WHAT'S SARAH TRYING TO HIDE?

At first she said she fully cooperate with the investigation into Troopergate but now...

Palin unlikely to speak with investigator
Sep 15 09:58 PM US/Eastern
By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Sarah Palin is unlikely to speak with an independent counsel hired by Alaska lawmakers to review the firing of her public safety commissioner, a spokesman for Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday.

Spokesman Ed O'Callaghan initially said Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, would not testify as part of the probe "as long as it remains tainted." He later clarified his statement to say Palin is "unlikely to cooperate" with the inquiry.

Palin initially said she welcomed the inquiry. But after she became McCain's running mate on Aug. 29 her lawyer sought to have the three-member state Personnel Board take over the investigation, alleging that public statements by the chair of the Senate Judiciary committee indicated the probe was politically motivated.