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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A legislative body voted unanimously Thursday to release confidential Troopergate documents to the state’s personnel board, which has kicked off its own inquiry into the matter.
The decision is most likely a blow to Gov. Sarah Palin.
She had pushed for a personnel board investigation rather than the now-completed probe conducted by the independent [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In September, the McCain campaign took a gamble that a Troopergate stonewalling strategy would pay off. But now it’s starting to look like perhaps the strategy might end up being worse for Gov. Sarah Palin than if she had just cooperated.
Up until last week, seven potential witnesses said they would defy independent [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — I was surprised to see Gov. Sarah Palin’s response to the Troopergate report released on Friday. The governor seems to think that the report, which concludes she violated a state ethics law, actually vindicates her.
Here’s what Palin told the Anchorage Daily News: