JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials have released thousands of pages of emails sent and received by Sarah Palin during her first 21 months as governor.
Reporters and photographers crowded into a small office Friday morning to pick up boxes of emails — hundreds of pounds of paper — to begin poring over them.
The request dates to September 2008, shortly after Palin was picked as the Republican vice presidential nominee. State officials cited a flood of records request following Palin's rise to national prominence, along with the sheer volume of the email request, for the delay.
Requests also have been made for Palin's final 10 months in office. State officials haven't begun reviewing those records yet. Palin resigned partway through her first term, in July 2009.
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