FBI on Joe's "Hacked" Site: MAY PURSUE CHARGES IF CLAIM IS FALSE!!!!

[Beetwasher]

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001306.php

'Importantly, Straretz noted that if Lieberman "hacking" charges prove false, the FBI and federal prosecutors could pursue charges against those who reported them. "If it was fabricated and you could prove intent, there's Title 18, Section 1001, which is providing false statements to an FBI agent. That can be prosecuted at the discretion of the U.S. Attorney's Office."'

[AlCzervik]

1. the hacking sounds like a Rove tactic, do the damage yourself and then

blame your opponent.

[mopinko]

18. one of the oldest tricks in the books.

here in chicago, we throw bricks through the windows of our own campaign offices.

[orleans]

25. no you don't! n/t

[mopinko]

26. not me personally

but it has been done many times.

[mmonk]

2. Now that would be interesting

[Imagevision]

27. Exactly what proof does Lieberman have Lamont hacked his website

Lieberman has a loose mouth period!

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. LOL! That was the first thing that came to mind.

Which is kind of why my second thought was either Karl or one of the College Republicans signed up to work for Joe.

[tabasco]

4. LMAO!!

Where is Joe's good buddy from yesterday??

[acmejack]

5. It crashed from lack of bandwidth.

All these people like me from all over the place tried to go to it & since it was on a little server with 73 other accounts, it couldn't hack (no pun intended) it!

[Junkdrawer]

10. Joe's techies are lying their asses off...

...
Mr. Geary said that claims by Lamont supporters that the site was being run by a single, inexpensive computer were also inaccurate. He said that he had contracted with a Dallas-based Web company, Server Matrix, as the host of Joe2006.com. Executives at Server Matrix did not return phone calls seeking comment.

...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/nyregion/09blogs.html?_r=1&oref=login

And yet, yesterday, folks here did ip lookups of joe2006.com and the other 74 odd sites and found they all resolved to the same ip address.

[acmejack]

19. In the Olde Country we referred to that kind of thing as evidence!

Obviously Joe's people speak with forklift tongues...

[flyarm]

6. AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CT IS A DEM..I SAW

HIM ON TV THIS MORNING!!

fly

[JanusAscending]

20. Yes he is, and I respect him, but

he had endorsed Joe Loserman! Just sayin'!! DC (a Ct. Democrat for Lamont)

[KaptBunnyPants]

21. No, he endorsed Lamont today.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/08/09/state_democrats_drop_lieberman_pledge_support_for_lamont/

Democratic Unity, it's a beautiful thing!!!

edit: I can't spell beautiful. To many vowels clustered together, it's just not right...

[bridgit]

7. whoopsy, it is no-less than a form of false report...

poor joe-mentum :scared:

[Strawman]

8. that will be tough. they can always claim incompetence

as a defense. They were wrong in their belief that they were hacked due to incompetence. After all, they were serving their site from a server with 70+ other sites with a $15/month plan.

[Realityhack]

30. quick question...

I don't want to be rude I am just learing about this server crash/hack/whatever. Do you have a sorce for the site server stats?

[Strawman]

32. it was on Kos and many other sites

[Betsy Ross]

9. Maybe Joe was really so popular that his supporters

swamped the server and brought it down. If they had wanted to turn it to Lieberman's benefit that is what they should have said.

[Straight Shooter]

11. Then they can go after the false terror report in Warren County, Ohio.

Oh. Wait. That's too serious for the FBI to get involved in.

I doubt if they'll do anything about this, either.

edit: (the false terrorism report during the presidential election that helped steal it for bush, as the votes were "counted" in secret)

[robinlynne]

15. In Ohio they didn't call teh FBI. They lied, saying the FBi warned them

of teh terror alert, but the FBI said ti did no such thing.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. Wouldn't similar charges be in order for Delay and the search for the

missing Dems from Tejas a few years back? Wasn't that a false claim of a missing plane?

[Jack from Charlotte]

13. Ned's camp needs to stay on this. Showing Lieb lied and is....

incompetent to begin with setting up such low rent servers. Hammer Lieb with his own lies.

[CatWoman]

14. nah. Chimpolini and Torquemada Gonzalez will have his back.

[zbdent]

16. Isn't the FBI under

Bush's thumb?

Don't expect much from "an investigation" ... Will Joe and his people even be under oath? Let's ask Spector ...

[CatWoman]

17. exactly

see my response above.

[Vinca]

22. You have to wonder if Lamont might have won by a larger margin

if the accusation hadn't happened. Who's to say people intending to vote didn't hear it and think "more of the same" and stayed home? The entire event sounds strikingly similar to the New Hampshire phone jamming scheme and we know where that came from.

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[stepnw1f]

24. They Should Sue His Weasley Ass

but they probably won't. They'll claim it was all a "misunderstanding". More like a dirty tactic to make your opponent look sleazey and dishonest. Roves smell is all over this one.

[Hubert Flottz]

28. The cable news channels who kept repeating it did harm to...

Lamont's campaign on election day! I hope Wolf and Tweety get dragged into court too.

[Catchawave]

29. So Lamont could have won by an even BIGGER margin ?!

:evilgrin:

[Hubert Flottz]

31. Yes I think he could have.

It might have been a big enough whipping, for Joe to have seen that running as an indie would be a waste of time and money.