Breaking.... Hacker Group Claims To Have Romney's Tax Returns

[Pharaoh]

Mitt Romney’s tax returns are reportedly in the hands of a team of hackers who plan on releasing them publicly at the end of the month unless a ransom is paid.

The group allegedly obtained the files from PricewaterhouseCooper’s Tennessee office on Aug. 25, in what was described on PasteBin as a Mission Impossible-like caper:

Romney’s 1040 tax returns were taken from the PWC office 8/25/2012 by gaining access to the third floor via a gentleman working on the 3rd floor of the building. Once on the 3rd floor, the team moved down the stairs to the 2nd floor and setup shop in an empty office room. During the night, suite 260 was entered, and all available 1040 tax forms for Romney were copied. A package was sent to the PWC on suite 260 with a flash drive containing a copy of the 1040 files, plus copies were sent to the Democratic office in the county and copies were sent to the GOP office in the county at the beginning of the week also containing flash drives with copies of Romney’s tax returns before 2010. A scanned signature image for Mitt Romney from the 1040 forms were scanned and included with the packages, taken from earlier 1040 tax forms gathered and stored on the flash drives.

The files are to be released to the public on Sept. 28, according to the PasteBin document.


http://current.com/community/93893137_breaking-hacker-group-claims-to-have-romneys-tax-returns.htm

[Cali_Democrat]

1. LOL

[corkhead]

3. Dan Rather says beware...

I hope this doesn't turn into a fraud that inoculates Rmoney from the whole tax return thing.

[flamingdem]

18. The good part is that it shines attention on the taxes again

The bad part is that he looks like a victim of a crime

[apnu]

22. Which gives him cover and sympathy. Which is why this is a stupid move on the hacker's part. (nt)

[HiPointDem]

4. hackers? sound more like plumbers. "gaining access to the third floor..."

[gateley]

5. Wonder if this is legit (if I can use that word)

The delayed release kind of makes me wonder -- does that sound hokey to you?

[Graybeard]

9. Makes no sense.

They are going to hold them for ransom but they gave them to the Democrats?

[gateley]

13. Oh, I didn't read that part. My hopes just shriveled and died. :-)

[EOTE]

21. I believe it was the encrypted file which was given to the Democrats.

And without the decryption key, it's useless. I believe they're doing the same thing that Assange did with his security.aes file.

[Zambero]

6. Sounds like another Karl Rove ploy

To cast Romney as a "victim" of illegal shenanigans and somehow neutralize the no-tax-returns issue. Much as GW Bush's National Guard AWOL issue was deflected when the 2004 expose of his military records turned out to be tainted (fictititious records containing factual information).

[randome]

7. There is already a thread on this in LBN and another here in GD.

I'm sure it's nonsense.

[Kingofalldems]

8. Karl Rove

[Chipper Chat]

10. This tape will self-destruct in 5 minutes.

[JPZenger]

11. Only value of this story is that it will keep some public attention on the issue

Why would the records be kept in Nashville of all places???

[randome]

12. Because that's the LAST place anyone would think to look!

[Chiyo-chichi]

24. Maybe because Nashville is the geographic center of his seven homes?

[mfcorey1]

14. Something smells. I don't believe it and the rethugs will try to blame the dems.

You'd better bet that when Mitty refused to release those returns, there were locked in an impenetrable location and data base. Nothing would be left out for anyone to find.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. Whether the disseminated returns will look good for Romney or bad for him

how can we trust them to be real? I guess if they show he paid no taxes, and he disputes their authenticity, he'll be free to release the real ones.

[cemaphonic]

16. Bitcoin ransom eh?

My money is on "The whole story is completely phony and is intended to hype the speculative Bitcoin market."

[Octafish]

17. I smell a Rove.

When it comes to garnering sympathy publicity, that ratfeffer is really something.

[renate]

20. me too

Didn't he try this at least once before, when he was just beginning his long career as an amoral turdblossom?

[Octafish]

25. Molly Ivins pegged the little Turdblossom...

Karl Rove's Early Machinations

EXCERPT...

Glasgow: And are you now satisfied that Mark White and the Democratic Party did not bug your office as you -- as you released, ah, to the newspapers?

Rove: Senator, I never said Mark White bugged my office, I'm not certain he has an electronic background. I never said the Democratic Party bugged it either. ... As to who bugged it, Senator, I do not know -- and the FBI does not know. ...

Glasgow: How long have you known an FBI agent by the name of Greg (Rampton)?

Rove: Ah, Senator, it depends -- would you define "know" for me?

[Overseas]

26. I thought about that Rove incident when I heard this news story too.

And Dan Rather of course.

[Ganja Ninja]

19. Why not just start posting them all over if you have them?

I wouldn't trust this crap. It smell like a Rove set up.

[Gold Metal Flake]

23. A Watergate operation of sorts? Who was lead, Roger Stone?

This is nasty.