This is a little disappointing. Not that he got caught – that he looks like a normal kid. We were expecting more along the lines of The Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy.
Instead, University of Tennessee student David Kernell, 20, is the apparently the genius who “hacked” (i.e. guessed the password and/or the answers to the security questions) Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! email account. See photo below.
The FBI stormed his apartment last week, in the process breaking up a party Kernell was having. Frickin’ cops. Don’t you hate when that happens in college?
Oh, and get this – the dude’s father is actually a Democratic Tennessee State Representative named Mike Kernell. This should help his re-election efforts.
In any case, David Kernell has already retained legal representation and, at least as of this posting, he has not been indicted by a grand jury in Chattanooga.
We recommend the Alaska Governor pick tougher questions next time. Something like… Q: Who am I going to strangle with my bare hands? A: Levi Johnston.