This, he thought, could be a repeat of his Troopergate strategy with the Los Angeles Times.

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Troopergate was the one subject about which she seemed keen to explicate the details.

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The flap became known as "Troopergate, " and it dogged Palin throughout the remainder of the campaign.

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We should mention that Troopergate has almost disappeared from the presidential campaign because of the financial news.

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In the meantime, Palin the reformer had been caught up in her own scandal, known as Troopergate.

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Cliff Jackson -- the man who had just introduced him -- was the impresario of the Troopergate article.

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The source said that aside from interviewing some of the figures involved in Troopergate, the vetters did not talk to character witnesses in Alaska.

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He had done precisely that with Troopergate, secretly arranging for the troopers to tell their stories to Bill Rempel, a ferocious investigative reporter with the Los Angeles Times.

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Palin has been at odds with many of the veteran members of her own party, and this week, her lawyer suggested she may not cooperate with the Legislature's special investigation of Troopergate.

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