The offices of at least six Alaska legislators, including the son of Sen. Ted Stevens, were raided by federal agents searching for possible ties between the lawmakers and a large oil field services company, officials and aides said.
Tam Cook, the Legislature’s top attorney, said the company named in the search warrant was VECO Corp., an Anchorage-based oil field services and construction company whose executives are major contributors to political campaigns.
Among the offices searched was that of Republican Senate President Ben Stevens, the son of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska.
Agents left Stevens’ Capitol office Thursday evening with 12 boxes of documents labeled “Evidence” and loaded them into a vehicle.
Two legislative aides, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because federal agents told them not to talk to reporters, said the FBI agents were looking for any ties including financial information and gifts.
We all realize that no state has the market cornered on corruption and sleaze. Though, it surely looks like Alaska is trying hard for the title.
Its so nice to finally see the fbi doing something for the greater good. I about lost all hope for this govt..
I hope that his son remembered to clean out his tubes.
I guess Sen. “Tubes” Stevens has become too much of a political liability and must be purged. It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Alaska’s no worse than any other state essentially run by Big Oil and its “energy lobby.” For pure venal corruption it’s probably not even in the same league as functional one-party states like Ohio, Florida and Texas.
I guess Stevens should have had his tubes tied.
If it’s proved that laws were broken, you can bet the penalty will be less than a 13 year old gets for illegaly downloading Madonna’s latest song.
Hmmm. Wonder if trail goes back to Abramoff and a certain ‘former’ senator he owned.
Hmmm. Wonder if trail goes back to Abramoff and a certain ‘former’ senator he owned.
Comment by Podesta — 9/1/2006 @ 3:07 pm
I think you are much closer to the truth then the others.
Wow. You guys just can’t get off an old man who can’t make an analogy, can you?
For those of you wanting to buck this groupthink trend, check out…
http://www.ktuu.com/cms/anmviewer.asp?a=6230&z=1
Juneau, Alaska – Among the items federal agents were searching for in Alaska legislative offices this week are hats or garments labeled “Corrupt Bastards Club” or “Corrupt Bastards Caucus.” That’s according to a copy of a search warrant obtained today by The Associated Press.
House Speaker John Harris says the club is a nickname given to 11 lawmakers after a guest opinion piece published in March listed the contributions those legislators received from VECO Corp. executives. Harris says these legislators nicknamed themselves or somebody else did.
what an a-hole
I live in fairbanks, Alaska and i can tell you that it doesn’t surprise me. Our State government is really F***ed up! we’re more like a latin american country that a real state.
I blame this all on Bush. Or maybe Rush Limbaugh. Anyway I blame all the conservatives who have so little faith in and respect for our constitution that they believe the only way to catch terrorists or lock-up pedophiles is to do it outside the law.
Sorry, guys. My off-topic post above was supposed to be for the one about Ohio sex offenders. I must be sleepy.