State Rep. Mike Kernell confirmed Thursday that his
son, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville student, is at the center
of heated Internet discussion into the hacking of the personal
e-mail of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Kernell, a Memphis Democrat, confirmed that it is his
20-year-old son, David, who is being widely named on Internet blogs
and chatrooms in connection with an unfolding story about Palin's
hacked e-mail accounts.