The activist group called "anonymous," has hacked into the private Yahoo e-mail account of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The group "anonymous" is best known for its jousts with the Church of Scientology. Palin is  the Republican candidate for vice president. Contents of that account, including two sample e-mails, an index of messages and Palin family photos, have been posted by the whistleblower site Wikileaks, which contends that they constitute evidence that Palin has improperly used her private e-mail to shield government business from public scrutiny, an issue that had already been raised by others.

The e-mail index from Palin’s account appear to indicate that she has been using it for both private and official business, with one entry addressed to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and another to Palin’s chief of staff, Michael Nizich, to cite only two obvious examples.