Palin ordered to save e-mails

Sarah Palin
(Credit: Alaska governor's office)Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin must save any e-mails she sent from private accounts regarding state business, an Anchorage judge ordered Friday.
The e-mails must be preserved until a lawsuit requesting that the e-mails be made public is resolved, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Craig Stowers said. The judge also said e-mails from private accounts belonging to Palin's staff must be preserved.
Palin and her staff used about a dozen private e-mail accounts for state business, and a Yahoo account belonging to Palin was hacked earlier this year.
State officials should work with Yahoo and other e-mail service providers to preserve the e-mails, including those from accounts that have already been deleted, the judge ordered.
Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, is no longer using private e-mail accounts for state business, Assistant Attorney General Mike Mitchell said.
Stephanie Condon is a staff writer for CNET News focused on the intersection of technology and politics. She is based in Washington, D.C. E-mail Stephanie.





What are you afraid of, the Palin image bubble will finally collapse?
She should probably be charged with gross Incompetence and step down in Alaska.
The mistake here, is that the Palin Administration tried an end-around by using non-governmental emails. That's why a judge is requiring these emails to be saved.
Yeah, mcSHAME and failin will definitely be different than fuhrer bushit. They've show their "independence" already - by doing the same things!
LOL - repukes are so ar-tarded.
By the way, here is a website that shares all the <strong><a href="http://www.palinspin.com">Sarah Palin</a></strong> dirt to support <strong><a href="http://www.palinspin.com"> Barack Obama</a></strong>!
Palin is anything but ignorant, btw. To go from a small town mayor to a vice presidential candidate in 3 years is quite a feat. I doubt any of you name callers could have performed half as well as she did in the debate considering she didn't have any international experience or interests 3 months ago.
Sure Biden won the debate and did a fantastic job, but if knowledge is top pre-requisite for president, then Biden should be at the top of the ticket, not Obama. Knowledge of facts is important, but I count experience and wisdom higher. Besides, if she for some reason became president, she would be surrounded by advisers.
All this jabber about Palin is virtually pointless cause when Nov 4 comes around most people will be focused on Obama and McCain.
If there is nothing to hide than Palin will be cleared.
Are you afraid the Palin image bubble will be burst?
Is she so weak that anymore truth will derail her?
So by using personal accounts for state business, she intended to avoid ethical oversight - public oversight - of her administration in Alaska. She wanted to keep the actions/words of her and her staff from becoming public knowledge.
Sounds like she didn't want an email version of the Nixon Tapes.
What happened to the transparency and accountability of government?
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by fdunn3
October 14, 2008 4:18 AM PDT
- She and her staff will not comply. Just as initially both Sarah and Todd Palin refused a grand jury subpoena! Stating instead that it wasn't worth the court's time because the would both plead the fifth amendment.
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(23 Comments)Deja vu. Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, 'W'
They think they are all above the law. I can't wait until they are out of office and then let justice take it's course.
As far as Sarah, She's just an airhead.