Anchorage Daily News
Published: October 10th, 2008
Anchorage Democratic Sen. Hollis French, who is overseeing the investigation, said the closed-door meeting, known as an "executive session," is needed to protect the reputation and privacy rights of those involved. French also disputed Van Flein's statement that the investigator didn't try to talk to the governor. French said he wrote a letter to Van Flein last month asking to set up the interview.
"That's just strange he would say that when there is evidence to the contrary," French said.
Meantime, a group calling itself "Alaskans for Truth" wrote a letter to Palin on Thursday saying the Supreme Court decision proves that "there is no evidence this investigation has been anything but 'fair and just.' " The group organized an anti-Palin rally late last month, called for the attorney general to lose his job over his handling of the investigation, and encouraged people to urge members of the Legislative Council to make Branchflower's report public.
Monegan said he's come to believe Palin fired him because he wouldn't get rid of Mike Wooten, a state trooper who went through a bitter divorce with Palin's sister.
Kim Peterson, who was Monegan's special assistant, told The New York Times in a story to appear in today's editions that she also believed there was pressure
"To all of us, it was a campaign to get rid of him as a trooper and, at the very least, to smear the guy and give him a desk job somewhere," Peterson said.
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