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To: Don Hurst who wrote (614373)	6/2/2011 1:39:11 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1571146

if he was upset with being hacked he would go to the authorities, but then again he would be committing a crime. A retired DOJ computer specialist told bret baier that the FBI could tell you who posted it in less then 5 minutes

To: Don Hurst who wrote (614373)	6/2/2011 1:50:17 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1571146

His decision is strange because the FBI has crackerjack computer experts who may be able to identify the hacker. Last year, they identified a 23-year-old Frenchman who had hacked the Twitter accounts of President Obama and Hollywood celebrities. The Capitol Police are hot on the trail of whoever broke into Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy's e-mail and sent out a notice that he had died. "If Weiner's e-mail was hacked, that's a felony," says private investigator Bo Deidl. "If I were him, I would want to find out who did it." Legal analysts say one possible explanation for Mr. Weiner's reluctance to approach authorities may be that it is also a felony to make false claims to federal investigators. Martha Stewart learned that the hard way after she was convicted of lying to FBI agents. Many of Mr. Weiner's fellow New York Democrats are aghast at the way he has handled the whole matter. "For the time being it casts pallor on whether he can be a reasonable candidate for mayor," Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf told CBS News. "Too many questions. Ultimately, people will forgive Twitter but they won't forgive not coming clean." online.wsj.com