Sarah Palin's promise for a new era of government openness as the reform governor of Alaska started to crack even before Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign built a wall of protectiveness around her.
Palin was elected nearly two years ago with splashy moves like publishing the state spending checkbook online. She kept a campaign pledge to allow the public to view online communications between state officials and potential bidders on a major gas pipeline.
But her administration has claimed broad exceptions to Alaska's freedom of information rules to keep government e-mails secret and her state's online checkbook is limited in its detail.
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