An update to this post, which is itself an update to this one.

Neil Stevens at RedState writes that the recipient of the lewd photograph was a woman named @GennetteNicole. Her account has now been deleted, but she described herself as a progressive activist living in Seattle — the subject of the first linked update. Go there if you don’t understand the significance.

Weiner claims his Facebook account was hacked. The photograph was actually posted to his yfrog account, so that story doesn’t entirely add up but that’s another topic. Stevens notes:

First, he posted three hours before the alleged hack post, and four minutes after. This means he somehow wrested control back from the hackers quickly. How is this possible? That would be quite a feat, either through password guessing or some sort of Twitter security hole. If it happened, why didn’t we hear about how?

Second, if he lost control of the account, standard Twitter practice is to remove the “Verified Account” status until Twitter can confirm the account is back under the control of the named person. Yet, the @RepWeiner account as of this writing is still Verified.

Third, as pointed out the recipient of the photo is somewhere between Seattle and Vancouver, but that evening Weiner posted on Twitter a note about Seattle time. Funny coincidence, that.

Fourth, such hacks these days are crimes, and are especially serious when directed at Members of Congress. If his Twitter account has been compromised, what else would the attackers have access to? Instead of reporting the attack to the FBI though, Weiner has made jokes, and in fact keeps joking about it. This is unreasonable behavior in the face of an actual attack, however if it weren’t hack, then to report one would probably be a crime in itself.

All great points. Why hasn’t he reported the illegal network entry to Capitol Hill police? How did he get back control of his account within four minutes of the posting? Why didn’t the “hackers” change any of his security information to stop him from regaining control? And why hasn’t Twitter suspended his “Verified” status?