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About an hour ago, CNN posted a story on Sen. Stevens’ exposure as the secret pork-meister and highlighted the way a host of different blogs (yes, including TPMmuckraker.com) helped smoke him out. But TPMm Reader AC still isn’t satisfied, and emailed us the following:

[CNN: Sen. Stevens is ‘the secret senator’]
POSTED: 4:38 p.m. EDT, August 30, 2006

“CNN has confirmed that Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has placed a hold on a bill that would require the government to publish online a database of federal spending.”

[TPMm: “MASKED” BILL-BLOCKER REVEALS SELF]
By Paul Kiel - August 30, 2006, 1:59 PM

“A spokesman for Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) just confirmed his boss was the man behind the secret hold on the Coburn/Obama spending database bill, which has captivated a segment of the political blogging community in recent days.”

CNN… Catch-up News Network

Hey, he said it. We didn’t.

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