Kagan's e-mails to go public as hearings approach

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's e-mails are about to go public as part of the Senate Judiciary Committee's preparations for her confirmation hearings in a little more than a week.

The William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., is set Friday to release approximately 80,000 pages of e-mails - about 11,000 of them written by Kagan. It's the final installment of documents related to her service as a domestic policy aide and White House counsel to former President Bill Clinton.

It's the third week in a row the files will be made public on a Friday afternoon - the customary time in official Washington for dribbling out unfavorable information or disclosures one hopes won't draw too much attention.