Monagan (in my opinion based on a reading of the report) purposely tried to intimidate the governor when, in May 2008, he dropped off a picture for her to sign and present at the AST Memorial Day ceremony. The picture was to be displayed at all AST offices throughout the state. The picture was of a trooper in full uniform saluting. The picture was of Mike Wooten. Monagan claimed to not have known until receiving a call from the governor’s assistant that the man pictured was Wooten. HOGWASH! I believe this was an attempt to put the governor in her place - to tell her that no matter what she did, Wooten was safe - so safe, in fact, that he was going to be the very FACE of the Alaska State Troopers.
That’s the crux of the whole matter, right there. Read the report, and you’ll draw the same conclusion. Monagan was insubordinate to the governor in the worst way, and she fired him for it.
In the last sentence, I should have said she "reassigned him", not that she fired him. Either way, she took action to show him who was boss.
I would certainly think I was being threatened if given a commemorative poster to sign of someone I knew wanted to kill me - by the people assigned to protect me.