#13 Procop:
You pummel a man in wheelchair in St Louis and you get misdemeanor charges.

I thought the charges were reduced to just an ordinance violation? As Judge Napolitano said - equivalent of jay-walking.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-12-03 09:42|| 2009-12-03 09:42|| Front Page Top

#14 Can we send her to Russia to investigate?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-12-03 11:28|| 2009-12-03 11:28|| Front Page Top

#15 I don't recall BB getting all this upset when Daniel Elsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers. She was a local pol then, not fed.

Posted by Bigfoot Glineling8764 2009-12-03 11:32|| 2009-12-03 11:32|| Front Page Top

#16 When in doubt, shoot the messenger.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2009-12-03 13:47|| 2009-12-03 13:47|| Front Page Top

#17 The NYT leaks and blows up one of our best intell gathering operations and she thinks we should give the Times a medal and jail to the NSA.

This time she wants to punish the leakers...I guess it depends on your agenda.

Posted by Karl Rove 2009-12-03 23:21|| 2009-12-03 23:21|| Front Page Top

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