Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush once tangled with a Miami Herald reporter over media coverage of his daughter Noelle's drug-related legal troubles, complaining in an email that 'I wish the media would leave my daughter alone.' Noelle was arrested in 2002 at age 25 for prescription drug fraud, stealing pills at a rehab clinic, and possession of crack cocaine. A feeding frenzy of Florida journalists scrambled to report on every angle of the story, including links between a judge overseeing her rehab progress and a charity that received state government money. The implication was that Noelle, who spent less than two weeks in jail overall, received special treatment because her judge appreciated the grants – $900,000 in all – made to the charity on whose board he had sat.
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Emails released Tuesday by the Florida governor show a father frustrated by reporters' eagerness to cover his daughter's legal woes
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A Miami reporter had written that a judge overseeing Noelle Bush's case was linked to a charity that received $900,000 in state government grants
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The vast majority of emails mentioning Noelle's name were supportive, with most offering prayers for her recovery
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As Bush aims for the presidency he's redefining the idea of political transparency by releasing a massive archive of all his official emails
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Daily Mail Online found 14 different Social Security Numbers in the data
Florida's open records laws are among the strongest in the nation, meaning the emails released Tuesday – all of those sent to and from @placeholder's personal email address from 1999 to 2007 – have long been open to public review.