Comments (39)

Ian wrote on May 30, 2007 2:35 PM:

Wasn't there a restaurant owner/friend of Stevens' in Girdwood who monitored the construction? The warrant may have been executed on his property.

cervantes wrote on May 30, 2007 2:50 PM:

I also see what appears to be Smoky T. Bear carrying a steamer trunk. Maybe the warrant was to search the bear's luggage. Or possibly the hang glider is suspicious.

guyermo wrote on May 30, 2007 2:51 PM:

isn't Conrad Burns a former senator?

security code: when

as in when will these crooks be charged?

Anonymous wrote on May 30, 2007 2:57 PM:

Not a target, JUST THE BULLSEYE!!!!

Smashed Crackpot wrote on May 30, 2007 2:58 PM:

I see it! Ted Stevens has sent his giant radioactive mutants to destroy the evidence!

Ducky wrote on May 30, 2007 2:59 PM:

Guyermo@May30,2007 02:51pm

Conrad Burns was a Republican Senator for the state of Montana. I was on the Hill in the mid-90's with a group of students. Conrad was supposed to be speaking to the children from Montana. There happened to be some sort of civil rights legislation coming to the floor for a vote. He announced to the children with a wad of tobacco between his lip and gum that he couldn't talk to them because he had to go to a "slave auction."

I had never been so embarrassed in my entire life. He was and is a defilement of this country and the great state of Montana. I left the state at the end of the school year. Unfortunately the "cowboys" kept electing the fool.

Donald from Hawaii wrote on May 30, 2007 3:02 PM:

The LA Times did a profile of Ted Stevens and his family a couple of years ago, and the detailed instances of self-dealing amonst them were not flattering.

SeniorExpertAuthority wrote on May 30, 2007 3:14 PM:

Isn't it utterly ironic that the home to "America's Northernmost Rainforest" (see map) is one site of an investigation about the non-targeted Ted Stevens?

Skippy wrote on May 30, 2007 3:15 PM:

The warrant is currently being processed through a series of tubes.

potch wrote on May 30, 2007 3:19 PM:

I recently left Alaska after having lived there for 18 years. I don't think people in the "lower 48" can really understand how powerful he is and how much he means to the State of Alaska. It is so isolated up there and he brings billions of dollars and jobs back home. If you look under anything up there- and I mean anything- his name is on it. I can't stand the guy, but he could be caught eating babies and he would still get elected.

az5762 wrote on May 30, 2007 3:21 PM:

Did the bear clear that trunk through customs? Does he have a visa? Damn Canadian bears! I'm thinking he is yet another undocumented bear here to take our jobs of shi#!^ng in the woods, siffting through garbage (republican shenanigans) and terrorizing campers. Wait !! Terror? That damn bear works for Osama. As in "Where in the world is Osama San Diego"?

And, my code word was "snake". This is just too much material to work with.

Rusty wrote on May 30, 2007 3:32 PM:

Looks like Girdwood has lots of toobz. Wonder which toob connects the contractors to Sen. Stephens house? Lets hope the FBI can find the toob or maybe truck that takes the cash to Ted.

That's a pretty sh**y house for a Senator.

SC right - as in "I'm not a target!" Yeah, rrriiiiiiggghhhhtt.

Buck wrote on May 30, 2007 3:53 PM:

Alright. Give up the secret. I can't find Waldo anywhere in there.

akgrown wrote on May 30, 2007 3:56 PM:

potch: you are right on with your comment. Most cities only name airports after dead people, not ours. The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. I wonder if they'll rename it if he goes down...

Austin Cooper wrote on May 30, 2007 4:04 PM:

I've never agreed with many of the radical positions this guy has taken over the years, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt; perhaps he'd gone through some personal crisis that led to an unbending extremisim and those stony looks he gave people taking his picture.

I wasn't aware that he was even able to enter the United States, either -- but I do like some of his earlier music, though.

Wha -- *Ted* Stevens? I though you said *Cat* Stevens! My mistake.

AK-Gadfly wrote on May 30, 2007 4:10 PM:

The FBI should subpeona his former staff - Trevor McCabe has gotten several sweetheart deals through earmarks from Stevens as well as partnering with his corrupt son.

za wrote on May 30, 2007 4:10 PM:

That map is a nice touch!!

Seems his home has already been searched.

"not a target" my ass.

code-word: "wind" As in "wind up that investigation, it's time to inDICT"!!

714Day wrote on May 30, 2007 4:51 PM:

Does Stevens actually LIVE in Girdwood? This isn't a vacation place or something? Boy, it's become quite the thriving metropolis since I was up there. Admittedly ancient history, but it was hardly easily accessible or close to town or anything. Train service?

Vegas Vic wrote on May 30, 2007 5:51 PM:

After he's convicted, Stevens' successor will earmark a few billion for a Bridge to Allenwood.

FLOWER - As in, "One may expect mendacity and duplicity to FLOWER under Republican leadership."

tekel wrote on May 30, 2007 6:36 PM:

He's not a target. Yet.

mo2 wrote on May 30, 2007 6:42 PM:

OT - but is anything Cheney does really off topic seeing as how he runs the country (poorly).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070529/cheney-secrecy/

The Sept. 13, 2006, letter from Cheney's lawyer says logs for Cheney's residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory are subject to the Presidential Records Act.

The letter regarding the vice president's residence was in addition to an agreement quietly signed between the White House and the Secret Service a year ago when questions were raised about visits to the executive compound by convicted influence peddler Jack Abramoff.

That agreement, which didn't surface publicly until late last year, said White House entry and exit logs were presidential records not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.

When the agreement was signed in May 2006, a number of private groups and news organizations had filed FOIA requests with the Secret Service in an effort to identify how many times Abramoff or members of his lobbying team visited the White House.

David Dobson wrote on May 30, 2007 6:54 PM:

Hey, Look! Bears do shit in the woods!

Tgos wrote on May 30, 2007 7:00 PM:

First of all, that's a paraglider, not a hang glider. And don't even think of calling it a parasail.

Secondly, that body of water along the bottom edge of the map is Cook Inlet - Girdwood is basically at sea level (that's right, skiing at sea-level).
With the long term effects of global warming rapidly approaching, perhaps this idea of lifting crazy Uncle Ted's home up a level is not so crazy.

Rick B wrote on May 30, 2007 7:14 PM:

That bear IS dangerous. His name is Oso Bear Laden, the well-known terrorist in the woods.

OK Security code "bent," as Ted Stevens is "bent."

Rick B wrote on May 30, 2007 7:16 PM:

That bear IS dangerous. His name is Oso Bear Laden, the well-known terrorist in the woods.

OK - Security code "bent," as Ted Stevens is "bent."

David Dobson wrote on May 30, 2007 7:19 PM:

Clearly - the seriousness of this topic has been hijacked by the silliness of the map. Just as Carl Rove planned it!!!!!

SouthernYankeej wrote on May 30, 2007 7:28 PM:

Isn't this the same guy that had a bridge to no where built and had a screamfest on the floor of the senate about it?

Anonymous wrote on May 30, 2007 8:29 PM:

Uncle Ted's Cabin.

The nature of the crimes before us are so disgusting and blatant that bad jokes are an avenue to deal with the filth.

azbill wrote on May 30, 2007 9:47 PM:

Girdwood, Girdwood, I mean what kind of name is that? It sounds like someone suffering from the medical conditions of GERD along with priapism. OMG, these repulsives are sooooo criminal it is not to be believed. You could just imagine how much dirt could be brought up about these crooks.

Robin Boerner wrote on May 30, 2007 10:44 PM:

Ted may not be a target yet but at least some of the as of yet not arrested politicians up here are nervous. My fiance' got a phone call last weekend from an Alaskan politician looking for a personal character reference that he worked on their campaign....over FOUR years ago. Hasn't even talked to him in two years. Not since the US Army declared my fiance' AWOL from a military command center in a time of war and accused him of stealing CLASSIFIED documents.

John went to THIS SAME politican for a character reference two years ago and was told this little scuzzball couldn't get involved because shady suit guys were asking questions related to the charges. Now John is suing the US Army in federal court and the Alaska Report did a story on the ordeal..

The Alaskan politicans must be scrapping barrel to be calling guys they fucked two years ago for character references.

Of course I am truly proud my fiance told him to go pound salt. I hope all the others he must have called did the same.

http://www.alaskareport.com/z46115_army_nomination.htm

Mongo wrote on May 30, 2007 10:59 PM:

NO! No! No!

JNagarya wrote on May 31, 2007 12:15 AM:

"The warrant is currently being processed through a series of tubes.

"Posted by: Skippy
Date: May 30, 2007 03:15 PM"

It's a warrant for search of the tubes.

SC = judge. As in, judge these criminals lest they not be convicted.

Duke Boys wrote on May 31, 2007 5:44 AM:

Wait until the FBI uncovers "Oil Night" at the local oil executive restaurant in Anchorage

Oil service company trucked in strippers aka hookers for all these corrupt bastards

they closed the blinds, locked the doors, and put Randy Duke Cunningham to shame!

"Oil Night" was famous in Anchorage for years

Hookers might get some FBI calls too

Duke Boys wrote on May 31, 2007 5:45 AM:

Wait until the FBI uncovers "Oil Night" at the local oil executive restaurant in Anchorage

Oil service company trucked in strippers aka hookers for all these corrupt bastards

they closed the blinds, locked the doors, and put Randy Duke Cunningham to shame!

"Oil Night" was famous in Anchorage for years

Hookers might get some FBI calls too

salmonshark wrote on May 31, 2007 6:38 AM:

This is what I put in front of the court 9/05 a year before the Labor Day raids:


[Most recently the Senate president Ben Stevens has been petitioned for recall, and has allegations of conflict of interest in several of his business dealings including Aleutian Spray Seafoods / Adak Fisheries Pollock allotmentslegislated by his father, and VECO, the Alaska Pipeline contractorwhich is wanting legislation that robs the Permanent Fund, and several other questionable consulting relationships. This is all available online and the Plaintiff would ask that the Ninth Circuit reviews some of this material to be familiar with the Legislature's ethics committee leader and his concept of ethics and what the plaintiff has described as the "existance of a crisis" in a Motion for Preliminary Injunctionand as it may apply to the case before the court.] [copious amounts of newspaper articles and Department of Law opinions relating to Ben Stevens' recall petition,etc. Anchorage Daily News, Juneau Empire and Los Angeles newspapers are a good source.]


[The Plaintiff visited the Department of Labor in Seattle to relate the apparent collusion between Management and Union in March of 2005. Special Agents in the Racketeering section explained was not with individual complaints or collusion. The Agents said they could investigate Retirement Fraud. The Plaintiff expressed that considering the apparent level of corruption that there would likely be some evidence of pension robbing as characteristic of corruption. After a week or so the Plaintiff sent articles of the retirement fund deficit which was growing at a rate of 1.7 million a day for the first 1000 days of the Murkowski Anministration, and at approximately minus $700,000 per current employee. This would seem to be criminal negligence.]

That's what the Ninth Circuit had to look at in Sept 2005. Someone must have read it, and considered my request for the Federal Grand Jury to procede.

Security Code FLOWER- Federal Litigation On Way- Excise Republican.

AMZ wrote on May 31, 2007 3:56 PM:

The local buzz is that the restaurant owned by Persons (the Double Musky - a frequent haunt of Alska's rich and powerful) was subjected to a search of credit card receipts.

Our's is a nice little town - guess which other AK US Senator lists Girdwood as her residence? And the streets still aren't paved!

Ed*ard Teller wrote on May 31, 2007 4:08 PM:

Duke Boys,

The bawdiness of Oil Night at the Petroleum Club is an Anchorage urban myth. TBS, those corrupt bastards partied pretty hard through the late 70s, 80s and early 90s.

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