http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/stevens/story/630036.html?pageNum=3&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_ContainerA whistle-blower inside the Justice Department has accused members of the team investigating public corruption in Alaska of official misconduct, according to the judge who presided over Sen. Ted Stevens' trial in Washington, D.C.
Sullivan revealed the existence of the complaint, and three secret hearings about it last week, in his 29-page order. Sullivan said little about the nature of the alleged misconduct. Among the allegations was that a government employee accepted "multiple things of value" from sources cooperating in the investigation, Sullivan said.
The judge also reported that the whistle-blower accused at least two federal employees of intentionally violating government policies in the corruption investigation in Alaska and in connection with material that was supposed to be provided to Stevens for his defense, Sullivan said.
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Prosecutors asserted the complaint bore "no relationship whatsoever" to the Stevens case. "The court flatly rejects the government's position," Sullivan wrote. The complaint alleged a person involved in the investigation accepted "multiple things of value," including "artwork and employment for a relative" from cooperating sources, the judge noted with some irony.
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http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/20/whistleblower-from-the-doj-points-finger-at-prosecution-in-stevens-trial/