Expert Pokes Holes in Weinergate Explanation

Tuesday, 31 May 2011 | by Pat's Picks

An opinion piece in the New York Post pokes holes in Rep. Anthony Weiner’s explanation of his Twitter scandal. If you haven’t heard, Weiner says a “crotch shot” sent from his Twitter account to that of a 21-year-old female college student from Seattle over the weekend was the work of a hacker. Tech expert Peter Ingemi says it’s odd that with so many “famous folks” to choose from he had made the student one of only 200 people he followed. Ingemi also points out that it’s easy on Twitter to send a public message when you intended to transmit something privately.

Here’s the photo in question. It’s a screenshot from the Yfrog photo sharing service, as captured by the biggovernment.com website:

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