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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:15 PM
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Sen. Stevens' conversations caught with wiretaps.
Edited on Tue Jul-29-08 01:18 PM by rateyes
"The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a public corruption sting it was reported late last year, according to people close to the investigation."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297532,00.html

Sweet schadenfreude. Sweet justice.

Karma's a bitch, isn't it, Sen. Stevens????

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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:17 PM
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1. Wonder if he'll suddenly come out against wiretapping!
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:17 PM
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2. someone just called saying to waterboard him.
that is rather over the top.
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:20 PM
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6. On principle, I would oppose that...
on the other hand.... :evilgrin:
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 03:16 PM
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16. heck, there's no booze in Prison. That'll be harsh punishment enough.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:18 PM
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3. Hey if he wasn't doing anything wrong!!
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BunkerHill24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:18 PM
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4. Keep'them coming!
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:19 PM
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5. Did he receive his indictments through the "internets"?
You know, that series of tubes with the dump trucks. :rofl:
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:30 PM
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10. I doubt it, because then the indictments would have gotten backed
up because of all the tubes being filled with DU messages. :rofl:

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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:23 PM
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7. see that's the good stuff right there, this day has gotten much better, thanks Senator Stevens.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:25 PM
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8. Ironical irony if you ask me.
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:31 PM
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11. Is there any better kind of irony?
:rofl:
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:26 PM
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9. The difference being - they probably had court orders for the wiretaps
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 02:33 PM
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14. Same Thing I Thought
And, if they didn't have a warrant, i guarantee that's the first motion his lawyer makes to dismiss the charges.
The Professor
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:54 PM
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12. Wonderful news. That made my day, my week, my month, my year. I hope the
Edited on Tue Jul-29-08 02:00 PM by AlinPA
filthy pig suffers from the "embarrassment" that he should feel.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 02:22 PM
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13. I am surprised that he was that stupid. He didn't know that his
calls would be tapped? :dunce:
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 03:11 PM
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15. Maybe he thought the phones run on tubes like the internets and since he didn't
see any, he thought it was OK.
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