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Alaska’s Senior Senator Under Indictment
Posted By ê¿ê on July 29th, 2008
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeIt’s been coming for years. Alaska’s senior Senator, Ted Stevens was indicted today for failure to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts received from VECO Corp, an Alaskan Oil pipeline and oil company.
Stevens, the longest serving Senator in Congress, has not yet turned himself into the Justice Department, but is being given the time to arrange to do so.
“The indictment charges that, while he was sitting as a United States senator between 1999 and 2006, Sen. Stevens accepted gifts from a privately held company known as VECO, its chief executive officer and others,” Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich told reporters at the Justice Department.
While Stevens didn’t receive one of those Vegas vacations, he did purportedly receive improvements to his vacation home in Alaska in the form of a garage, wrap around porch, electrical and plumbing improvements to the tune of some $250,000 while using his position as Senator to support and enact legislation favoring VECO.
FBI agents photographed Senator Stevens’ home from many different angles before entering it and removing a trash bag full of unidentifiable items.
“I continue to believe this investigation should proceed to its conclusion without any appearance that I have attempted to influence its outcome,” Stevens said. “The legal process should be allowed to proceed so that all the facts can be established and the truth determined.”
Fine words by Senator Stevens, but it’s another black eye for the Republican Party which has been plagued by scandals, indictments and convictions of members of Congress, the Justice Department and even the Oval Office for taking bribes, using political privilege where none was allowed and using the office to sway the hiring of Federal officials based on political affiliation.
And there’s no end in sight. Although Democrats have managed to lay low in recent weeks, the past has proven they are no strangers to corruptness.
It seems the entire US Government is made up of whoremongers, cheats, fraudsters and liars (and those are charitable descriptions of their characters). What happened to the high morals and standards that were once held by those who served the people of the United States? What do voters have to do in order to let Congress know that we want honesty, fair mindedness and truth to be the bywords of actions and political life in the United States? Are there any such people left in the world who can lead our proud nation?
Will the last honest man (or woman), please step forward?
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Phew, corruption will continually raise its ugly head. This is not only a USA problem, it is an international problem. In my neck of the woods we have plenty of these thieving, conniving and corrupt officials. You might have to wait for a long while before that last honest person actually steps forward.
That’s what I’m afraid of, Sailor. It’s too depressing!
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