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Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted

by BooMan
Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 01:04:07 PM EST

McClatchey reports that a grand jury has indicted Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska. CBS-2 has some background on the case:

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.
The secret recordings suggest the Justice Department was eyeing Stevens long before June 2007, 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.
The recorded calls between Stevens and businessman Bill Allen were confirmed by two people close to the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way. They declined to say how many calls were recorded or what was said.
Allen, a wealthy businessman and Stevens' political patron, agreed to the taping last year after authorities confronted him with evidence he had bribed Alaska lawmakers. He pleaded guilty to bribery and is a key witness against Alaska legislators. He also has told prosecutors he paid his employees to renovate the senator's house.
In July, FBI agents raided that house in the Anchorage suburb of Girdwood. Stevens has denied any wrongdoing and said he paid every bill he received for the project. Spokesman Aaron Saunders declined to comment Thursday.

I hope Sen. Daniel Inouye feels like a total jackass.

Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted | 21 comments (21 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (4.00 / 1)

I printed the Inouye article and called his DC office.

I read the parts about their "peas-in-a-pod friendship" as well as Dann-o's fundraiser, and asked if he'll be doing another fundraiser to help with Ted's legal fees.

They said a press secretary will be getting back to me. That will probably be kind of like the way Pat Murphy's aide got back to me when i called up asking about Verizon's refusal to hand over documents even though they got immunity.

Which is to say, no one called.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 01:20:33 PM EST

Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

Dann-o feels pretty good, according to Kos:

Senator Daniel Inouye, Democrat of Hawaii, who is the chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee and a friend of Mr. Stevens, said that "he is innocent until proven guilty." Mr. Inouye said he did not expect that the indictment would interfere with Senator Stevens's ability to work in the Senate.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 04:04:57 PM EST
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not interfere with his work? what a joker danO is (none / 0)

gonna be kinda hard to accomplish anything when all his plum committee assignments are in the toilet; teddy the freeloader has resigned his posts as ranking member of both the senate commerce, science and transportation committee and the appropriations subcommittee on defense..."Consistent with GOP bylaws that require Members who are under felony indictment to relinquish their ranking posts on committees..."

that didn't take long.

via TPM.

the revolution will not be televised...Peace

by dada on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 06:20:28 PM EST
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Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (4.00 / 1)

The Grand Oil Party owns that brand. And they'll all say, it's an indictment..he's innocent until a jury or judge returns a verdict.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 01:54:39 PM EST

Schadenfreude (4.00 / 1)

I can barely spell it, I shouldn't be doing it, but it's just so darn tempting.

I'm doing a panel on Blogs and the Media at VCon, Oct 4, Vancouver BC

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 02:30:28 PM EST

Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (4.00 / 2)

Merely another name Bush has to add to his January, 2009 pardon list.

by steve duncan on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 02:40:41 PM EST

Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

Yeah, I got a fiver on this right here.

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

by Zandar1 on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 04:42:50 PM EST
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Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

different day same sh*t in DC.

Bush needs an early start with those pardons: Cheney and himself, Senators Stevens and Craig, Jack Abramoff, Savfarian, AG Gonzo, Scooter, Rove, Harriet, Bolten on the subpoenas, A disgraced DOJ - Sampson, Goodling, the whole EPA, Wilkes, Cunningham, Blackwater, Hal, KBR...

this list is incomplete.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 05:12:41 PM EST
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Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (4.00 / 1)

Inouye feel like a jackass? No, he's already released a statement today that this little indictment thing shouldn't interfere at all with Stevens' Senate duties. Obviously, he hasn't read the rulebook. But then, hardly any of them really care about rules, whatever the letter after their name.

by peacearena on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 03:13:32 PM EST

I want you know you are my heeero! (4.00 / 1)

On Capitol Hill, Sen. John Warner, R-Va., called Stevens a hero, adding, however, he didn't know any details about the indictment. "All of us have time that we have to deal with that are tough," Warner said. "I wish him the best."

he·ro: Pronunciation[heer-oh]
-noun, plural -roes; for 5 also -ros.
1.    a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
2.    a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal
3.    the principal male character in a story, play, film, etc.
4.    Classical Mythology.
a.    a being of godlike prowess and
beneficence who often came to be
honored as a divinity.
b.    (in the Homeric period) a warrior-
chieftain of special strength,
courage, or ability.
c.    (in later antiquity) an immortal
being; demigod.
5.    hero sandwich.
6.    the bread or roll used in making a hero sandwich.

Yep, Warner's right. #6 fits Stevens to a tee.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"

by MikeInOhio (miken45054@yahoo.com) on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 03:24:02 PM EST

Re: I want you know you are my heeero! (none / 0)

GOL (guffawing out loud)

by eeblet (bethbudwig at g mail) on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 04:03:49 PM EST
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Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

Senator Toobs should of course resign immediately.

You know, like Senator Wide Stance did...

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

by Zandar1 on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 01:11:14 PM EST

Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

And Senator "Diapers" Vitter.

by Joyful Alternative on Thu Jul 31st, 2008 at 08:15:40 AM EST
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Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

Poor Ted, it's so undeserved.

Fear will keep the local systems in line. -Grand Moff Tarkin -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 01:12:27 PM EST

Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

looks like 7 counts of false statements. What? No 'underlying crime'?

I'm going to the beach. I'll do a frog-marching dance in the surf.

by BooMan on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 01:15:06 PM EST
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Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

Have a good time!

Fear will keep the local systems in line. -Grand Moff Tarkin -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 01:26:06 PM EST
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Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

When do false statements become obstruction of justice...

by mainsailset on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 02:12:45 PM EST
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Sometimes you takes what you can get (none / 1)

They got Al Capone on income tax, they can get Senator Tubular Hulktie on false statements.

I'm doing a panel on Blogs and the Media at VCon, Oct 4, Vancouver BC

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 02:29:02 PM EST
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Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

Poor Teddy goes down a series of indictment tubes! It is just too easy to pile on. How long until his son and Young join him?

Blue Tidal Wave

by Mac G on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 02:12:16 PM EST

Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (4.00 / 1)

Am taking heart in the thought that generally Prosecutors start at the bottom and work their way up to the kingpin, that somehow we could hear Teddy doing some singing to get out from under this and bring down....oh please Gawd, some of those who perch above him. Please please please.

by mainsailset on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 02:38:09 PM EST
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Re: Ted Stevens Has Been Indicted (none / 0)

Inouye. Man, isn't it time for someone better to represent Hawaii?

by Bob In Pacifica on Tue Jul 29th, 2008 at 10:38:59 PM EST

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