What are the Repugs trying to hide?

[Binky Bainbridge]

WHY did she chose to use a less secure email account to conduct state business when she had at her disposal a much more secure official account?

Just Like Bush White House, Palin Uses Personal E-mail Accounts And Claims Executive Privilege»


The Washington Post reports that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) is “being asked by a local Republican activist to release more than 1,100 e-mails she withheld from a public records request, including 40 that were copied to her husband, Todd.” Invoking a favored practice of the Bush administration, Palin has claimed executive privilege to keep the e-mails secret — despite the fact many of them were sent to Todd, who is not an elected official.

What’s more, Palin and her staff intentionally use her personal Yahoo e-mail account, perhaps to avoid document release requests:

Palin also routinely does government business from a Yahoo address, gov.sarah@yahoo.com, rather than from her secure official state e-mail address, according to documents already made public.
“Whoops!” Palin aide Frank Bailey wrote, after addressing an e-mail to the governor’s official state address.
“Frank, This is not the Governor’s personal account,” a secretary reminded him.

The lawyer filing the request pointed out that the point of government e-mail is to ensure “security and encryption.” “She’s running state business out of Yahoo?” he asked. Mother Jones reports that Palin’s refusal to hand over e-mails stands in violation of the Alaska Public Records Act.

Palin’s move is eerily reminiscent of Bush administration ploys to dramatically increase secrecy in government, such as when White House aides switched to personal e-mail accounts to avoid subpoenas during the investigation into U.S. Attorney scandal last year:

Think Progress Just Like Bush White House, Palin Uses Personal E-mail Accounts And Claims Executive Privilege

[agnostic]

Perfectly convenient...her account is "hacked" and subsequently deleted.

[K C Muffin]

WHY did she chose to use a less secure email account to conduct state business when she had at her disposal a much more secure official account?

Hmm. I use one of those "less secure email accounts" to conduct personal business as well. I'm not sure what "state business" you're talking about. Could it be...*gasp*...that she didn't know when she opened the Yahoo account that she would be running for VP one day - sooner than she wanted?

Perfectly convenient...her account is "hacked" and subsequently deleted.

Yeah.....kinda goes without saying. I'd close my hacked account too and I'm not running for any elected position. More than anything, this shows how nothing is secret. Kinda just ties it with a nice bow and puts it out there in front of everybody - don't put anything in an email you don't want found anytime in the future.

[KONQ RADIO]

don't put anything in an email you don't want found anytime in the future

Too bad I can't email spare keys to myself.

[K C Muffin]

Too bad I can't email spare keys to myself.

Just hang in there - capability to do that is comin' faster than you know. I like the article I read not too long ago about being able to unlock your vehicle by holding your cell phone to the lock while the dealership sends a signal. If they can do it with Onstar, why not? Smart minds are unlocking technology faster than we can even imagine it.

I'm still waiting to be able to call in my dinner order and have it on the table when I get home. Hubby just isn't fast enough. :opensmile:

[SGT T.]

I got to look at some of the hacked email's. There was NOTHING going on there.

For all my techno nerds... GMAIL is probably the most secure of the public emails. YAHOO is the least. HOTMAIL is about middle of the road. They hacked her account by using the password recovery feature and then answering the questions with publicly available information. Don't let this happen to you.

[K C Muffin]

I got to look at some of the hacked email's. There was NOTHING going on there.

For all my techno nerds... GMAIL is probably the most secure of the public emails. YAHOO is the least. HOTMAIL is about middle of the road. They hacked her account by using the password recovery feature and then answering the questions with publicly available information. Don't let this happen to you.

as if I'll ever be tagged to run for VP.....but I'll be careful anyway!

[Justoo]

as if I'll ever be tagged to run for VP.....but I'll be careful anyway!

You might get asked to be on the cabinet...or the kitchen table.

[Army_of_One]

I wonder how local that kind of stuff goes...

commissionerterrylee@yahoo.com

ksmoll70@hotmail.com

jlembright@cox.net

all of these are local emails. I believe most people have personal accounts that some type of business is being done over. If I email Terry Lee at his YAHOO account discussing illegal immigration and my thoughts and he replies with his is that considered city business? We are discussing city issues?