mcleod used as the basis for filing an ethics complaint . as part of that frenzy , i came across a local story about a citizen activist in alaska named andrée mcleod , who had used the state ’s open - records law to request emails sent to and from two of palin ’s top aides over a period of several months in 2008 . the state is releasing the more than 24,000 pages of emails in paper form only and asking news organizations to pick up several boxes ' worth of documents in alaska 's capital city , accessible by only air or water . palin told fox news sunday that " every rock " that could have been kicked over to uncover things in her family has been . juneau -- the state of alaska will release thousands of sarah palin 's emails from her first two years as governor today , a disclosure that has taken on national prominence as she flirts with a run for the presidency . but more intriguing than the friday : more than 24,000 pages will be available in juneau . today , at 9 a.m. local time in juneau , the state of alaska is scheduled to release 24,199 pages of emails sarah palin sent and received during her half - term as governor of the last frontier . once the state reviewed the records , it gave palin 's attorneys an when john mccain chose palin as his sidekick , reporters rushed to dig up what they could about the little - known chief executive of the faraway state .