Notice the report says “I find that…”. The report was the voice of one investigator, Stephan Branchflower - a person who had a relationship with Monegan - and hardly independent. There has been no due process here - just a political hack job. Read the whole report - the findings are clearly a reach given the “facts” of the report - and the “facts” themselves are by no means comprehensive. This will go no further and there will be no prosecution, because none of it will stand up to scrutiny. The damage has been done and that was the whole purpose to begin with - not to uncover any real truth.  The real investigation that needs to be done is why the
trooper (Wooton) got off so easily and was protected by his buddies in the department. Todd Palin was frustrated by the “good ole boy” treatment he received - and in my opinion rightfully so.  This is a simple political hatchet job - nothing more. Read the whole report and legal response. Don’t just be a lemming and get “informed” by reading the headlines.  The report is here: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20081010_TROOPER.pdf and the legal response of Palin’s counsel is here: http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/10/11/response.branchflower.report.pdf

(1) Monegan wasn’t fired—he was re-assigned to other government duties but then resigned rather than accept. (2) Gov. Palin can’t simultaneously be violating the Ethics Act and properly and lawfully exercising her constitutional and statutory authority—way to fail logic there, Mr. Branchflower. (3) This whole thing should have ended with Monegan’s public admission:  “For the record, no one ever said fire Wooten. Not the governor. Not Todd. Not any of the other staff,” Monegan said Friday from Portland. “What they said directly was more along the lines of ‘This isn’t a person that we would want to be representing our state troopers.’” (Anchorage Daily News, Aug 30, 2008) (4) The Trooper in question should not only be fired but should be prosecuted for child abuse (tasering his 11 year old son), drinking and driving in his squad car, and using a deadly firearm to violate fish-and-game laws he was specifically assigned to enforce. A civilian investigated under similar circumstances would have received criminal sanctions—why are the AK democrats and Obama supporters so anxious to defend a child abusing drunk?