Other than being hilarious, this hack reveals a lot about Palin. First of all, not only did her account contain personal e-mails, but also work-related e-mails. This has raised quite a few eyebrows and has Palin on the defensive. She is suspected of using her personal e-mail to divulge information that could otherwise be reviewed by Alaska's open government laws (which keep government e-mail subject to subpeona). This claim was evidenced by an article out of the New York Times on Sunday indicating that Ms. Palin was well aware of the advantages involved in using a private e-mail for business:
"Her inner circle discussed the benefit of using private e-mail addresses. An assistant told her it appeared that such e-mail messages sent to a private address on a "personal device" like a Blackberry" would be confidential and not subject to subpeona." Ms. Palin and aides use their private e-mail addresses for state business. A campaign spokeswoman said the governor copied e-mail messages to her state account "when there was significant state business."Despite the accusations of her overstepping the information laws, Palin has welcomed an investigation.
Though not an enormous scandal, this has caught the attention of the press and could possibly be damaging, or at the least, distracting for McCain (who should be kicking himself for not knowing something as basic as Palin's communications methods). Trust is a serious factor to consider when voting for a candidate. Frankly, if I can't trust the vice president to thoroughly abide by regulations, and responsibly handle communicating as the governor of Alaska, how can I trust her to handle our country's national security codes or secret operation information?
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I concur with you Kristen. If she cannot even communicate properly then I see no way how I can trust her with the nuclear codes or information that is of a highly confidential manner. She just keeps getting herself further and further into a hole she can’t get out of.
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