Palin aides peeked into trooper's files, union says

Palin aides peeked into trooper's files, union says
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State police union files ethics complaint against Palin

Palin or aides saw protected files, union chief alleges

Files were on Palin former brother-in-law, an Alaska state trooper

Palin aide on paid leave during investigation

From Matt Smith and Scott Bronstein
CNN


(CNN) -- Aides to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin improperly obtained her former brother-in-law's state police personnel files and cited information from those records to raise complaints about the officer, the head of Alaska's state police union said Thursday.

"It's apparent to us that the governor or someone on her staff had direct access to his personnel file, as well as his workers' comp file, and those are protected," said John Cyr, executive director of the Alaska Public Safety Employees Association.

Palin, now the Republican nominee for vice president, is battling allegations that she sacked her public safety commissioner in July because he refused to fire Trooper Mike Wooten, her sister's ex-husband. But a spokesman for GOP presidential candidate John McCain's campaign released documents late Thursday indicating Wooten signed a waiver during his divorce that allowed his entire personnel file to be released.
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