The lawyer for former Sarah Palin aide and author Frank Bailey said Tuesday that Bailey is fully cooperating with the state's investigation into how he put together his upcoming "expose" of Palin.
"Mr. Bailey has complied with all requests from the Attorney General's office and his actions are within the boundaries of his legal rights," attorney Kevin Clarkson said in an emailed statement.
The Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act says former public officials can't use information acquired in the course of their work for personal gain if the information hasn't been publicly disseminated.
Bailey's lawyer said Tuesday that provision is meant for different situations, such as when an official learns the state will build a road to a piece of property and then leaves state employment and buys and develops that property. The emails don't have inherent value, he argued.
"The value that exists in Mr. Bailey's book comes not from the emails, but from his personal recollections of events that transpired within the Palin Administration ... the emails simply serve to refresh Mr. Bailey's recollections as he writes of events, and also as proof of his recollections," he said.
He said the First Amendment protects Bailey's right to pen a book about Palin.
McLeod has been asking the attorney general for months about what's being done with her ethics complaint against Bailey. Assistant Attorney General Margaret Paton Walsh responded to her on Friday. Among the issues, Paton Walsh said, are whether Bailey has possession of official state emails that are no longer in state archives.
Bailey attorney Clarkson said Tuesday that, in response to requests from the attorney general's office, Bailey took care to make sure everything was legal.
"Mr. Bailey provided his manuscript to the attorney general's office, along with copies of the emails referenced in the manuscript, for review and approval prior to submitting the final manuscript to his publisher," Clarkson said.
He said Bailey removed from his book references to a few emails that the state felt were privileged information or confidential.
You know I kind of stopped covering Andree McLoed quite a while back when it seemed that she was filing ethics complaints every five minutes. I do support many of her points of view, as well as her desire to see Palin held accountable for her numerous unethical behaviors, but after awhile it just got to be too much.
I mean after you file that many ethics complaints people just stop taking you seriously.
Having said that, I really think that Andree is getting in her own way here. If we REALLY want to know what is in many of those e-mails, our best bet is supporting Bailey's book.
After all, HIS e-mails will not be redacted.
Fortunately it looks as if the ethics complaint will NOT stop this book from being published.
Clarkson said Tuesday that the attorney general's office has minor concerns that Bailey shared with co-authors Morris and Devon a few emails considered privileged and pulled from the book. "But the vast bulk of Andree McLeod's ethics complaint is baseless and will be disposed of as such," he said.
Gryphen, off topic but, can you take a picture of Palin's attorney's house and post it. I think the world should see the house that the kind donors of Sarahpac built.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that Bailey's book is coming out. Can't wait. I'm going to pre-order it now.
ReplyDeleteRe: Andree. Well, I think someone needs to hold people accountable in AK Government...However, it is a sign of insanity to do the same thing over and over again & expect different results, or so they say.
More power to her. Maybe she's a bit too zealous, but she is one of the few willing to stick her neck out.
ReplyDeleteWho needs the cancelled soap opera "All My Children" when we have "All My Alaskans" with a new episode or two every single day. Sarah is the new Erica Kane lol. I'm loving watching the lying back-stabbing witch go down. Pass the popcorn!
ReplyDeleteWho needs the cancelled soap opera "All My Children" when we have "All My Alaskans" with a new episode or two every single day. Sarah is the new Erica Kane lol. I'm loving watching the lying back-stabbing witch go down. Pass the popcorn!
ReplyDeleteFrank to Sarah, "who's your daddy?"
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. At some point, her ethic complaint filings get in her own way if she is serious about exposing corruption, particularly with Sarah Palin.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost as if Andree has become obsessed with her role, rather than the truth. Rather than step back and gauge objectively whether a particular complaint will produce the desired results, she seems to have become subjectively submerged into to the role of being the One Who Discovers or Exposes the Truth.
Does she really need to insert herself into this particular situation? Has it not occurred to her that by doing so she is actually benefiting Sarah Palin? Does she care?
Am reading The Lies of Sarah Palin today after downloading through Kindle for PC. Wow.
ReplyDeleteAm looking forward to reading Blind Allegiance.
How anyone anywhere could support Sarah Palin has always puzzled me. After just forty pages into Dunn's book, I am astonished anyone even admits to supporting her for anything.
Anon @ 12:49
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Sarah must still be hanging out in Arizona...
Palin attended the hearing telephonically.
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"I kind of stopped covering Andree McLoed quite a while back when it seemed that she was filing ethics complaints every five minutes."
ReplyDelete--- Gryph: Not only is your statement untrue, it is hurtful. You should either retract it or apologize to Andree. You might spell her name right next time, too.
If Bailey had to provide the manuscript to the AG's office prior to it going to the publisher - how much you wanna bet that the Palins have already seen it too. She's still too close to the Parnell Administration.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't Sarah have anything better to do?
ReplyDeleteHow low will Greta go on her show?
Tonight on 'On the Record' Sarah Palin sounds off on the White House's controversial invitation to hip-hop artist Common.
Palin and the Curse of a Thin Skin
ReplyDeletehttp://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/05/10/palin-and-the-curse-of-a-thin-skin/
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/05/the-tragicomedy-of-sarah-palin-ctd.html
We can give the Quitter credit for one thing: she's spawned her own industry with all the books coming out trying to expose her. BTW, I'm on page 50 of Dunn's book and I can hardly put it down!
ReplyDeleteThe state attorney general is probing whether former Sarah Palin aide Frank Bailey misused emails for his scathing book, due out this month. The Palin critic who filed the complaint tells Shushannah Walshe why she shifted her sights to Bailey.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-11/palin-tell-all-writer-frank-bailey-investigated-by-alaska-attorney-general/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC2
Pictures don't lie but Bristol sure does.
ReplyDeletePalin, 20, the single mother of a 2 year-old boy who this week landed her own reality TV show, said she had corrective jaw surgery in December.
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Phil sorry for the misspelling. I fixed it.
ReplyDeleteBut no I will not apologize. I am not saying that Andree was not a very brave individual and an important part of what helped to drive Palin out of office, but I will say that after awhile there were so MANY complaints that NONE of the complaints were considered viable.
It allowed the personnel board to dismiss them as frivolous without much blow-back from the public.
That is just my opinion, and that is what I am stating here. As always people are welcome to disagree with me.
Just like you did.
Frank - I'm glad you have a spine and a conscience and a heart. You are being prayed for as is your family during this critical time. Jeanne - thanks for lending your splendid pen to a story that has to be told.
ReplyDeleteI'm a proud Alaskan today of two Alaskans who are willing to Take A Stand - Frank and Jeanne. Way to go.
It's official!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/11/975190/-Its-official:-Newts-not-just-a-salamander-Hes-also-a-2012er?detail=hide&via=blog_1
Those of us reading "The Lies of Sarah Palin" and Bailey's forthcoming book need to make sure we get the word out to people in the lower 48 to purchase the books.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't think she'd win the primary for the Republicans, but she is supposedly being supported by big money. You really don't know what to believe when reading the current 'stuff' out there about her.
Alaskans already know the evilness of Palin, but many in the lower 48 don't. I'm even purchasing extra books to mail to some family members and friends - that really liked Palin in the beginning and are now having second thoughts. Figure the books will just reinforce what I've been telling them for a good two years.
From the Daily Beast article, linked by Anon 1:54:
ReplyDelete"When Bailey’s manuscript was leaked initially, his agent said the book’s emails were not going to be part of the FOIA release."
And from the ADN above:
"Mr. Bailey provided his manuscript to the attorney general's office, along with copies of the emails referenced in the manuscript, for review and approval..."
I was hoping we'd learn something new from Bailey's book, something substantial, possibly even perjury on Sarah's part during one or both of the Troopergate investigations. Cancel that thought. I'm losing hope.
Andree McLeod, I commend for trying to show the unethical ways and lies of Sarah (and Todd) Palin - the elected 'quitter' governor and the proven 'stand in' governor. I never understood why she didn't have more success with her endeavors other than the fact that some seats on the Personnel Board had been appointed by Sarah Palin and the complaints were filed AGAINST her.
ReplyDeleteWhen the initial complaints were filed it seemed that people favored what McLeod was doing. Now people are saying she was in overkill mode with the complaints.
Is that hindsight thinking? Not sure, but perhaps 'others' know more about the situation(s) than do I.
Anyway, I do appreciate Andree trying to 'legally' show us the lies and unethical ways of Sarah and Todd Palin. She was successful with some of her filings. If it had not been for her, the Palins would never have had had to reimburse moneys they'd taken from the taxpayers/State of Alaska.
Andree should be thanked by all of us for her successes in the Palins actually being found 'guilty' of misdeeds.
What great news! So glad Bailey cooperated and now those nay sayers can shut up.
ReplyDeleteDunn's book came in the mail today, I'm only on page 25 and have burst out giggling a few times already :-)
I am now going to pre-order this for my kindle.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin endorses the Third Worldization of America
ReplyDelete...Let us be very clear on what this is all about. This is about allegations that Boeing broke federal law by moving production activities from one factory to another to punish their workforce for unionization efforts. Palin is advocating we let Boeing off the hook for potentially breaking the law so they do not move to a more "business-friendly" country.
In short, she is endorsing one of the key precepts of neo-liberal globalism: competition between geopolitical entities for capital. Very often, this "competition" is little more than a race to the bottom in terms of labor and environmental standards. If a company feels pestered enough by government regulators who do not appreciate their water supply being contaminated or their workers being underpaid and abused, they have the right to move their operations to another country that is willing to accept the pollution and blatant exploitation.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/11/975155/-Sarah-Palin-endorses-the-Third-Worldization-of-America?via=siderecent
Obama playing the rope a dope?
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Nope, I don't blame Andree for all the ethic complaints and I don't agree that because there were so many they dismissed them as frivolous. They did so because SARAH told them too, heads would roll and family jobs lost.
ReplyDeleteBut, something I am happy about is yes, all Frank's emails will be non redacted and the admin won't dare leave out ANY or make ANY disappear since they don't really know how many and which emails Frank has, ho ho ho.
He may not have been able to put them all in his book, but I bet the other emails are very interesting. He's got her and Parnell's number now. I bet Parnell is sweatin giving them up. Which he BESS DO before the statute of limitations runs out or he'll be toast for sure!
Also too, it's kinda hard to pick and choose ethic complaints when Sarah created them weekly, that is not Andree's fault.
ReplyDeleteThe Arctic Cat one got my goat, that she wiggled out of that one torked me off. Sarah and Todd are snakes.
Just received Dunn's book from Amazon. Will start reading it momentarily. I live in California, where we've been following you amazing Alaska folks since September '08!
ReplyDeleteAnon 2:23, don’t worry too much, I think there are plenty of us in the lower 48 who are aware. I could just be being a liberal east coast elitist, but I don’t think so. But no harm in spreading the word! I’m reading Mr. Dunn’s book right now, and am amazed at the Republican's lack of a thorough vetting process for Palin. They were clearly a bunch of white men (no women were involved in the process) dazzled by her naughty librarian looks and folksy charm, so sure that they would capture all the Hillary voters, that they never scratched the surface to reveal the racist, vacuous, perpetual mean-girl lurking just beneath the surface. No one in Alaska was contacted during the process except Van Flein!
ReplyDelete1:54 pm comment
ReplyDeleteShushannah Walshe of the Daily Beast is a Sarah Palin supporter and used to work at Fox.
She is dumb as a rock and always shows her allegiance to Sarah.
Gryphen-If you look at the pics linked by 1:58 ,you will see proof that Brisdull is lying again.She said she had corrective surgery in Dec,the pics were taken in Jan and she still had the same chin! I think you should post those pics with your article.Palins just don't seem to understand the concept of truth.
ReplyDeleteSarah is the new Erica Kane lol.
ReplyDeletehardly.... SP is an ugly druggie who can't dress herself.
Look, I have been on this blog for a long, long time. I have read of, waited for, prayed for a fair outcome of so many of McLeod's ethics charges, and others. We know Palin and Company are lying, thieving, cheating good-for-nothings. We are all in this together. I say Yay for Bailey. I don't think J. Devon would lend her name, time, and extraordinary writing ability to anything less than honest. If Bailey used emails that he was the recipient of, whether as the "To" or as a "cc" then they were his. And if they were on yahoo, or another "personal" server, then Palin is in the wrong for communicating state business that way. And besides, I would not doubt that there is evidence in those emails, of fraud, deception, extortion, heck, maybe even murder, or some knowledge thereof. When a crime is being uncovered, I think the state "ethic" of non-disclosure flies out the window, don't you???!
ReplyDeletePublish and they will come.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap did u read this Giffords leads with Dems, Palin with GOP in Senate primary poll
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051111_senate_primary_poll/giffords-leads-with-dems-palin-with-gop-senate-primary-poll/
Hey, we all know about Sarah's lies down here in the Virginia countryside.
ReplyDeleteFrank Bailey just might ride off into the sunset on his white horse and live a better life because he finally realized what was right and honorable to do.
2:23 pm, I think there's more hope in the lower 48 than you realize. I posted yesterday about my difficulty in locating a copy of Dunn's book here in conservative Colorado Springs. BUT I also, through my job, have come in contact with numerous 20-somethings here, including current and ex-military personnel and members of New Life Church, and I've been amazed at their almost universal disdain and laughter when Sarah Palin's name is mentioned. A few of them still think she's a wonderful mother and Christian, but the vast majority see her for the lying, hypocritical grifter she is.
ReplyDeleteEveryone in the AGs office who have been 'working' on Palin's emails will go down on the wrong side of history. I hope their children and grandchildren will learn how pathetically inept and corrupt they are.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to a good housecleaning and perhaps some lawsuits against them in 2014.
Anon 2:23, maybe I'm taking this the wrong way, but I really get tired of that "Lower 48" crap.
ReplyDeleteI have traveled to Alaska many times on business and hired people in Alaska and I heard that everywhere I went.
People outside of Alaska know very well about Sarah Palin because as the VP candidate, she was potentially going to be VP of the entire UNITED STATES. Yes, those of us on the OUTSIDE like Alaskans like to refer to us.
Sorry, got my dander up. I just get tired of that attitude.
Andree has been a bulldog in going after $palin. I have applauded her persistence.
ReplyDeleteBUT, this particular complaint, while sticking to the letter of the law possibly, is counterproductive to the actual outing of the Tundra Turd's illegal/unethical activities. Sometimes we need to look at the greater good instead of being a stickler for minutia.
"Among the issues, Paton Walsh said, are whether Bailey has possession of official state emails that are no longer in state archives.
ReplyDeleteBailey attorney Clarkson said Tuesday that, in response to requests from the attorney general's office, Bailey took care to make sure everything was legal."Mr. Bailey provided his manuscript to the attorney general's office, along with copies of the emails referenced in the manuscript, for review and approval prior to submitting the final manuscript to his publisher," Clarkson said.He said Bailey removed from his book references to a few emails that the state felt were privileged information or confidential"
Um, if the State of Alaska doesn't have copies of the emails, whose fucking fault is THAT?
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ReplyDeleteSorry about offending you - I've lived in Alaska since 1950 and people that live south of our state have always been referred to as folks/people in the 'lower 48'. The term certainly isn't a negative in my mind as I have many friends and family member in the 'lower 48'!!!!
Never has/had crossed my mind that it could be offensive to anyone. First time I've heard of it being so and I moved here in the 4th grade and now am an elderly retired senior! Doubt the use of the term will ever be dropped - -
"He got it unlawfully,” McLeod said."
ReplyDeleteI disagree with McLeod on this one. he was a party to the emails. he was involved in the email chain of action. if he took them from other people when he was not involved and wrote a book based on them, then her complaint would have more validity. but he was involved. he's part of it all.
Is Andree interested in justice or in leading the charge?
ReplyDeleteI'd hate to see the public lose because Andree doesn't know when to sit down and shut up.
My Bailey book is on pre-order. Can't wait.
Did he used to be the other man?
ReplyDelete@3:37 pm last sentence is on the mark.
ReplyDeleteRedacted, just not included, what's the difference? you just said he's not including some because of a third party input, right?
ReplyDeleteTell him to do everyone a favor and Wikileaks the whole batch of emails he has...if he really is sincere about getting the information out. But of course he isn't, just in making money from them. He joins the ranks of the rest of the grifters, in my book.
Has anybody noticed a media blackout of Geoffrey Dunn's book, the lies of Granny Quitter?
ReplyDeleteIsn't Common one of the black Guys Bristol is living with?
ReplyDeleteI am sick of Sarah's fake family values.
ReplyDeleteAndree is the ethical reformer that Sarah always pretended to be.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I want to see Bailey's emails too because that's the only way I'll ever see them. Gov. Parnell is still covering for the Quitter and will not release any emails or parts of emails that are damaging to her. Gov. Parnell's neck should be the next one on the ethics chopping block.
@2:23 and 7:04: it's not the term "lower 48" itself that is the problem, it's what it quite often implies: an us/them mentality, better-than, and sometimes an inherent arrogance.
ReplyDeleteA look at the traffic feed will show that Gryphen has many, many viewers outside Alaska.
Thank your for your response, like I said, maybe I was taking it the wrong way; I've just heard so much of it and the "you people on the Outside" comments that it rankles me.
And I don't expect that people will ever stop using it; nor was I expecting it, just expressing my opinion. Sarah Palin is an extreme example of this attitude where she brags on and on and on about Alaska ad naseum. I'm not from Texas, but I'e always thought her comment about Texas being the "little sister state of Alaska" is offensive. The arrogance gets under my skin at times.
7:41 Parnell should be recalled...he is playing games w/the Legislature as to wanting to provide more tax credits in Alaska to the oil companies (an issue that is being discussed in our Congress as well and appears to be going down!)- he is unethical as to action and non-action - with regard to protecting our former idiot governor - anti abortion - and on and on and on.
ReplyDelete3:55 I've noticed the media blackout on Dunn's book about Palin. Gives me more incentive to get the word out to friends and family members all over the U.S. to purchase the book. We should all be promoting his book as it is excellent and so very well written.
ReplyDeletePalin and Todd (Bristol too) are horrid frauds and liars there is no doubt.