CNN Breaking: FBI secretly recorded Sen. Ted Stevens in fraud probe

[blitzen]

no link; citing AP report


haha hah

[ThomWV]

1. I'll bet they had to get a Warrant for that one.

[progressoid]

29. Lets hope so.

Wouldn't it be ironic if it was all thrown out because they didn't.

[L. Coyote]

36. Here are the scandal links and a lot of DU video too.

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

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

Most recent video about the secret taping here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x56194

Recent TPM - FBI Listened in on Ted Stevens Phone Calls
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004257.php

TPM must have an AP RSS feed. They were right on this one.

[bluestateguy]

2. I wonder if the ninnies in the ACLU will now rush to defend him

Since the ACLU seems to be so enamored with standing up for people who, if they had their way, who have the ACLU disappeared, jailed and shot.

[evlbstrd]

5. That's the beauty of the ACLU.

They are neither left nor right. They are pro-Civil Rights. Rights for everyone.

[XOKCowboy]

9. I've gotta type faster....

:toast:

[bluestateguy]

13. Uh huh. And has Rush Limbaugh ever sent them a thank you note?

For their advocacy of his medical privacy? Did Limbaugh thank them? Did he declare a moratorium on his attacks against the ACLU? Did he apologize for tearing the group down at every chance?

[evlbstrd]

22. Of course not.

Didn't you know he's a hypocritical gasbag?

[Mind_your_head]

15. Yep - you are EXACTLY correct

I wish that more people understood that the ACLU stands for EVERYONE's civil rights. They don't have an agenda, EXCEPT everyone's civil rights. People tend to not like the ACLU when it goes against one of their 'pet issues', but the ACLU works tirelessly to SECURE EVERYONE'S rights under the Constitution - regardless of their view! Diversity/variety of opinion is HEALTHY and to be ENCOURAGED, not only in nature, but 'society' as well...

Peace,
M_Y_H

[XOKCowboy]

7. Actually that's what's great about the ACLU...

It isn't the first time they've stepped up to help a wingnut. We all have civil liberties.

[chaumont58]

18. That's the great thing about the ALCU: they stand on principle

They are one of the last groups on this fuckin' planet that will stand for right and wrong, regardless of who it helps. I say more power to them. The world could use more people as such. So could 20 turncoat democrat senators(small d, they get no caps from now on.)

[KAZ]

24. Just don't get it, do you? n/t

[Daphne08]

28. My exact thought as well. n/t

[roguevalley]

34. you can tape anyone in alaska if one party consents. our state is

pretty good about that. no one is going to defend this codger but his lawyers.

[Me.]

3. They Have Him On Tape?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Pirate Smile]

8. I wonder if we will get to listen to it through the "tubes".

[htuttle]

11. GMTA!

Those dag-gone tubes are gonna do him in!

:rofl:

[autorank]

33. I'll kick to that;)

:kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick:
:kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick:
:kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick:

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. RUH ROH!

Ted's in trouble!:bounce::bounce::party::party::party::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[Fovea]

6. might make true FISA believers

out of the dirty GOP bastards.

[DURHAM D]

10. Until I hear differently I will assume he was taped under a FISA warrant. n/t

[frazzled]

12. Is Alaska a foreign country?

'Cause that would have to be the case for a FISA warrant to be issued. That's why they call it the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

A simple criminal warrant would do for this case, I assume.

[DURHAM D]

19. Sorry - you are right.

I was more focused on the fact it would have been court approved and I called it by the wrong name.

[KAZ]

25. FISA has no "foreign country" requirement.

The spirit of the law was for judicial oversight on domestic surveillance.

[roguevalley]

35. alaska and hawaii are two of the 36 members of the willing who are

currently engaged in Iraq, or so I've heard. I don't believe the dipshits in Washington understand that we've been a state since 1959. HEY! WE'RE A STATE, PEOPLE! :evilgrin:

[blogslut]

14. kicked

and recommended :)

[annabanana]

16. Oh boy!. . On tape?. . YeeHaw

This is going to be fun.

[cali]

17. This is soo good and

it's just going to get better.

[AlCzervik]

20. woohoo! i wonder if they used tubes and then carted them away in a dump truck.

[chat_noir]

21. AP has the story

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.

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.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/20/national/w160014D09.DTL&type=politics

[AngryAmish]

23. Put. Him. Away.

He is Bostonian in his level of corruption.

[goclark]

27. Let's party!

:bounce:

[catnhatnh]

30. Ah....one more believer....

in the politics of "Sodom and Beghorrah"....

[MagickMuffin]

26. Off to the Greatest ye shall go....

This needs more exposure.

I can't wait for Ted's presser explaining how the feds are out to get him. Should be fun!:popcorn:

[brentspeak]

31. He! he! he!

:thumbsup:

[progressoid]

32. NO!!!

Shout it out Ted - -

NO!