Governor Mooselini Asked To Release E-Mails

[DCBob]

WASILLA, Alaska, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Sarah Palin is being asked by a local Republican activist to release more than 1,100 e-mails she withheld from a public records request, including 40 that were copied to her husband, Todd. Palin had claimed executive privilege for documents copied to her husband, who is not a state employee, in responding to an open records request in June made by Andrée McLeod, an activist in Anchorage. The administrative appeal filed yesterday by McLeod's attorney, Donald C. Mitchell, argued that by copying Todd Palin on sensitive state correspondence, the governor and her aides shattered the privilege rightly afforded elected officials.

"She has allowed Todd Palin -- who has not been elected by the people of Alaska, who is not a state employee -- to entangle himself apparently as he sees fit in the operations of the executive branch of the state government," Mitchell said. "From the case law, if government voluntarily opens up that internal decision-making to what I would call civilians, then that is waiver of that protection of the government policy decision-making process. That is what happened here, and it happened because Sarah Palin doesn't understand it," he said.

Todd Palin was frequently copied on e-mails relating to Alaska State Troopers and the union representing public safety employees, according to McLeod, who received four boxes of redacted e-mails in response to her request. At the time, both Sarah and Todd Palin were complaining to the state public safety commissioner about a disciplinary matter involving Sarah Palin's ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper.

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This trooper/firing scandal is really building and nothing is going Palin's way at the moment. It is interesting that the request was made by a "Republican activist". I do believe this scandal could be a show stopper.

[valerief]

1. I LOVE that name.

[DCBob]

4. I borrowed it from another DU poster from a couple a days ago.

It is perfect!

[City Lights]

9. Mooselini fits her like a glove!

It's my fav!

[Windy]

10. Thats Mooseilina thank you very much!!!! yeah you betcha! n /t

[rsmith6621]

2. How Much Deeper Does Her Shit...

have to get before the press desires to get on top of it and clean her clock?????....Fucking Amazing she is almost a Bushette with her Executive Privilege crap...

[Beregond2]

3. Traditional Republicans have to be appalled

by her as much as we are. What an embarrasment this all is for them.

[mainer]

5. Oh, god. Another GOPer who buries emails.

The parallels to Cheney/Bush grow more eerie every day.

[no limit]

6. I forget. Who's that other guy that keeps claiming executive privilege to hide stuff?

[spindrifter]

7. Todd Palin is neither an

elected nor a hired official, although apparently he has some role in advising on "training". I hope some news person calls her out regarding her reliance on hubby's input. I don't cc my husband on work-related matters. If I did, I could expect to be fired.

[DCBob]

8. Yes. The husband's "deep" role in the office of the Gov is another scandal yet to break.

Hope there is more media investigation into this.

[spindrifter]

14. I'm hoping the withheld emails are

released so people can document the kind of stuff he was privy to. I do not see the Palins recognizing or setting any boundaries for him.

[Orsino]

11. If she gives up the e-mails, that will prove she has insufficient executive experience. n/t

[hay rick]

12. Moose lips sink ships. n/t

[pacalo]

13. She doesn't quite have that "executive privilege" thingy down yet, does she.

And her Yahoo e-mail account is being used for official gubernatorial business!

Palin also routinely does government business from a Yahoo address, [email protected], rather than her secure official state e-mail address, according to documents already made public.

"Whoops!" Palin aide Frank Bailey wrote, after addressing an e-mail to the governor's official state address. "Frank, This is not the Governor's personal account," a secretary reminded him.

(...)

"There's a reason the governor should be using her own official e-mail channels, because of security and encryption," the lawyer said. "She's running state business out of Yahoo?"

[intheflow]

15. It's part of her index card education.

You know, where they're teaching her what, exactly, it is that the vice-president does. Too bad they appear to be too late on this one. :evilgrin: