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: 2) by Angry Jesus on Wednesday May 07 2014, @01:15AM
You seem to really want to make this about your personal experience without regard for how corruption in politics works, or for that matter, how modern communication works.
You went fishing, your communications didn't pass through a naturally recorded medium. While it is certainly possible for corruption to occur in face-to-face meetings, that is waaay less efficient than email. Recording emails means people engaged in corruption don't get the benefit of modern conveniences with no practical detriment to the normal course of state business, or for that matter personal business with people who do not have the means to corrupt the office.