But now there's news that soon to be former Governor Mark Sanford ( no, he's not a Democrat, no matter what the Fox"News" chyron might tell you ) had his emails to and from his Argentine love-toy intercepted. Copies of those emails were given to South Carolina's State paper and subsequently published.
This portion of the story gets a tad more interesting from here.
The State didn't just happen upon these emails over the last week or even month. They've had them since December. In fact, several reporters were sent copies of the emails.
I'm inclined to agree with Anonymous Liberal - why aren't people asking questions about how the emails got to where they are?
But how would someone have obtained these emails? These were highly personal emails between Sanford and his Argentine mistress, neither of whom is likely to have wanted them published. And if it wasn't one of them, that really only leaves two possibilities: unauthorized access or official interception. The latter is obviously the most troubling possibility, and I hope that someone looks in to this further, if for no other reason than to rule that out.
It's not clear from the story whether Sanford was using a personal web-based email account (like gmail or yahoo) or his official state account. If the former, then I suppose just about anyone determined enough could have hacked into his account by guessing his password, the same way someone broke into Sarah Palin's personal email account during last Fall's presidential campaign. If it was a state account, then there probably needs to be an official investigation.
If Sanford had used his government email account, wouldn't there have been record of every correspondance? If so, sending dirty notes to your mistress in South America probably wouldn't be the best thing to do. Of course, we are talking about the man that skipped out on his kids on Father's Day, didn't tell anyone where he was going, had his staff lie to everyone about it, and then - upon getting caught - essentially asked the media to leave him alone. Not the brightest crayon in the box, so there's not telling what he used his government account for.
However, if these emails were generated using a personal account, then someone must have been looking for something to pin on the Governor. His wife, perhaps? She did know of the affair prior to Sanford's return. Maybe she was trying to figure out who it was. The likelihood that it was a political opponent is valid. Too many speculations really.
Back to Michelle Malkin.
She railed continuously against Gawker and the alleged "hacker" until the issue was beyond dead.
Whereas Palin's account was "hacked" and it was discovered that she was using a personal account to conduct "business" - which is a big no-no - Sanford's emailing was used in a shody attempt to conceal his extra-marital activities. The one unifying factor is that in both cases, someone "hacked" the account and distributed information that the owner probably didn't want coming out in the first place.
Where is Malkin's fist-clinching outrage now? Sanford was part of her crowd: Conservative, Anti-Stimulus, Family Values, pretty much anti-Obama on everything.
She sings a new tune now:
It’s the only fitting word for a man who abandons his wife and four sons on Father’s Day weekend to indulge his “overdrive” on an Argentinian fling.
Mark Sanford: Bastard.
I'll give her the "bastard" point, but that's just the easy route to take. Be as loud as you can in order to remove all trace of your support of a man that got caught. I believe the phrase she uses in "under the bus".
I'm sure that Malkin has her own particular point of view on what her marriage means, what her relationship with her husband and children are as it relates to her career. But if she is going to lambast someone for "hacking" Palin's account, shouldn't she express that same concern over the "hacking" of Sanford's account?
It's a rather interesting think to consider, but perhaps only to me. Who knows.
The only other thing that comes to mind in relation to this is why sit on the emails for so long? Sanford's behavior of late, and his turn in the political spotlight, suggest that he wasn't concerned about being caught. His trip to Argentina was a very bold move, but perhaps that wasn't anything more than desperation.
I'm sure there will be more to this story.
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