Sarah Palin Watch: E-mail Hacked and Family Photos/Voicemail Stolen – Who Was Behind the Hack? Was it David Kernell?

The blogosphere and law enforcement authorities are closing in and focusing on David Kernell, son of Tennessee Democrat State Representative Mike Kernell.

The son of state Rep. Mike Kernell has been contacted by authorities in connection with a probe into the hacking of the personal e-mail of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Kernell confirmed on Thursday.

Kernell, a Memphis Democrat, said his 20-year-old son David had been contacted by authorities investigating the hacking of Palin’s personal email account.

The FBI and the Secret Service started a formal investigation on Wednesday into the hacking.

David Kernell is a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Mike Kernell said he spoke to his son on Thursday, as he does on a regular basis.

Kernell otherwise declined to comment, or discuss his son’s whereabouts and whether he was in custody.

The Sarah Palin e-mail hacker was the son of a Democrat Lawmaker.

Fancy that – a political “dirty trick.”

Flap knew his political radar was up for a reason this morning.

Ace has a flaming skull up and Rusty’s (My Pet Jawa) photo of Kernell is above and says the investigation is still in the evidence stage.

Gateway Pundit has more including  a screen cap of his daddy’s website and Free Republic is on it.

Stay tuned…….

Update:

Michelle Malkin has more on the Associated Press and their lack of cooperation with the United States Secret Service on the Palin e-mail matter.

By refusing to cooperate with the federal investigation into the
hacking crime and publicizing the Palins’ other personal Yahoo e-mail
account information, the AP openly invited hackers to break into those
family accounts as well and endorsed illicit activity to raid private family photos.

The issues are inextricably linked, to borrow a phrase, and raise
questions about the propriety of AP’s continued flacking for Barack
Obama under the guise of objective journalism.

Don’t look for the AP to be the first to report who the REAL hacker is.