US officials have released thousands of pages of e-mails sent by Republican politician Sarah Palin during her tenure as Alaska governor.
News organisations first requested the move in 2008, when she was chosen from relative obscurity to become the Republican vice-presidential candidate.
The documents were released on paper, and news organisations have begun scrambling to process and scan them.
Mrs Palin may be considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination.
The state is releasing about 24,000 pages of e-mails from Mrs Palin’s first 21 months as governor, but authorities withheld about 2,000 pages, citing executive privilege and privacy concerns.
Mrs Palin was elected governor of Alaska in 2006. Senator John McCain tapped her to run alongside him as vice-presidential candidate in the 2008 race.
Mrs Palin abruptly resigned as governor in July 2009.
It is unclear what the the documents might reveal or how relevant they might be.
Much of Mrs Palin’s background during her term as governor has already been revealed in media investigations and accounts by former staff members.
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