Just remember, someone could've posted "DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS" as the first reply to that message using the same credentials and it would be just as verif

Just remember, someone could've posted "DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS" as the first reply to that message using the same credentials and it would be just as verifiable. As ars points out (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080918-alleged-1st-person-tale-of-palin-e-mail-hack-comes-and-goes.html http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080918-alleged-1st-pe...): While the account is plausible enough on its face—and, if true, highlights the special vulnerability of such password reset mechanisms for public figures—there are also some reasons for skepticism. The post was made under the handle "rubico," and linked to a similar e-mail address. Through a bit of Google searching, it is trivial to link that handle and e-mail to a real person—a student with ties to state-level Democratic politics. And while it is not entirely out of the realm of possibility, it does strain credibility somewhat to think that, after committing the most publicized computer intrusion in recent memory, the perpetrator would effectively return to the scene to deliver a signed confession. Equally possible, then, is that either the real hacker oran unrelated party with an active imagination decided to play a prank on the student in question.