FBI Searches Sen. Ted Stevens' Home
Veteran Alaska Republican Has Been Under Investigation In Corruption Probe
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Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, answers questions during a news conference in a Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006 file photo, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
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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.
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See all 94 CommentsThe depth of the Republican "culture of corruption" is staggering! No doubt the Dems got plenty of pork but the list of Repubs who are out-n-out criminals just continues to grow bigger by the week.
Posted by seven-pesos
Nothing has changed in the Republican Party, seven-pesos, they're just getting caught more often. I imagine that can be attributed to the intellectual midgets now running things at the GOP (Greedy Outlaw Parisites)
They used to be a much craftier bunch.
Posted by starleo146 at 10:02 PM : Jul 30, 2007
He is indeed, because his son and his friend's construction company were due to make a fortune building the useless thing. Now, hopefully, he's finally built a bridge to prison, with his ego!
Sen. Ted Stevens
In other words he%u2019s bought off, removed and destroyed all evidence in order to influence its outcome.
[Posted by honest_news at 09:49 PM : Jul 30, 2007]
any pit bulls in the back?
Posted by RandalDS at 10:12 PM : Jul 30, 2007"
Indeed. We only have about 150 more politicians to go and we'll be set. (I know I know...it's not going to happen, but I can fantasize!)
Posted by NavyRetired2 at 11:00 PM : Jul 30, 2007
Amen man, amen!
... Implying that he has the power to do so. Wow!
christian creeps and republlcan snakes...
nothing good comes out of the south.
For every William Jefferson (D) there's a dozen Ted Stevens (R). They are the very essence of what's wrong with American politics.
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Posted by RandalDS at 11:16 PM : Jul 30, 2007
The word Amen (Hebrew: %u05D0%u05B8%u05DE%u05B5%u05DF, Standard Amen Tiberian %u2019Amen ; Arabic: %u0622%u0645%u064A%u0646, %u2019%u0100m%u012Bn ; "So be it; truly") is a declaration of affirmation found in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and in the Qur'an. It has always been in use within Judaism and Islam. It has been generally adopted in Christian worship as a concluding formula for prayers and hymns
LOL
Posted by RandalDS at 11:16 PM : Jul 30, 2007
The word Amen (Hebrew: F, Standard Amen Tiberian %u2019Amen ; Arabic: So be it; truly") is a declaration of affirmation found in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and in the Qur'an. It has always been in use within Judaism and Islam. It has been generally adopted in Christian worship as a concluding formula for prayers and hymns
LOL
And your point is? An atheist is now not allowed to use it as a word of affirmation or agreement?
the list goes on.
all republicans, all fine upstanding christians,
all snakes...
bush supporting, criminal republican snakes...
that's the way of the republican party i guess.
DO YOU MEAN PLAY THE RACE CARD THE WAY YOU JUST DID YOU RACIST PROJECTING PIG?
PEOPLE LIKE YOU ADD NOTHING BUT INSTEAD ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER. YOU ARE EITHER A MORON OR A PAID SHILL. BOTH ARE WORM ***.
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Stevens, 83, has been under a federal investigation for...
pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators. ..
Agents from the FBI and Internal Revenue Service arrived at Sen. Stevens' home Monday...
CBS station KTVA in Anchorage reports that more than a dozen agents removed articles from Stevens' home...
= yet ANOTHER right wing repubiCON crook and Bush azzwipe on the dole and take.
Ever notice how all of the above words are increasingly accompanying "...a two term, a lifelong, a long time CHRISTIAN REPUBLICAN who touted 'family values' ?
how's your hero hitler? care to join him sometime?
Typical MoveOn.Org Hitlerian Democratic party nonsense from a little tyke. The word is TYKE, bozo - not what you Left Nazis like to use. Or do you remember "Jew Lieberman"? That's what the followers of Ned the G&Y Nazi Lamont and the MoveOn.freakzoids were calling Senator Lieberman.
Before you who were silent when Jefferson was found with that freezer full of money but are willing to blast Stevens, let me say this - I'm not a fan of Ted Stevens, but he's a better Senator than half of the Demoratic cowards and crooks in the House. Furthermore, when are you Left Champipple drinking bozos going to demand Senator Byrd's removal.
Or I guess you love dem guys in White Sheets - Obama does - kind of reflects your own twisted and fascist ideology. When you take a swipe at West Virginia's Grand Kleagle, then you have a right to do the same to Stevens. But not one moment before.
Capice, bozos?
These mealy mouthed dogs can't keep themselves out of jail for anything, can they ?!
Bushit and Cheney are next. Off to the puzzle house to get fitted for their striped outfits.
ONLY THING WORST IS IF HE IS A PEDOPHILE OR A T.V. PREACHER BUT HE IS WORST HE IS A REPUBLICAN!
Capice, bozos?
Posted by usatheway98 at 02:52 AM : Jul 31, 2007
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What is it with you clowns and your hate? FASCIST you pathetic LOSER is Radical Right Wing and EVERYONE knows that Senator Byrd is LEFT of Center. No wonder this nation is in the grips of a FASCIST Government, these LOSERS don't even know the meaning of the word!! Sieg Heil Bush!!
he is up for re/election in 08 the smart move would be retire and let two other canidates fight it out.
Alaska is a Rep state due to it oil reserves I do not see a Dem getting elected there unless Senator Stevens runs again in 08
Our "elected" officials are NOT representing us. That is a charade, like the elections themselves have become. How many people realize that because of intensive "gerrymandering," at any given general election only about 4% of House seats are truly in dispute? Didn't know that? Didn't make the news recently? I wonder why.
Corruption is the becoming the rule. Fed up yet?
At this point, Impeachment is almost the MINIMUM we can do to restore some law and order here.
But with THIS Congress? Hah! Wanna see recalcitrant Dems find some courage and "get the message"? a href="http://switch2green.org" target="_blank" switch2green.org /a . Your b registration change /b ccould have i more effect /i and i leverage /i b than your vote! /b Make them listen.
Our "elected" officials are NOT representing us. That is a charade, like the elections themselves have become. How many people realize that because of intensive "gerrymandering," at any given general election only about 4% of House seats are truly in dispute? Didn't know that? Didn't make the news recently? I wonder why.
Corruption is the becoming the rule. Fed up yet?
At this point, Impeachment is almost the MINIMUM we can do to restore some law and order here.
But with THIS Congress? Hah! Wanna see recalcitrant Dems find some courage and "get the message"? a href="http://switch2green.org" target="_blank" switch2green.org /a . Your b registration change /b ccould have i more effect /i and i leverage /i b than your vote! /b Make them listen.
Are we up to 10% yet. I giddy like a school girl for November 2008 to arrive.
Thanks for the laugh, clown. Can you just accept the fact that you have lost and move on? The pain will heal over time, I promise.
Don't forget now, it the right-wing that are the fascists...look up the definiton.
If anything, Dems are socialist. Learn your terminology before spewing your ignorant haterade...it makes you look even stupider than you proabably are.
RELICS is what I call the lifers in Congress. They have been asleep at their jobs for too many years. It is time to do some Congressional housecleaning. We need people who, not only make laws, but will follow up to see that the executive and judicial branches will enforce these laws. We would not be involved in an invasion of illegal aliens had the current immigration laws been seriously enforced.
He is the very good example of why the public hold politicians in lower esteem than mafia members.
Go FBI!!!!!!
How can this be?
Oh, you're a republican. Nevermind.
The president controls the DOJ; he (via Gonzales) just fired eight U S prosecutors, allegedly because they had prosecuted republicans or because they were not investigating/prosecuting democrats aggressively enough.
But then I remembered the %u201CBridge to nowhere%u201D thing, and the fact that even AFTER it was publicly condemned as an obvious rip-off, Congress STILL is allowing it to proceed, and the general public is treating/ignoring it as if it had been deleted from appropriations.
Consequently, I have to suspect that Stevens is being given advance warning of investigation proceedings including any house searches and nothing will be found, as a matter of fact, finding nothing would help him in denying ANY wrong doing.
The sad part is the (my) loss of confidence in all politicians, especially long time politicians. For instance, what could Bush have on Pelosi that would force her not to even contemplate impeachment?
To me, this is the single most puzzling decision made by the, now, democratically controlled House of Representatives.
Of course, any truly honest politician would likely suffer the fate of Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone or Missouri senator-elect Mel Carnahan.
Democrats are a bunch of hipocrits....sigh
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