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Alaska Scandal, More Than Meets The Eye
It looks like there is still more to come in the Alaska political corruption scandal, according to the Juneau Empire, which quoted a federal prosecutor saying there are "multiple, ongoing nonpublic investigations" looking at the ties between Alaska lawmakers and the oil industry.
The paper also notes that a federal judge officially named Ben Stevens, former Alaska Senate President and son of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), as a subject in the investigation. Stevens had been identified as "Senator B" in charging documents; the Anchorage Daily News pieced together the younger Stevens' involvement in May.
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Now that we 'offically' know Senator A is little Ben Stevens, could you stop showing the photo? It makes me sick.
August 28, 2007 12:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Since AG AG isn't resigning until 9/17, maybe he could fire this federal prosecutor on his way out the door.
August 28, 2007 12:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Pick one:
JL Properties
Fish Industry consulting
Native Corporation contracting
PPT tax change
Special Olympics
Fish Marketing Board
Oil Subcontracting
RICO anyone?
How about Babs Flanders $152,000 salary? Easy place to start
August 28, 2007 1:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
What's with the ties?
His dad wears that Hulk tie and he wears a Warner Brothers cartoon character tie in this picture.
August 28, 2007 1:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ben Stevens expression reminds me of that little boy in Mary Poppins.
August 28, 2007 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, he has always reminded me of Eddie Haskel in Leave It To Beaver.
August 28, 2007 3:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't forget the Adak pollock allocation caper- and that Ted said he had "no idea" that Ben was on the other side of the deal and therefore a recipient of his special legislation worth tens of millions of dollars of pollock quota.
August 28, 2007 3:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
how about testifying for the fish processors as an "expert" witness at the Bristol Bay price fixing trial?
The South East AK salmon seiner buyback?
The various scams running $ through the Seward Sea Life Center or the dummy corps set up by Benito and former uncle ted aid Trvor McCabe? etc....
August 28, 2007 5:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
He is such a jerk.
The Apple doesn't fall too far from the tree does it?
code word FALSE,
as in YES, I believe he DOES remind me of Eddie Haskell -- except that would be a slur against poor Eddie. He was a conniver, but he wasn't venal.
Maybe this should be a study of environmental vs heredity????
August 28, 2007 8:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
BEN CORRUPTION-OUTED TODAY BY FEDERAL JUDGE SEDWICK
See Juneau Empire = locator of http://www{dot}juneauempire{dot} com/stories/082807/loc_20070828014{dot}shtml
Codeword: Popcorn - order in a case... you won't want to miss the shows...
August 29, 2007 3:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
ADN and KTUU have dropped this story completely!
Thanks TPM for kicking their ASS!
Laura don't show up in Alaska they will try to put you on the payroll too!
OUTSIDE Media kicks ass!
August 29, 2007 12:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I don't want them to rush the indictments because I don't want him to weasel out, but I truly would like to see them SOON.
Code word: fact, as in 'just the facts please'.
And WHERE is ADN on this? This should be a FRONT PAGE story. (Of course, small town that Alaska is, we already knew who Senator A/B was.)
August 29, 2007 9:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
ADN is joke! money rolls in from Ad agencies for Big Oil advertising
i would love to see who buys publisher and editors everything around town
ADN and KTUU suck for investigative journalism b/c all the young and old (Doogan) left
knuckle draggers that don't know the truth and sell out for a pittance. how do they sleep at night?
August 30, 2007 3:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
ADN is a joke! money rolls in from Ad agencies for Big Oil advertising
i would love to see who buys publisher and editors everything around town
ADN and KTUU suck for investigative journalism b/c all the young and old (Doogan) left
knuckle draggers that don't know the truth and sell out for a pittance. how do they sleep at night?
August 30, 2007 3:55 AM | Reply | Permalink