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posted by martyb on Tuesday May 06 2014, @03:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can-access-the-emails-we-want-you-to-see dept.

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.

 
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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by Angry Jesus on Tuesday May 06 2014, @07:39PM

    by Angry Jesus (182) on Tuesday May 06 2014, @07:39PM (#40301)

    > the TFA says (and Angry Jesus chose to omit): While in fairness to the governor, many of
    > the e-mails appear harmless and of a personal nature, a few are addressed to state officials.

    I chose to omit it because the important part was redundant. Nobody needs to do a draft of a happy birthday message, even if the recipient is the governor of california.

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