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Gawker posts G.W.B.'s private email address

On the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, the news and gossip website Gawker has published what it says is the private email address of former President George W. Bush, encouraging readers to wish the ex-president a "Happy Iraq War Day." The address was provided by "a hacker calling himself (or herself) Guccifer," who "penetrated the electronic worlds of George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, and a number of other political figures."

John Cook, Gawker's editor, declined to comment on the decision to publish the email address, but pointed POLITICO to previous instances in which the site has posted the phone numbers of CEOs from Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.