Palin e-mail hack update: AP won’t help feds, tech operator will
The Associated Press refuses to assist federal investigators trying to find the hacker who broke into Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account.
But the operator of a browsing proxy service used by the hacker will:
Memo to law enforcement investigators tracking down who broke into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo email account: Gabriel Ramuglia might be a good place to start.
The 25-year-old webmaster and entrepreneur is the operator of Ctunnel.com, the browsing proxy service used by the group that hacked into the vice presidential candidate’s personal email account and exposed its contents to the world. While he has yet to examine his logs, he says there’s a good chance they will lead to those responsible, thanks to some carelessness on their part.
“Usually, this sort of thing would be hard to track down because it’s Yahoo email, and a lot of people use my service for that,” he told El Reg in a phone interview. “Since they were dumb enough to post a full screenshot that showed most of the [Ctunnel.com] URL, I should be able to find that in my log.”
…The information at the moment is on a server at a Chicago colocation site owned by FDC Servers. Logs are automatically flushed after seven days, so the clock is ticking for law enforcement, who presumably are under intense pressure to protect the privacy of a candidate for the White House. Of course, there’s always the possibility that Ctunnel.com was only one of multiple anonymization services the email hackers used to cover their tracks, but there’s only one way to find out.
Ramuglia said if he is contacted by law enforcement officials he will probably give them the information they seek. At time of writing, he’s received no inquiries from any law enforcement agencies, he said.
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First off, the AP are dirtbags, pure and simple. But why have no law enforcement agencies contacted that guy yet? I cannot believe how this is being played, I just can’t. That is a very serious invasion of privacy…laws were broken, but the meme is how she may have been using it for state business in a COVER-UP. OH MY!!! Its disgusting. Every time I say I couldn’t despise the media any more than I do right now, they prove me wrong…
I’d be interested in knowing what the AP’s ostensible rationalization is for helping to cover for someone who has committed a federal felony.
Somehow, I suspect I already know the real reason.
Time to investigate AP.
I don’t worry about AP not telling. That’s SOP for any news media organization. Just gotta build a bridge and get over it.
It is nice to see the cooperation of someone from private industry.
AP not helping investigators? Isn’t that obstructing an investigation? Or is it because they are media, so they have immunity? Not sure, what their stance is but those liberal hacks cannot be called a journalistic anything, more a propagandistic rag.
That is okay, cause I am sure it was an insider from Yahoo that was able to switch the password. That is the first place I would look..if I were lookin’..
Everything we do on the Internet is tracked in a router table or device log. The bread crumbs are there is the site operators are willing to parse the data. The investigators will basically have to assemble piece by piece where traffic originate…up until it hits the Internet cafe where the “hacker” did their business at which point the logs won’t provide any visibility. Most *good* hackers have multiple layers of disguise to prevent inquiring eyes from spying on them. It’s a cat and mouse game where the *mouse* has vastly more resources at their disposal than an entire herd of cats.
Ramuglia is exactly right.. When they posted to a specific website, they created a type of HTTP traffic that is very easy to find. They are screwed, & they deserved to be. Indictments within the month. I guarantee it..
Then again, come to think of it, the AP also took the side of one of its “stringers” in Iraq when he got caught in a bomb-making factory, didn’t they?
And was it an AP photographer who was Johnny-on-the-spot in taking pictures of Iraqi election workers being murdered in the street a few years ago?
“Just on the other side…”
I’m betting the Law enforcement people will let the clock run out. Then the problem goes away, not a big deal, no controversy, nothing to see here, etc.
Within “A” month I meant.
I’m very glad to see the proxy guy willing to help pursue justice.
The AP won’t reveal their sources, just like any other news organization, nor should they. But does that apply to Gawker?
I’m glad too, but truth be told, they could have subpoenaed the records too. Whoever did it commited Federal Communications violations.
Even when they have evidence of a crime? Would they be so stingy if they had a source that was raping little girls to death?
If not then why not? Both are illegal.
There’s no comparison between the two.
There’s a difference between protecting anonymity of your sources and using or printing information that was criminally obtained.
If the AP was ethical, they would assist the criminal investigation to discourage this type of behavior in the future.
Not to mention the fact that the FBI could find copies of the emails they requested on about 10,000 different websites.
The FBI is run by and for Democrats. This will go nowhere.
We need to hear specifically who is behind this act.
That depends. Are the raped little girls Republicans? Palins family? If so then I can see AP obstructing an investigation.
The AP didn’t print the emails. Gawker did. The AP reported the story, along with every other news outlet in the country.
I believe the Secret Service is running this investigation, not the FBI.
Really? except for the ick factor, both are illegal, both are felonies, so the standard I am seeing here is that its ok when they FEEL like it. Fine.
I know its an extreme example. But where is that line? This could easily give some sicko enough information to track down and rape Palins daughters. So what is that line?
All the more reason to assist the investigators, not obstruct them. If they are not citing a source, there is really no one for them to protect. What’s the point in refusing?
So if the source is http://www.gwaker.com, why not just say so???
Granted, but there remains the real concern about who involved in this investigation will be keeping their jobs when the Obama administration takes over. I may be overly cynical and/or paranoid about this, but I still agree with those who think this “will go nowhere.”
Why put this out in the open before catching the folks who did this? It’s like saying, “ok, bank robbers, here’s what we’re looking to do in order to catch you. First, we’ll…”
Good point Mookie, but where exactly do you draw the line?
Why didn’t the FBI just go to Gawker in the first place?
@Mookie
“The AP won’t reveal their sources,
just like any other news organization,
nor should they.”
BS
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/us/24paper.html
He said Virginia law required the use of a three-part balancing test
as to whether there is a compelling need for the information [obtained from sources], whether the information is
relevant and whether it may not be
obtained any other way.
…
Feds can file anywhere, right?
Some states get it right. This idea that the press is somehow immune or above the law is hurting this country.
Case in point:
The Treason Times just decides to reveal
the whole SWIFT tracking of terrorist monies. Nice.
You’d think they hate this country,
wouldn’t you?
didn’t i read in another thread that some of this blogs tech gurus traced the hacker back to a 20 year old son of a democrat state representative from memphis tennessee named mike kernel? if not, i apologize for making that accusation, if it’s true did he learn his ethics on your knee?
Hello, DOJ?! Why haven’t you called Mr. Ramuglia, yet?
alpharob, should Judith Miller have revealed Scooter Libby’s name during the Plame investigation?
Patience is a virtue, they will get the turd….. He might as well turn himself in, he’s toast.
Just let todd drag him behind his snow machine for a couple miles… lmao
I so hope if they find them it is one of Obamageddon’s campaign team!!!!!!!
Not contacted yet? Does the FBI need the help of bloggers to get their job done?
Holy $^#@%^!!!! The clock is running people. Get on it!
The only thing AP does is pump out heavily biased trash.
Patience is a virtue, yes. But not if some sympathetic twit with access to those logs dumps them along with backups.
Time is of the essence.
Well so much for that idea…at this very moment, the Obama “Plumbers” are arranging a convienient accident for that server…
@Mookie
yeah… you get top google hits with that too. back atcha: shouldn’t the
NYT do the right thing and reveal who let them in on the SWIFT thing? After all, even-handed independents agree that caused serious damage to our intelligence gathering capability.
“Even Islamic terrorists don’t hate America like liberals do. They don’t have the energy. If they had that much energy, they’d have indoor plumbing by now.” — Ann Coulter
Is this the same AP that posts fake photos? Yeah, thought so.
What happened to subpoenas?
O, correct, not for the left.
Even if they dump it, it can still be recovered. No matter how many times they try to reformat the drives, etc.
Personally, I think they should tell them but I think doing so sets a dangerous precedence. It’s a tough spot because anonymous sources also do a lot of good. Look at all the illegal activity going on at major corporations that was busted due to sources.
AP refusing the FBI’s request doesn’t bother me because they can get the emails they’re looking for from hundreds of other places. Situations like SWIFT are a little murkier.
nj, I was talking about us not them… they will get him….
We all know that, if it were Obama whose email had been hacked The One, his Queen, his campaign and the rest of the party of Marx would be shrieking like harpys and calling for blood. The Republicans, eh, not so much.
How about someone from the blogosphere find who is responsible and let Todd know who they are. Just the thought of a real man coming for them will make them evacuate themselves.
Sadly, I’m betting nothing will come of it either. It’s as if law enforcement in the highest levels is either asleep, lazy beyond belief, corrupt, too blase or all of the above. Also, conservative reserve seems to have morphed into malaise. Nothing seems to be too big of a deal anymore no matter how egregious it is.
As Kool-Aid would say:
OH YEAH!
@Mookie
Ok. BTW, the Libby canard… keep in
mind it was Fitzgerald out to get someone.
Armitage was the culprit and
let Libby get chewed up. The whole
Plame affair is a joke, but don’t count
on google to be much help. The libs
have Rove sufficiently bubbled up to
obscure what really took place.
If Armitage had said something prior to
Fitzgerald being appointed, the whole
thing would have been much-ado about
nothing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091301572.html
Armitage’s silence for the next 2 1/2 years caused intense pain for his colleagues in government and enabled partisan Democrats in Congress to falsely accuse Rove of being my primary source. When Armitage now says he was mute because of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s request, that does not explain his silent three months between his claimed first realization that he was the source and Fitzgerald’s appointment on Dec. 30, 2003. Armitage’s tardy self-disclosure is tainted because it is deceptive.
All I know is if Obama’s email was hacked, the National Guard would be fully mobilized and it’d be national news for a week, all to protect his half-black butt.
How about a little reporting, Michelle? Has Mr. Popcorn been contacted by police or press yet? He doesn’t need 4,000 bloggers contacting him, but a few of the top bloggers can report how well the press and police are doing their job. Someone’s going to talk to Mr. Popcorn, but I hope most will avoid flooding the poor fellow’s contact points and let those who can most efficiently report do so.
Roger that sir. I was on a roll… like Brother Blutarsky….
I understand it’s really only 6.25% black. (50% white and 43.75% Arab)
If I’m wrong, somebody please correct me.
The pro-Obama skum pile just keeps growing. How can BO claim he’ll clean up Washington when he’s surrounded by thugs?
skum=scum
When the Obama administration takes over? Sorry, but I’m not ready to roll over and play dead, and I doubt the Secret Service guys are either.
And that question applies the other way: how long will those jobs last if they fail to follow through, and it’s a McCain/Palin administration to whom they have to answer?
Man, Rogue, you beat me to it and hit the nail squarely on the head.
AP might be more amenable to a subpoena.
I hope that since a friendly req
Does this not make it perfectly clear that the AP is controlled by Communists whose goal is World Revolution and establishing a Soviet America?
Who “strives to build the broadest unity against global capitalist imperialism now headed by U.S. imperialism“?
Who is “Inspired” to “Bring an Empire to its Knees”?
uest was denied, the time might be right for a not so friendly request.
AAARRRRHHH
Michelle what about an edit function for those of us who are keyboard challenged….
AP = Angst Purveyors! It’s 9/10 all over with these people. Shame.
From the AP story:
I can also contend that this disclosure also raises new questions as to whether or not top executives at AP are still beating their spouses…but this would be a silly contention without evidence, wouldn’t it?
I guess from now on when we speak of Big Brother and the facists who want to read our email and monitor our activities, we’re speaking of the Democrats. So much for their much vaunted Right to Privacy. That only exists when they want to kill babies.
What? The Associated (w/terrorists) Press is circling it’s wagons to protect Obama? I’m shocked, just shocked!
Who woulda guessed the media would ever do that???
This hacking may be a crime, but it’s hardly a major one. Even the disappearances in Aruba are more significant.
Real issue, the reason all this attention on Palin’s non-governmental email: Palin seems to have conducted state business on personal email accounts to avoid Alaska state disclosure laws. That would be a crime. She is now involved in a large scandal, troopergate, in which the decision making process (how people got fired) is the issue. These facts should be in official emails, but those emails are conveniently missing.
I couldn’t disagree more. Legal disclosures could be protected. Illegal disclosures (such as releasing classified information) should be unprotected.
What’s so dangerous about this?
Puleeze, lgm. You got crazy when someone posted a picture of you as a Nazi. You have no credibility regarding whether or not this is major.
wrong. it’s a major crime.
This is WELL documented. She fired the Public Safety guy because he was insubordinate regarding the states budget process and Gov. Palin goals for the process and budget. He went so far as to publicly release a letter he wrote to the governor, which was the last straw. He wrote upon his exit that “he was wrong” and his former staff should endeavor to not do what he did.
Additionally, this guy served at the pleasure of the Governor. She could have fired him without cause. But she attempted to work with him for more than 8 months, trying to get him to work with her. To no avail.
There is NO troopergate. It’s a COMPLETE farce perpetuated by the left.
I’m surprised I was the first in 40 comments to bring that up!
Link
NJ-Aviator (#71)
If there were nothing there, Republicans would not take the bad press of publicly and vigorously hindering the investigation. They are willing to take the heat because they know what happens if the officials do testify is worse.
Aw, this is no big deal. Let’s read her e-mails together, shall we?
Right to privacy for me but not for the pitbull in lipstick. What an atrocious double standard. F#@%*^& @$$#%!&s.
Right on, Joy.
LGM .. you tell us. What is there?
I guess tasering little boys and threatening murder is okay with “people” like you.
On September 18th, 2008 at 4:21 pm, lgm said:
Who are you to judge what is a major crime? It is obvious that you don’t know right from wrong. You would support the Devil himself, if he was running as a Democrat. Oh wait, I forgot that your candidate is just like Jesus. When will you stop kicking against the goads, you reprobate scoffer?
I’ve admitted the error of my ways and turned toward Christ for salvation. What is stopping you?
So simple a Kos-man can understand it:
Wiretap the terrorists.
Bad, bad, bad!!
Hack private e-mail.
Glad, Glad, Glad!!
Privacy for GOP is
Bad, bad, bad;
For Democrats in Tennesee,
Glad, Glad, Glad!!