July 23, 2008
Mayor Newsom Scores Password Codes from Gushing Terry Childs
With a whole lot of charm and little bit of pluck, Mayor Gavin Newsom managed to get the much-needed passwords from former IT nerd Terry Childs during a jailhouse visit last night. If you recall, Childs, City Hall's former network administrator , has been incarcerated since July 13 after failing to handover the correct security codes to his bosses after getting the boot. Newsom, it seems, had a secret meeting with Child last night, one so intimate that neither the District Attorney Kamala Harris' office nor the knew about it. Childs remains in jail with several felony computer-tampering counts on his head, with a reduced bail set at 5 million.
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Some scoop here.
is there anything he can't do?
Bring down the homicide count? Improve public transit?
ALL YOUR SYSTEMS ARE BELONG TO US.
Typical high functioning IT geek. All brain, zero social skills. Not a crime.
I give the City of San Francisco IT Department two weeks to completely crash the network and get this guy back in the office to fix what some other mid-level manager screws up. I wonder if that will make the news.
did the mayor waterboard him?
rape.
who was the top?
Childs, of course. Gavin's secret submission shame is the well from which his power and charisma flow.
I'm guessing naively that Childs informed Newsom of certain city IT indiscretions. I'm curious to see if there will be any technical execs who elect to spend more time with their families in the near future. I'll put good money on a plea deal regardless, though.
so what was the password?
I have been refreshing all morning to see what Beth Spotswood has to say about this, but so far nothing!
Just goes to show: Never underestimate the power of designer menswear.
Did he offer him a balboa burger with cheese?