federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted a man in connection with the hacking of the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Federal officials say that 20-year-old David Kernell of Knoxville, Tenn., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Knoxville for intentionally accessing without authorization the e-mail account of Palin, Alaska's governor.
Kernell has turned himself in to authorities and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday before a magistrate.
Kernell faces a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a three-year term of supervised release.
10/8/2008 9:28 AM
Man indicted in hacking of Palin's e-mail account
WASHINGTON
federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted a man in connection with the hacking of the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
