Stevens Mentioned in FBI Video

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Stevens Mentioned in FBI Video
Oil Contractors Talk of Stevens' Support During FBI
Video in Corruption Case

By MATT APUZZO Associated Press Writer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Sep 11, 2007 (AP)

During a secret meeting to discuss what prosecutors
say was a dirty deal to keep Alaska oil taxes low, two
oil contractors said they had a powerful ally coming
to town who could help stress the industry's
importance: Sen. Ted Stevens.

The FBI played a videotape of the 2006 meeting
Tuesday in a corruption trial against former Alaska
House Speaker Pete Kott, who is accused of taking
gifts and favors in exchange for supporting oil
interests.

In the grainy video, VECO Corp. executives Bill Allen
and Rick Smith can be heard talking about how to
ensure passage of an oil tax bill. If approved, the
bill would increase chances that a natural gas pipeline
would be built, a deal that could mean huge profits
for VECO.

Allen and Smith said they wanted to ensure Stevens
was asked "good questions" that would steer him
toward discussing the bill and the pipeline. The
senator, Allen said, would make clear that "we need
oil.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3588830

[Catshrink]

1. Poor Uncle Ted.

NOT!

[Ian David]

2. Republican corruption is not a big truck. It's a series of tubes.

And Ted Stevens sucks on a lot of tubes.