How much time and money do they want to spend prosecuting a trivial prankster? Is this just people making work for themselves to improve their job security?

Isn't it kind of late to be inventing new charges? These guys must be using a Swedish prosecution manual.

to hear that it is a hacker website now.

If someone uses publicly available information (the well known fact that I keep my doorkey under the doormat) to get into my house, then it's still a crime, no matter how stupid you believe me to be.

The only defense I can think of is that the person did so in the belief that they could prevent loss of life or injury to other persons, or some kind of obvious disaster. I'll leave it up to others to complete this paragraph..... :)

Meanwhile, Palin has been charged with fuck all even after it was shown that she was using non-compliant systems to do State business. In other words, she was using ILLEGAL methods of communication in order to circumvent State tracking and auditing. But nothing will happen to her, because the elected judges don't want to rock the boat. Nice system they have over there. If you're poor you face 20 years in jail, if you're rich you get to do what ever the fuck you want. So much for "by the people, for the people".

Has anyone gone after Palin? She used a public email system to conduct State business, which is illegal? Second, it was not truly a hack, he used basic social engineering to guess her password. And to think she was almost going to be Vice President.. God help us

If I set up root with an ssh password of wordpass, when I get pwned, can I still claim the computer was protected?

...if a Democratic candidate's email account had been hacked and the contents exposed online, by the son of a Republican politician. This is only being given the "trivial" treatment in the media because they are largely in the tank for the left.

You new round the parts, boy?

"This is only being given the "trivial" treatment in the media because they are largely in the tank for the left."

Where did you acquire the delusion that the US Democrat party is on the left? Both your main parties are right wing. The only difference between them seems to be that one is a donkey and the other is an elephant.

The time to worry is when you CAN comprehend his comments.

"Where did you acquire the delusion that the US Democrat party is on the left? Both your main parties are right wing."

Left and right in politics are relative. The Democrats are left of the Republicans. No one in the US votes for New Labour, so the position of UK parties on the scale is not relevant. And these are not "my" parties. I am British.

Heartening news for Britain and Europe generally- read this story:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_hassett&sid=amhpOT5rlR1Y

"Where did you acquire the delusion that the US Democrat party is on the left? Both your main parties are right wing. The only difference between them seems to be that one is a donkey and the other is an elephant."

This is a question of differentiation. Simply put, we distinguish the fine differences; it's understandable that you don't since, if you believe the hype, your main parties are roughly the equivalents of the Bolsheviks and the NDSAP.

The "stupid lie" approach you favour is a purely american device. In the EU stupidity and lying are not considered valid gambits. Save that for the likes of Billy O'Reilly, Limbaugh and that creature of the night Anne Coulter. It is kind of creepy to see your comment I can picture you slowly typing it in (or copy and pasting it) chewing with your mouth open stinking of religion with your confederate flag keyfob. Very unpleasant.