Gov. Palin’s Office Wants $15 Million For Emails
Screenshot of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's emails which were hacked into last month.
Well, it now couldn’t be more clear that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and the McCain presidential campaign will do ANYTHING to restrict access to her emails before the November 4th election. Example: The Associated Press requests copies of emails pertaining to governmental business conducted through Gov. Palin’s husband and is quoted a cost of $15,364,960??
Sarah Palin’s office has discovered a renewable resource to bring millions of dollars into Alaska’s economy: the governor’s e-mails.
The office of the Republican vice-presidential nominee has quoted prices as high as $15 million for copies of state e-mails requested by news organizations and citizens. No matter what the price, most of the e-mails of Palin, her senior staff and other state employees won’t be made public until at least several weeks after the Nov. 4 presidential election, her office told msnbc.com on Thursday.
How did the cost reach $15 million? Let’s look at a typical request. When the Associated Press asked for all state e-mails sent to the governor’s husband, Todd Palin, her office said it would take up to six hours of a programmer’s time to assemble the e-mail of just a single state employee, then another two hours for “security” checks, and finally five hours to search the e-mail for whatever word or topic the requestor is seeking. At $73.87 an hour, that’s $960.31 for a single e-mail account. And there are 16,000 full-time state employees. The cost quoted to the AP: $15,364,960.
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