Palin Asked To Release E-Mails, Claims Executive Privilege (sound familiar?)

[babylonsister]

Governor Is Asked To Release E-Mails
By Karl Vick
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 10, 2008; Page A04


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.

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

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/09/AR2008090903044.html

[Median Democrat]

1. They Are Perfect - McCain Has Bush's Policies and Palin Has His Style!

[TwilightGardener]

2. Why on earth is she sending official state-business email copies to Todd?

The lawyer is exactly right, if she chooses to open up her official email correspondence to "outsiders", then she can't turn around and claim executive privelege on them.

[sharp_stick]

3. Because God tells her she has to

she's a Pentecostal fundie end-times loving whack-job and this cult tells their womb members (oops, I meant women) that they have to submit to the domination of their oh so superior XY chromosome carrying husbands at all times. I don't think that Sarah Palin could go to the freaking can without permission from hubby first.

[TwilightGardener]

4. LOL! Great description--yeah, I wonder if Todd makes her do this shit.

[IndianaGreen]

5. McCain doesn't have long to live, which makes a Palin Presidency a clear and present danger

Palin thinks she is an agent of GAWD, which automatically casts her critics as agents of Satan. This will not end well!

[babylonsister]

10. Scary as hell, isn't it. nt

[stillcool]

6. Does Todd have "Executive Privilege " too?

Sounds like Sarah is doing well with her lessons.

[hisownpetard]

7. She is Bushier than Bush. A perfect Bush protoge.

[Riddler]

8. To a repuke, the more things "change" the more they remain the same

These people disgust me. God, I hate a fucking republican.

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. She really IS Cheney in a dress!

Maybe that's why she's taking the "Lipstick on a pig" reference seriously? She thought it referred to her being a literal reincarnation of Darth Cheney.

[babylonsister]

11. Thank you, Rachel Maddow, I thought this was worthy of comment, too! nt