palin refuses freedom of information act request,citing"executive privilege"

My question is why this isn't in the MSM more. This issue has been discussed for awhile now on NV. There are a few seeds, including one by Quixote Don that has a link to pdf of emails for Feb-April of this year. 78 pages worth, just the headings not the contents itself. And Todd's name is there.

There is no legitimate reason to route official business emails through a personal email address. I should think that various sunshine laws cover this. By analogy could it be claimed that a business communication put on a plain sheet of paper isn't covered under the same disclosure laws as a communication put on official letterhead. Could I not then withhold the plain-paper communications and only turn over the letterhead communications? An open government is just that...open.

There is no legitimate reason to route official business emails through a personal email address.

There are companies I've worked for where this would be a firing offense.

There are companies I've worked for where this would be a firing offense.

Same here. Conducting company business through a private email address is a definite no-no. If one of us copied our spouse into an email going out to a client or coworker we'd likely be fired upon discovery. If one of us advised a client or coworker to communicate business-related matters with us through our personal email account in an effort to avoid the data retention policies of the company, that person would be fired upon discovery. Why should Gov. Palin get a free pass?

This is a great way to cover up graft, wrong doing or an embarrassing incident. I know because our Township Board does the same thing, in fact they all got personnel laptops at the same time because they were all embroiled in a controversial rezoning and need to be able to talk without FOIA, but if it is hand written and in your desk drawer instead of a file it is public record if it has to do with public business.

As stateed before I think he is her hit man.

Good luck in your efforts m.revels.

m.revels thanks so much for taking the time out to work for Obama, as a fellow southerner I greatly appreciate your hospitality. Barack the vote November 4.

Obama/Biden 2008

Thats sooooooo funny. I wish I had thought of that one.

very good very good.

They will sink as far as we the voters let them. We are the DECIDERS and we are failing in our mission.

Uhm.....I mean anyone running Im sure can ask for the moon...but is she entitled to it as a nominee?

She is talking about her privilege as the executive of Alaska. I still think it is a bunch of crap, there is no possible way you can claim executive privilege while copying her husband. As for using the Yahoo account, that isn't really her property if the investigators want those e-mails they should be able to go to a California court (Yahoo dictates this in the TOS) and request it. Actually these web2.0 email providers tend to fold pretty quickly when there are investigative requests. They go for the path of least resistance.

That kind of knowledge in her hands is so very dangerous because she has not a clue on what she is being told and it is a security matter. She is again like I said the neighborhood gossip and I can see her now I know something you don't know,but I am going to tell you just don't pass it on.

Seriously, I love gmail.

:)

if only she had a "report spam" button on her forehead. :(

I also had a serious problem with this "didn't blink" response. It reminded me of everything wrong with blind faith and the over zealous lot who cannot seem to think for themselves. She went on to compare not blinking to the war on terror also.

I would say that any decision regarding human beings killing other human beings requires some thought. I would think that likewise, being asked to become the second most powerful person on the planet requires some thought. If not for the fact that she has a family to worry about then for the fact that it is THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL PERSON ON THE PLANET. I truly think that she does not understand the impact of that. Her slip up later in the interview was evidence of this:

"...on january 20th (etc. etc.) John McCain and I will be ready - We are ready."

She has some great faith in herself to think that she can magically become prepared to lead the free world in just a couple of months time.

Impulsive shoot from the hip planning is, in my opinion, the reason this country is in the @!$%# hole now. I strongly believe that at the end of the Clinton administration and the first months of the Bush administration were not so bad, in fact they were pretty good. Along comes September 11th, which, in and of itself in the grand scheme of what is going on in the world NOW was not such a big deal. (Don't jump down my throat for this please, hear me out first).

The poor handling of the response (like Katrina) including but not limited to, increased government secrecy (Patriot act sneak and peak no-warrant home invasions), decreased civil liberties (Homeland Security's imprisonment and indefinite detention without any rights to a lawyer or trial by jury) and unprovoked and poorly planned invasions of sovereign nations (sure Sadam was a bad man but he had nothing to do with 9/11) have all been key factors in America's plummet in international standing. This decreased respect for the U.S. have in turn caused the economy to fail. As a side affect of the combination of the falling Dollar and the wars is the rise in oil price. All of this because of an unbelievably bungled attempt at ridding the world of "Terrorists."

As an interesting use of the word terrorist, the last people that terrorized me personally were American politicians. They were the ones telling me about the "imminent threat" and they were the ones raising the alert color level and they were the ones telling me that I had to be weary of strangers and unattended luggage, they were the ones making me fear something. The last time I was "terrorized" by an "Islamic Extremist" was NEVER. As an average, non-arabic speaking, American I have never had an "Islamic Extremist" tell me that any attack was imminent or that I should be fearful of public places or anything like that. I have only heard translations of videos on t.v., videos that were not intended for me to be watching to begin with, for if they were intended to scare me they would not have been sent to Aljazeera t.v., they would have been sent to CNN. They would not have been in Arabic, they would have been in clear english. They would not have to be discovered by government agents or investigative journalists, they would be freely available to anyone anywhere.

The American Government has done an awful job responding to 9/11, they have yet failed to find, capture or kill Bin Laden or even show publicly any proof beyond a reasonable doubt that he was the top organizer of the attacks. They have taken many American constitutional liberties while giving more rights and freedoms to the very few at the top of the power chain. Further, they have started this war against "Terrorists" and they are the only ones doing the terrorizing!!!!

Back to my original point, sorry for the long digression, if only they had taken a minute to have a coffee and think things through, if only they had blinked, if only they were not SO eager to help then they might have been able to do things better. Sure, "if only" is one of the benefits of 20/20 hindsight, but it is also a benefit of 20/20 FOREsight. Sarah Palin sounds an awful lot like something we have all heard before. Please lets not all be SO eager to help, sit down, Blink, have a muffin think things through, in the end we will all be better off.

........you know, that theory that "it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission" may work in many instances......but being the leader of the free world.............

That's a lot of asking for forgiveness and waiting around holding your breath. We just don't have that kind of time.

Over the weekend I heard one reporter who was on the Palin plane or bus (I forget, they have so many) that the media had zero access to her....but they 'did bring out her 7 year old daughter' to meet the press.

You peons aren't worth my time...........but here's my progeny.

Wow Sarah Palin whoring out her kids.

Nice.

...the media had zero access to her...

I heard that complaint this morning as I was getting ready for work. It seems that she's not granting any Q&A time, even with the press pool.

I've heard numerous times that even on the planes, the press can't write about anything since it ALL is 'off the record'.

Ain't that the truth

She has got her lie and she is sticking to it.

Kudos Pavilion, I thought about doing that, but then I want to stay under the radar for now.

I'm wondering though, just how many emails she is getting now. She may have to change it since it has been publicised.

I know, I have a pit bull mix and she is so sweet. So I feel sorry for the canines in this new slander to their name and breed.

No Bush will do that when he does his blanket pardon of any and/or all Republcans for past or future crimes.

The problem is we've heard so many questions about her ethics that they have become the scary mainstay. so I'm glad you found something amusing about her. A sharp nail is the best....right through the heart of ethics.