FBI Tapes Stevens Calls As Part of Sting

[L. Coyote]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON -

The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a public corruption sting, according to people close to the investigation.

The secret recordings suggest the Justice Department was eyeing Stevens long before June, when the Republican senator first publicly acknowledged he was under scrutiny. At that time, it appeared Stevens was a new focus in a case that had already ensnared several state lawmakers. .......

Beyond the calls Allen made while cooperating, prosecutors also have thousands of conversations the FBI recorded while secretly wiretapping phones belonging to Allen and fellow VECO executive Rick Smith. Agents also secretly videotaped meetings between contractors and state politicians at a hotel suite in Juneau, Alaska's capital.

In addition to work on Stevens' house, a former employee also said VECO workers also helped run the senator's fundraisers while on company time, a practice that appears to violate campaign finance laws.

Read more: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/20/ap4141723.html

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Much More = Compilation Thread = 40 posts

Will Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) Resign This Week? He finally has his road to nowhere.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1816831

[MidwestTransplant]

1. CULTURE OF CORRUPTION

[L. Coyote]

2. Let's Have a "SERIES OF TUBES" Party on DU. Bring HUMOR = Ted Stevens VIDEOS

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1863092

[Flabbergasted]

3. kick