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McCain Camp Clears Palin of ‘Troopergate’ Wrongdoing

By | 10.10.08 | 10:01 am

A probe investigating whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin used her office to settle family vendettas has cleared Palin of any wrongdoing in the “Troopergate” scandal.

There’s just one catch. The investigation was conducted by the McCain campaign, and released its findings Thursday. The Alaska state legislature is expected to release More…

So is McCain for prosecuting terrorists or against it? Choice of ex-terrorism prosecutor as new top henchman sends mixed messages

By | 09.17.08 | 12:50 pm

There’s something bizarre about Presidential candidate John McCain hiring chief terrorism prosecutor Edward O’Callaghan to head up his effort to thwart an ethics investigation of his running-mate, Sarah Palin, as Newsweek reported this week.