FBI Searches Sen. Ted Stevens' Home

Veteran Alaska Republican Has Been Under Investigation In Corruption Probe

(CBS/AP)  Federal agents snapped photos and trained video cameras on the home of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens during a search related to a public corruption investigation, law enforcement officials said.

Stevens, 83, is under a federal investigation for his relationship with Bill Allen, an oil field services contractor who was convicted this year of bribing state lawmakers.

A 2000 renovation project more than doubling the size of Stevens' home in the ski resort community of Girdwood was overseen by Allen, who is founder of VECO Corp. The Alaska-based oil field services and engineering company has reaped tens of millions of dollars in federal contracts.

Agents from the FBI and Internal Revenue Service started their search at the senator's home Monday afternoon, said Dave Heller, FBI assistant special agent. He said he could not comment on the nature of the investigation.

CBS station KTVA in Anchorage reports that more than a dozen agents removed articles from Stevens' home, including a camera and recording equipment.

A law enforcement official familiar with the case confirmed the raid on Stevens' home was focused on records related to the ongoing VECO investigation. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke only on condition of anonymity.

An e-mail statement issued by Stevens through his Washington, D.C., spokesman said federal agents had alerted his attorneys that they wanted to search his home.

Stevens, who has been in office since 1968 and is the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, said the interests of justice would be best served if he commented after the investigation.

"I continue to believe this investigation should proceed to its conclusion without any appearance that I have attempted to influence its outcome," Stevens said. "The legal process should be allowed to proceed so that all the facts can be established and the truth determined."

"For over 50 years I have worked hard for Alaskans as part of our territorial, state and federal governments. And I will continue to do all I can to assure that government meets our people’s unique needs."

Located 40 miles south of Anchorage, Girdwood is nestled in a valley next to Mount Alyeska and has evolved from a gold mining town into Alaska's only year-round resort community.

The Justice Department's probe into Allen's relationships has led to charges against state lawmakers and contractors. Last year, FBI raids on the offices of several Alaska lawmakers included Stevens' son, former Alaska Senate President Ben Stevens.

Neither the U.S. senator nor his son has been charged.

[hkihega]

He didn't do anything more than any of the other corrupt reps in Washington DC. Sing Ted Stevens, Sing!!

[randalds]

seven-pesos is a republican troll. He (she/it?) posts here pretending to be a liberal and spouting (what he thinks is) stereotypical left wing garbage in a rather lame attempt to try to make liberals look foolish. Responding to him does no good as he'll just re-post the same thing over and over again. He thinks he's doing his bit for the right wing cause, but really he just ends up looking silly. It's a form of mental illness of some kind. Ignoring him seems to help a little but he never really goes away.

[catt42701]

sevenpesos, what is your beef with the south. I live there and I am firmly against Bush and buds as is many of my friends and aquantances. Take it easy on us. I am not neo-con either, nor am I Christian GOP. Don't stereotype people just because of where they live. Many of us don't have a choice. If I had a choice I would be somewhere cooler.

[boston1954]

alaska, utah and the slave state south...bush country.

christian creeps and republlcan snakes...
nothing good comes out of the south.
Posted by seven-pesos at 11:25 PM : Jul 30, 2007


IS THAT ALL YOU EVER SAY???? As they used to say back when we used vinyl records......I think your needle is stuck!!

[seven-pesos]

want to build a veritable utopian state?

let the northern and western blue states combine with liberal canada.

let the southern red states combine with mexico.

man, if we could be rid of the republican south

america would really be a super country then!

ha,ha,ha.

bush loving slave state christian republican south.

war, hate, republikan krooks, kristian kreeps...

nothing good comes out of the south.

[slim1h2o]

Posted by seven-pesos at 04:45 PM : Jul 31, 2007
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I'm hitting the Ignore button,... "A" hole the north must suck with you there!

[seven-pesos]

not one southern state will vote for hillary...

guaranteed,
warranteed,
money back guarantee,
double your money back guarantee,
will kizz yo' azz guarantee,
bet my life on it guarantee,
bet my wife on it guarantee,
bet my daughter's virginity on it guarantee.

ha,ha,ha.

bush loving, southern, republican christian snakes...

nothing good comes out of the south.

[tbuccelli]

yamuttya post is just ranting idiocy, here we go with another example of a Republican hating moron who can't see his beloved Democrats are guilty on an equal scale. Here in Illinois, the Democrats took over for a corrupt Republican and actually made it worse.

It is idiots like this that can only see problems as caused by the other guy that are really going to screw things up. Republicans can be just as bad - the problems and corruption are on both sides of the aisle.

[slim1h2o]

Posted by seven-pesos at 04:19 PM : Jul 31, 2007
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WE don't love Bushit down here. We kicked him out ourslves, you fu(king jerk

[mudrose-2009]

All politicians are crooks.

BUT THE REPUBLICANS ARE CROOKS ON A GRAND SCALE.

Gangsters. Organized crime.

They are stupid enough to eat the goose that layed tha golden egg.


Posted by mascarponi

Yup, just like William Jefferson and his freezer greenbacks and just like Slick Willie. Always eating them gooses.