NBC Breaking: Union files ethics complaint against Palin

[sabra]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/04/1347973.aspx

The GOP candidate for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, may be facing yet another ethics investigation back in her home state of Alaska.

An ethics complaint obtained by NBC News was filed yesterday by the police officers' union in Alaska, requesting a probe into possible wrongdoing by the governor or her office. It was brought on behalf of state trooper, Mike Wooten, the ex-brother in law of Palin, who is at the center of the "Troopergate" scandal.

The complaint alleges that the governor or her staff may have have improperly disclosed information from Wooten's personnel records. The complaint alleges "criminal penalties may apply."

"It seems obvious to us somebody has improperly accessed {Wooten's} personnel file," John Cyr, director of the union that filed the complaint, told NBC News.

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The issue concerns disclosures about Wooten's records made by a Palin aide -- Frank Bailey -- in a February 2008 phone conversation. The police officers union complaint claims the transcript of that conversation clearly indicates there was improper access to Wooten's records.

The McCain-Palin campaign, in a response to NBC News, provided a family twist to the story, saying the governor's husband, Todd Palin, was the source of that information to Bailey. They say the information came from divorce proceedings, and that Gov. Palin never improperly accessed any records.

"When you're a real reformer like Sarah Palin, who isn't afraid to take on entrenched political interests," Taylor Griffiths, a spokesman for McCain, said, "scurrilous attacks and empty allegations come with the territory."

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1. Oh NOOOeEESS!

Unions are strong in Alaska.

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[SuperTrouper]

5. I like your style, you don't mince words

:wow:

[writes3000]

3. Corrupt, corrupt, corrupt. Just like Plamegate. Another Dick Cheney. nt

[gateley]

4. Cool! (Not that Republicans care about the unions.) nt

[im1013]

6. "When you're a real reformer like Sarah Palin,

a real PERFORMER, maybe.

:nuke:

[ErinBerin84]

7. ooh, good line.

She's not a reformer, she's a performer!

[nc4bo]

8. Oh Lawd hammercy. Run rats Run! nt

[City Lights]

9. And the hits just keep on coming!

Great pick, McCain't! :rofl:

[apnu]

10. Oh fuck, she's pissed off the cops.

Now she really stepped in it.

[AkFemDem]

11. AK cops have BEEN pissed off, I don't know why the MSM hasn't pursued this story more

[SuperTrouper]

13. Hopefully they will now...after getting out from under the bus

[me b zola]

12. rut roh

Silly Sarah slipped in her own slime.

[ErinBerin84]

14. do they ever mention this stuff on air?

Or do they keep it tucked away in their blogs.

[vanderBeth]

15. I don't know how much more can come up on her.

What's next? Murder?