Posted on October 18, 2008 by under-covered
MSNBC investigative reporter Bill Dedman reported on Oct. 17 the latest twist in the Palin email saga (which began with a watch dog in Alaska’s request before Palin was chosen as McCain’s running mate).
Dedman found that even if news organizations were willing to pay the extraordinarily-high price for the public records, they wouldn’t be available until [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2008 by under-covered
ELECTION 2008 – Gov. Palin
Even before the McCain administration chose Gov. Sarah Palin, Andree McLeod, a Alaskan political watchdog had filed a request for access to Gov. Sarah Palin’s personal emails (gov.palin@yahoo.com) she suspected were being used for political work but not accessible by public access. Now McLeod seeks to make sure Palin cannot [...]
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