Palin's private email account was hacked and placed on line. No wonder so few people want to go into public office when those opposed to them will stop at nothing.
Obama "friends" may lose this election for him. They need to sit on their hands til the end of the election.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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I do not support that type of intrusion but"Palin has come under fire for using private e-mail accounts to conduct state business. Critics allege that she uses the account to get around public records laws, as the Bush administration has also been charged with doing."
Of course the critics will make any excuse to justify their horrible behavior. Was their any proof before (or even after) they did it? And why did they post her daughter's phone number and post pictures of her kids.
No, this was a dirty trick - flat and simple.
I agree about the dirty trick part but I do not think anyone did it as part of any campaign tactics.
Hackers hack just because they can.
As for "after" proof.
"An e-mail from her press secretary, Meghan Stapleton, indicates the message is about the "Motor Fuel Tax Suspension".
The subject line of an e-mail from Randall Ruaro, her deputy chief of staff reads, "Draft letter to Governor Schwarzenegger." Another one from Ruaro says, "Please approve" and another one is about "Court of Appeals Nominations."
Other e-mails from Ruaro indicate they're about employee and budget issues for the DPS. DPS is how Alaska refers to its Department of Public Safety.
Palin's chief of staff, Michael Nizich, sent her an e-mail August 22 with the subject line, "Using Royalty Oil to Lower the Cost of Fuel for Alaskans." The subject line of another e-mail from Nizich reads "CONFIDENTIAL Ethics Matter."
Since you read them, are the sender or recipient from government email accounts. If so, then they are archived and thus not avoiding public records.
And if they sent it her private account, wouldn't they be at fault?
"Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's private Yahoo e-mail account was hacked, and some of its contents posted on the internet Wednesday."
I do not have the email addresses of the senders, only a list of their names.
If only one had sent her an email then it would be "shame on them" but because there were several then it is "shame on her" for using her private account to conduct government business. How could they have received her private email address unless she gave it to them?
Many businesses, and I assume governments, do not allow personal emails on their systems. So if they want to a non-governmental interaction, they should use their private accounts. It is also possible that she might not access to email system outside of the office, and those people would then send emails to her private account.
From the list I provided above I don't see how you could say most of those were "non-governmental"
That they have knowledge of a private email account is not unusual.
I do not know the rules for sending governmental emails to a private account in Alaska. Is it not allowed?
As I said, if either email address is governmental, then it is not "getting around" public records laws.
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