Pulling off the subterfuge required a false mailing address, signatures obtained under false pretenses, backdated investment documents, and phony doctor's bills.
In the blog post, Onion engineers explained that the company's Twitter account was hacked using a basic phishing exploit, where a false e-mail redirected people to a fake Web site which then asked for Google Apps credentials.
The prosecution said she had first tried to "peddle a false story" to the Mail on Sunday that a constituency aide had taken Huhne's points.
Some of the justices appeared to take up the defense case, with Justice Antonin Scalia trying to goad Mr. Mukasey by suggesting that since gasoline is explosive, carrying a can of gasoline in a car could be prosecuted as a serious felony if the car had been used to mail a false tax return.
Mr. Sesto acknowledged that a user might register under a false name and e-mail address, though he pointed out that e-mail addresses can be traced.
The backlash comes on the heels of The Daily Mail printing a false story about a transgender student in Colorado "harassing female students in the girls room".
Actor George Clooney has accused the Daily Mail of concocting a false and irresponsible story about his fiancée, the human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.
Among the examples of fraud cited by the inspector general were these: *On May 24, Key Enterprises of Oilton, Okla., and a company official, Christopher Key, were charged in Federal District Court in Tulsa, Okla., with making a false statement, aiding and abetting and mail fraud.
The crimes are mail fraud and filing a false tax return.
Mr. Trinkley pleaded guilty Sept. 6 to mail fraud and filing a false income tax return.
