FBI: Evidence suggestts to Kernell tried to cover his tracks

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The Knoxville News Sentinel reports on Day 3 of the Kernell identity theft trial:

Files were deleted, the Internet history dumped and folders emptied a day after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's private e-mail account was illegally accessed, testimony showed today.

Federal jurors this afternoon heard from FBI Agent Stephen McFall, a computer expert who examined the laptop of former University of Tennessee student David C. Kernell.

McFall told jurors that screenshots and photographs gleaned of and from Palin's account had been deleted. A folder labeled "Palin" had been cleaned out, he said. Internet history information also had been cleansed, McFall testified.

"They were all deleted," he said.

His testimony came as prosecutors sought to show that Kernell tried to obstruct the FBI probe into his alleged illegal foray into Palin's account.

According to an Associated Press story, former Gov. Palin could testify as early as Friday at the trial.

- JP