[PAA-Discuss] FBI raids U.S. senator's home

[Sarah Gonzales]

Yet another ethically challenged Republican - this is THE "Internet  
is a series of Tubes" Republican who is heading up and OPPOSING Net  
Neutrality.

Ted Steven and his Internet Tubes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99PcP0aFNE


FBI raids U.S. senator's home
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/30/lawmaker.raid.ap/

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)  -- Federal agents searched the home of U.S.  
Sen. Ted Stevens on Monday, focusing on records related to his  
relationship with an oil field services contractor jailed in a public  
corruption investigation, a law enforcement official said.
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Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, a Republican, had his home searched by  
the FBI and IRS Monday.

Stevens, 83, has been under a federal investigation for a 2000  
renovation project more than doubling the size of his home in  
Girdwood that was overseen by Bill Allen, a contractor who has  
pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators.

Allen is founder of VECO Corp., an Alaska-based oil field services  
and engineering company that has reaped tens of millions of dollars  
in federal contracts.

Agents from the FBI and Internal Revenue Service arrived 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.

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."

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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