In 2008, two of Sarah Palin's personal Yahoo email accounts were hacked, revealing the existence of correspondence with other government officials like Alaska's Lieutenant Governor and even California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger outside any sunshine record-keeping requirements of the state government. Palin was eventually cleared of any wrong-doing with the account, despite the account being deleted before the investigation even started.
In what feels like the discovery of another tip of the same iceberg, ProPublica has a report about the Cuomo administration's adoption of similar tactics in New York.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Angry Jesus on Tuesday May 06 2014, @06:27PM
> Police also routinely communicate with each other in person. Should they be fitted with
> personal audio and video recorders? Otherwise banning cell phones won't be effective.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.