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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Peek at Sarah Palin's personal emails

(courtesy: gawker.com)Did the internet just cause Sarah Palin to destroy evidence? The potential Veep is in a bit of trouble for conducting state business using her personal, unarchived email address (gov.sarah@yahoo.com) instead of her official account (which is, of course, subject to laws requiring the retention of government records). Emails from that Yahoo account are already being sought in connection with the Troopergate investigation. Now comes word that Anonymous, the fun-loving Internet trouble-makers based loosely around the message board 4Chan, gained access to another Palin email account: gov.palin@yahoo.com. It looks legit! The offending posts, screenshots, heretofore unseen family photos, and emails have all been deleted from Imageshack and 4Chan. But we have them. You want to read Sarah Palin's email?


Ok, sad thing first: a good Samaritan reset the password and tried to alert Sarah. But he also posted the new password, causing multiple people to try to log in at once, freezing the account for 24 hours. And now, the account has been deleted! Which is, as we said, maybe destruction of evidence? So for now this is, we think, all we'll get to see from this email account (if anyone finds evidence of saved emails, let us know.)


The full timeline of events, with corroborating evidence of the legitimacy of these screengrabs, is here. Here's why it all looks convincing:



  • The emails to Ivy Frye, a Palin aide who's mentioned in the earlier email stories specifically wondering how best to hide her correspondence with the governor.

  • The attached contact list (below) features an email address for husband Todd Palin that is legit. As well as an apparently genuine phone number for Bristol Palin and an address for Beth Leschper, Palin's deputy communications director.

  • The email from Amy McCorkell, a known associate of Palin's from Wasilla who might have the governor's personal email address.

  • Emails to and from Lt Governor Sean Parnell about a local radio talk host.

  • Calls to the phone number listed for Bristol Palin apparently go to her voicemail.

  • The public profile for the gov.palin address dates its last update to April of this year—well before she became McCain's running mate. So if it's a hoax, it's a hoax that began long before anyone outside of Alaska cared about Palin.

  • We haven't seen these family photos before. Have we?

  • The previously accessible public profiles for gov.sarah@yahoo and gov.palin@yahoo were both deleted at the same time.


Here are the screenshots of the emails saved before the account went dark, along with the contact list. It's newsworthy and we will not be taking it down!








CONTACT LIST


Beth Leschper (Beth Leschper SOA) [Edit]

beth.leschper@alaska.gov

Blanche Kallstrom (Blanche) [Edit]

mbkrdk@starband.net

Bristol Palin (Bristol) [Edit]

bristol_palin@hotmail.com

Chuck Heath (Chuck) [Edit]

chckheath@yahoo.com

fek9wnr@yahoo.com (Todd) [Edit]

fek9wnr@yahoo.com

ftb907@yahoo.com (Frank) [Edit]

ftb907@yahoo.com

Heather Bruce (Heather) [Edit]

khbruce@gci.net

ivy.frye@alaska.gov (Ivy SOA) [Edit]

ivy.frye@alaska.gov

ivyfrye@yahoo.com (Ivy Personal) [Edit]

ivyfrye@yahoo.com

Judy Patrick (Judy Patrick) [Edit]

jpphoto@mtaonline.net

kris.perry@alaska.gov (Kris Perry SOA) [Edit]

kris.perry@alaska.gov

krisandclark@yahoo.com (Kris Personal) [Edit]

krisandclark@yahoo.com

paymckhea@yahoo.com (Molly) [Edit]

paymckhea@yahoo.com

Roseanne Hughes (Roseanne Hughes SOA) [Edit]

roseanne.hughes@alaska.gov

Sally Heath (Mom) [Edit]

salheath@mtaonline.net

Sean Parnell (Sean Personal) [Edit]

sparnell@alaska.com

Sharon Leighow (Sharon SOA) [Edit]

sharon.leighow@alaska.gov

Sleighow@aol.com (Sharon Leighow Personal) [Edit]

Sleighow@aol.com

Track Palin (Track) [Edit]

track_44@hotmail.com

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