Civil Dis: Accused Palin Hacker Says Stolen E-Mails Were Public Record

[thinkliberty]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/palin-hack

"A surprise legal maneuver by the defense in the Sarah Palin hacking case could undermine key charges carrying the stiffest potential penalties.

A lawyer for the Tennessee college student charged with hacking into the Alaska governor's Yahoo e-mail account last year says his client couldn't have violated Palin's privacy because a judge had already declared her e-mails a matter of public record."