http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Trooper Posts tagged with 'Trooper' at MetaFilter. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:00:14 -0800 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:00:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75565/You%2DBetcha <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6004368&amp;page=1">Legislative panel concludes that Palin abused the power of her office.</a> A Republican-dominated Alaska State Legislative panel voted unanimously this evening to release to the public the results of the investigation into Governor Sarah Palin's dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. <small>(<a href="http://media.adn.com/smedia/2008/10/10/16/Branchflowerreport.source.prod_affiliate.7.pdf">Full report PDF here</a>)</small> Among four key points released in the report, <a href="http://www.adn.com/palin/story/552393.html">the most significant</a> "concludes that Palin violated the state's executive branch ethics act, which says that 'each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.'" tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75565 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:00:14 -0800 Alaska Monegan Palin Sarah Trooper Troopergate Wooten XQUZYPHYR http://www.metafilter.com/55305/Whats%2Dsovereignty%2Dprecioussss The world's longest undefended border apparently gives the U.S. enough freedom to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/10/05/fbi-border.html?ref=rss">send in the FBI for routine investigations</a> in another country. Of course, this is not the <a href="http://gnn.tv/headlines/948/Cop_wins_RCMP_settlement_after_highway_search">first time</a> that American authorities operated illegally in Canada. How would Americans feel if it was the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108756/">other way around</a>? Pretty funny, <b>eh?</b> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.55305 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:34:03 -0800 border canada fbi illegal sovereignty trooper Kickstart70