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Was Weiner hacked?; WeinerGate
Topic Started: May 29 2011, 01:41 PM (17,331 Views)
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This is what I've been saying - the Cordova girl was acting like she was hiding something big.


Too many coincidences in Weiner's tale

By PETER INGEMI

Last Updated: 7:22 AM, May 31, 2011


In the New York of the late 1800s, Boss Tweed famously complained about Thomas Nast cartoons: Though many immigrants in the city couldn’t read, even the illiterate could understand “those damn pictures.” Rep. Anthony Weiner and his staff now face a similar problem.

By now, you’ve heard about the Tweet picture sent from Weiner’s account to a young lady named Gennette Nicole Cordova. The congressman has insisted his accounts were “hacked.” Cordova, in a statement released late Sunday night (36 hours after the tweet in question), says, “The account that these tweets were sent from was familiar to me. This person had harassed me many times after the congressman followed me on Twitter.” She also said that her previous tweet, “I wonder what my boyfriend @repweiner is up to,” was a joke.

Such statements notwithstanding, those on the left trying to paint this as a conspiracy must deal with an array of odd elements that an increasingly tech-savvy public may find suspicious:

* Not just the offending picture but most of the congressman’s pictures were removed from the site.

* Not only did the young lady’s Facebook and Twitter accounts disappear from the ’Net (she’s apparently since started a new Twitter account, and may go back on Facebook), but also her bylines on articles in her college paper.

* The congressman made it a point to tweet what time an East Coast interview would be shown in Seattle, where the young lady’s from.

* Cordova reportedly wrote in the college paper in March about Twitter’s verifiable accounts giving access to celebrities.

Coincidences all, but there’s one more that millions of Twitter users will understand best:

On Twitter, famous people tend to have tens of thousands to millions of followers — but they themselves follow only a fraction of that amount.

Rep. Weiner is a man of national prominence, a rising star in the Democratic Party, frequently on TV, a past and likely future candidate for mayor. He knows and is known by thousands of movers, shakers, members of the press and politicians on the city, state and national levels.

Yet, as of yesterday, he was following fewer than 200 others — and, with all those famous folks to choose from, one of the few he followed was Cordova, a 21-year-old college student who lives nearly 3,000 miles away in Bellingham,Wash.

Run that though your head for a second and at the same time remember two important facts about Twitter:

1. If two people follow each other on Twitter, they can send private messages unseen by others.

2. The difference between a direct message, seen by only the recipient, and a public tweet, seen by the world, is a single character.

The biggest problem for Weiner and his defenders on the left is not bloggers from the right. It’s the details of “#weinergate” can be understood by millions of ordinary people in 140 characters or less.

Peter Ingemi blogs at datechguyblog.com. He is the host of Da- TechGuy on DaRadio Saturdays 10 a.m. on WCRN-AM 830 in Worcester, Mass.

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Schumer found an empty mic and podium and said that Weiner didn't have anything to do with it.

Yeah, like Schumer wasn't called and asked to hold an impromptu and support the Weiner?

Another call to someone other than the FBI.


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See the Weiner on IMUS in the Morning on FoX business tomorrow morning (JUNE 1) I do not know what time he will be on.
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The AP is quoting Rep. Weiner's spokesman as saying the congressman's accounts were hacked. Where is the criminal investigation? Shouldn't a government Representative, with clearance for viewing sensitive secret information, be interested in finding out who is breaking into his accounts. Shouldn't the government? Shouldn't Twitter investigate? BTW, Was evidence destroyed? If so, is that obstruction of justice?

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"Anthony's accounts were obviously hacked," Arnold said. "He doesn't know the person named by the hacker, and we will be consulting on what steps to take next."


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43222914/ns/politics-more_politics/
Edited by jewelcove, May 31 2011, 11:11 AM.
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I think there is a relationship being hidden here.

Cordova- Weiner, for one.


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Well, he's done the Full-Clintion. Remember, I posted he was doing a Clinton. The Clinton's said it was a Right-Wing Conspiracy and they were going to take back their private lives for their Family and they needed to get back to the work of the American people - and would not be answering any further questions on the subject.

Weiner did the Right-Wing conspiracy thing - and today says he won't answer any Questions - because he needs to do the important work of the American people.

Most importantly, Weiner refused to say if the picture was of him!

http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/31/rep-anthony-weiner-refuses-to-say-if-lewd-twitter-photo-was-of-him/

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The one question I have is why this particular girl? She really does not seem to fit the "likely" Weiner candidate for several reasons. The next question is why would this girl care to follow him? This is extremely bazaar.
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The CYA always seems to be more damning than the actual event they hope to avoid responsibility for ...but not all are subject to the rules (I always think of the Kennedy family when I say that).
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20067663-503544.html

May 31, 2011 3:52 PM
Anthony Weiner tries to move on from Twitter incident
Posted by Stephanie Condon

After spending the weekend answering questions about the lewd photograph released through his Twitter account, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) says it's now time to move on.

Approached by reporters today, Weiner refused to answer a series of questions about the incident, raising more questions than answers even as some of high-profile Democratic colleagues today expressed their confidence Weiner had nothing to do with it.

On Friday night, a close-up picture of a man's underwear was tweeted from Weiner's account. The picture, addressed to a Seattle college student's Twitter handle @GennetteC, was visible to all of the congressman's followers.

Weiner's office said Monday he hired a lawyer to possibly pursue civil or criminal charges after his spokesman said the incident could be chalked up to a mischievous hacker.

Rep. Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, concurred today that the lewd picture was likely the result of a hacker.

"Somebody hacked into his Twitter account and projected material -- which can happen, I guess, to anybody -- which was not generated by Mr. Weiner," Hoyer told reporters. "It's unfortunate... My understanding is that's illegal activity and the proper authorities ought to pursue it. So I don't think it's going to hurt the party. I don't think it's going to hurt Mr. Weiner, either."

Hoyer said Weiner is working with authorities to see if it can be determined who hacked into the account.

When approached by CBS News and other media today, Weiner would not say why he chose to hire a lawyer rather than just let law enforcement handle the case. Nor would he say why he was following a college student on Twitter, or whether or not the picture was of him. Weiner said he had spent the weekend giving answers and wanted to put the matter to rest.

"I'm not going to talk about this anymore," he said. "I think that if I was giving a speech to 45,000 people and someone stood up and heckled in the back, I wouldn't spend three days talking to him. I'm going to get back to the conversation I care about."

Sen. Chuck Schumer, another N.Y. Democrat, told the New York Daily News, "I don't know the details. But I know [Weiner] to be a person of integrity, and I am virtually certain he had nothing to do with this."

Meanwhile, the incident has generated new interest in Weiner's Twitter account, bringing his following up to more than 48,000. The congressman continued tweeting this morning -- about policy issues: "Lets remember that the debt limit vote is to continue to pay the BUSH debt. #TaxCutsForBillionaires."
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http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/05/31/anthonys-weiner-top-topic-on-google-trends/

Anthonys Weiner top topic on Google Trends

At time of post.

Here’s Google Trends; have a look now.
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http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/05/31/since-when-does-not-having-an-opinion-stop-a-blogger-from-blogging/

Since when does not having an opinion stop a blogger from blogging?

I only ask that question in reference to this post over at Hot Air, where Ed writes that both he and Allah have stayed away from Weinergate because neither had any opinion about it. Huh? I don’t get that line of thinking. To be perfectly clear, I didn’t have a strong opinion on the story when I wrote our first Tatler post about Weinergate. It all seemed too coincidental, but it was reasonable to make allowances for the possibility that he’d been hacked. It does happen; I’ve been hacked once myself, but all the hacker did was send out spam emails to some of my contacts. They certainly didn’t try anything as elaborate as what Weiner initially alleged. And actually, I started writing the big timeline post as a way to get my own arms around the facts so I could figure out what seemed most likely to be true, and then to have one place to go to and return to, to get at the undisputed facts, as apart from the conspiracy theories and so forth. I wanted to get the timeline straight in my own mind, and help others do the same. I always thought that that was one of the things blogging is for: Investigate, test theories, get commenters and readers involved to bring their own views and expertise to bear. We’re not gatekeepers; bloggers are facilitators.

And by the way, if Weiner really was hacked (which, contra Ed’s post, Weiner is no longer claiming) this was a very sophisticated hack. I don’t mean in the way they hacked him, but what they did once they had hacked him. They didn’t just send out spam, as most hackers do. They apparently didn’t even hack his email, which would be the most useful thing for a spammer to hack. They hacked his facebook and maybe twitter, according to Weiner’s second version of events, and sent out one message to one specific person in Weiner’s twitter follow list, and that one specific message was designed to look like it came from him as a private message to her. And they did this late on a Friday night on a holiday weekend, when few were likely to even see it. But with 45,000 followers it was reasonable to think that someone might see it, just not a whole lot of people. If this was a hack (which Weiner said on Friday, but isn’t saying now), it’s either one of the most devious political dirty tricks ever devised — in a non-election year, no less, and against a Rep in a safe seat — or it’s the work of some very sophisticated folks, possibly foreign and hostile intel, waging some type of cyber warfare against a sitting federal official. That kind of action, by the way, the Pentagon may now consider as an act of war against the US, with all the military implications that go along with that.

So in calling this a hack, which Weiner did as his very first public response on Friday night (but has backed off from since), Weiner inadvertently made this story a much bigger deal than the pic would imply. This was a legitimate story to pursue, from the start.

Update: Note to Nathan Goulding at NRO: Do your homework. The recipient of the photo was not a “random recipient in the internet.” She was one of only 91 people Weiner had taken the action of following. They already had a connection, based solely on that fact, a connection the enabled direct messaging. Not random. At all. And he had done a shout out to her time zone, on the opposite coast from him and his district, on Friday — and we know she saw that, because she retweeted it. Again, not random.

And where do you get the idea that politicians don’t do dumb things?
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http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/05/newser-causes-more-trouble-rep-anthony-weiner

By Byron York
Created May 31 2011 - 4:44pm
Newser causes more trouble for Rep. Anthony Weiner

After retaining legal counsel in a case in which a lewd photo was sent from his Twitter account to a 21 year-old female college student, New York Rep. Anthony Weiner says he will no longer answer questions about the matter. The matter has become a "distraction," the outspoken Democrat told reporters Tuesday, and he intends to spend his time working on congressional matters and not answering questions about what has become known in furious Internet speculation as "Weinergate."

In a performance that might please a defense attorney but would make a public relations consultant cringe, Weiner, who has said his Twitter account was "hacked" and also that he was the victim of a "prank," one-by-one refused to answer six of the most pressing questions about the controversy:

1) Was the photo in question of Weiner himself?

You know, look, I'm not going to talk about this any more. I think that if I was giving a speech to 45,000 people, and someone stood up and heckled in the back, I wouldn't spend three days talking to him. I'm going to get back to the conversation I care about.

2) Why hire a lawyer?

I've put out a couple statements over the last couple days. I would refer you to those to answer these questions. I understand you're doing your job, but I'm going to go back to work.

3) Why not report the matter to Capitol Police?

I put out a statement about that over the last couple of days. I put out a couple of statements. I mean, I'm trying my best, I've spent a couple of days cooperating and trying to help you do your job, but at a certain point I've got to get back to work and I think we've reached that point today.

4) Was the account hacked, or was Weiner the victim of a prank?

I'm not convinced that there's any value any more of me talking about it. I understand you've got to do your job, and I'm going to get back to work. There are some enormously important things, and I believe this has been a distraction. I'm not going to let it be so any more.

5) Why was Weiner following a 21 year-old college student on Twitter?

I appreciate the questions. I understand you're doing your job but this is now a couple of days later, I've got to finally get back to work and focus on things I want to focus on.

6) Is Weiner concerned about the security of Facebook and Twitter accounts?

I'm going to return to working on things that I care about. I've participated in the story a couple of days now, given comments on it. This is a distraction and I'm not going to let it distract me.

Near the end of the news conference, a reporter said to Weiner, "This distraction might go away if you answered some of the questions that are out there." A pensive looking Weiner quickly responded: "I'm not convinced of that. I'm not convinced of that."

At the moment, there is no publicly available proof either that Weiner sent the photo or that he was the victim of hackers. Weiner has expressed a desire to "move on." But many members of Congress have Facebook and Twitter accounts, and the possibility that those accounts could be sabotaged by someone seeking to destroy a politcian's career is troubling. For that reason alone, it seems likely that public officials, if not Anthony Weiner himself, will want to know more about what really happened in this case.
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Link to video of presser.

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2011/05/31/sot.dc.weiner.twitter.hacked.cnn
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http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/31/congressman-says-weinergate-cybersecurity-investigation-vital-in-order-to-ensure-our-national-security/

Congressman says #Weinergate cybersecurity investigation vital in order to ‘ensure our national security’

Published: 5:23 PM 05/31/2011 | Updated: 5:28 PM 05/31/2011

Florida Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns is demanding an investigation into cybersecurity issues raised by #Weinergate, saying it is vital to “ensure our national security.
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http://blog.chron.com/texassparkle/2011/05/cnns-dana-bash-holds-rep-weiners-feet-to-the-fire/

CNN’s Dana Bash Holds Rep. Weiner’s Feet To The Fire
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