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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (178002)9/1/2006 3:34:31 PM
From: Snowshoe  Respond to of 793957
 
FBI raids legislative offices in Alaska regarding new oil tax law and proposed pipeline! Ben "Little Hulk" Stevens (son of US Senator Ted Stevens) caught up in dragnet...

FBI looks for 'Corrupt Bastards Club' hats in probe
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A copy of one of the search warrants, obtained by The Associated Press, links the investigation to the new production tax law signed last month by Gov. Frank Murkowski and the natural gas pipeline draft contract Murkowski and the state’s three largest oil companies negotiated.



Photo by MICHAEL PENN / Juneau Empire
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FBI Special Agent Wade Dudley removes boxes from the office of Senate President Ben Stevens, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, at the state Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. Federal agents raided the offices of at least seven lawmakers Thursday as search warrants were executed in Anchorage, Juneau, Wasilla, Eagle River and Girdwood, according to FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez.