Well, it Looks Like Someone Hacked Into Mitt Romney's Private Email [Update]: And although he or she did, as you can see, helpfully supply the new password he or she created for the account, logging in with it to assess the accuracy of the tipster's claims would put us at some legal jeopardy. So we most certainly did not do that. (We did, however, check that Hotmail's current security procedures allow for password resets with nothing more than the correct answer to a "what's your first pet?" question. They do.)
Romney campaign communications director Gail Gitcho had no comment when we asked her if her candidate's private email account showed any signs of unwanted entry. She did, however, ask us if we had any copies of Romney emails or DropBox documents (we do not), and what our attorney's name and telephone number is. Shortly after that conversation, she called back, complaining that our attorney had not been immediately available and indicating that she had an urgent desire to speak to him.