Ted Stevens’ Home Raided In Alaska

Ken McCracken • July 31, 2007

Not surprising.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal agents searched the home of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens on Monday, focusing on records related to his relationship with an oil field services contractor jailed in a public corruption investigation, a law enforcement official said.
Stevens, 83, has been under a federal investigation for a 2000 renovation project more than doubling the size of his home in Girdwood that was overseen by Bill Allen, a contractor who has pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators.
Allen is founder of VECO Corp., an Alaska-based oil field services and engineering company that has reaped tens of millions of dollars in federal contracts.
Agents from the FBI and Internal Revenue Service arrived at the senator’s home Monday afternoon, said Dave Heller, FBI assistant special agent. He said he could not comment on the nature of the investigation.
A law enforcement official familiar with the case confirmed the raid on Stevens’ home was focused on records related to the ongoing VECO investigation. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke only on condition of anonymity.

Stevens is the epitome of all that is wrong in Washington DC today, so this couldn’t have happened to a better guy.
Let’s hope that Stevens resigns, swiftly, and is replaced by a Republican who isn’t corrupt and is, in fact, a conservative.

Tags: Domestic Issues, Politics

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Of course there may be a problem with Rob fulfilling all of the constitutional requirements of the job.

We’ll work around that somehow.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/Anna/ Anna

Lawd Almighty … have no mercy and bestow the power of your lightning upon that suit wearin’ devil Stevens.

Seriously, he takes his 1200 sq ft home and doubles it to 2400 sq feet and people go into shock? The guy is a millionaire (20+ more senators are richer than him) and he should be expected to live in 1200 sq feet? Admit it .. I bet very few of us live in that small of a house.
docdave

Seriously, he takes his 1200 sq ft home and doubles it to 2400 sq feet and people go into shock

Where did you get that, Anna? It aint in the article. One would expect that someone that has been peddling influence as long as he has would have a mansion more like 12,000 sq ft.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/Anna/ Anna

Anchorage Daily News reported that the FBI and a federal grand jury were investigating an “extensive” remodeling project at Stevens’ home in Girdwood. The remodeling work, which more than doubled the size of the modest home (public records show that the home is now 2471 square feet and valued at about $441,000-which means that it was less than 1200 square feet and less than $200,000 in value before the remodel) occurred in the summer and fall of 2000.
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

Sheesh… first it was just Friday night Babe then babes and leave it to you Proof to start Friday Night Babe Lay Out/Portfolio

Don’t blame me! You’re the one who brought up re-modeling!
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Maybe Rob’s showering buddy will appoint him to the Senate.

She could do worse.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/Anna/ Anna

No harm done and very excusable … they just make it too darn easy to assume a shady politician is a democrat.
Pilgrim

I noted that somehow the (D) that usually goes behind a politician’s name identifying his party was conveniently left out of the article.

If he had been an (R) it would have been in there. Betcha.

Must have been an oversight.
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No way, not the highway to nowhere senator? How can he be corrupt?
Pomerdorgrad

One point: Reporters and partisans are always calling these sorts of things “raids.” Oh, bull. Stevens knew about the event beforehand; his lawyers has been informed. They searched his house, they served a warrant, etc. They didn’t “raid” anything — that would mean an utter surprise. Not as sexy, but let’s be accurate in the interest of fairness.
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I don’t know, 1200 square feet is mighty big for an igloo.
Pilgrim

Woof,

Stevens is an R.

You’re right. He is. Oops.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/Anna/ Anna

Neiman thats how I feel. If someone has allegedly done wrong but is willingly cooperating then they should be treated with some decency.
A good questions is did they alert the media about Jefferson in New Orleans so it could be made into a media event?
Also, I don’t understand the reasoning for such a fabrication of the “extensive”, “lavish” or “complicated” home remodeling. If you take a look at additional pictures … there is nothing complicated or of quality work.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291771,00.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/30/AR2007073001427.html
http://www.komoradio.com/news/national/8828137.html
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/Anna/ Anna

Sheesh… first it was just Friday night Babe then babes and leave it to you Proof to start Friday Night Babe Lay Out/Portfolio

at least it’s finally a blond … so there is hope for you yet!
carrick

That house doesn’t look near as nice as one of my friends, who lives in Fairbanks…
Neiman

Anna: Thanks that was very informative. Can you recall where you got that information? I am no fan of Steven’s but right is right and I don’t like heavy handed methods by the FBI.
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Stevens is an R.

You’re right. He is. Oops.

Yeah, just barely too.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/Anna/ Anna

Ted Stevens offered to send the FBI a key to his house, but the FBI official who contacted Stevens refused the offer and instead said agents had ways of getting in on their own.
Apparently they believe breaking in is more new worthy.
They entered the home on their own without a key and of course, media were there to capture the event.

Below is a picture of Stevens remodeled home:

“a lavish remodeling of Stevens’s house in Girdwood, an exclusive ski resort” FOXNews

The remodel consisted of enclosing the lower portion of the home to add additional living area.
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

You know, Rob, that reporting bad things about Republicans will cause some of the liberals around here to have their head ‘splode!
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That would be a very big igloo.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/Anna/ Anna

docdave, That is not to say I don’t think the guy is a bit on the shady side of reputable. From what I have read I do believe he is guilty of a lot but whether they are illegal or unethical in nature I couldn’t say. Obviously, from the size and value of his house compared to others I think the Feds were extremely lame for making that their main focus for publicity purposes.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/Anna/ Anna

LOL, My house looks better than that and thats not a compliment.
If he’s got money it isn’t in the remodeling.
docdave

Gee I would have sold him my 1900+ house for $300,000 twice what it’s worth. Of course, he might have had some expense shipping it to Alaska.
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

If he’s got money it isn’t in the remodeling.

Remodeling? Isn’t that what Rod Stewart did with Kelly Emberg

and Rachel Hunter?

Now he’s stuck with a third model, Penny Lancaster

(Friday night models…)
WOOFX

If he had been an (R) it would have been in there. Betcha.

Stevens is an R.

All Alaska elected federal officials are under investigation, all are R’s.
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I’m not cut out for life in the Senate. Plus, I’m not old enough.

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