Breaking: Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) taped by FBI in sting, CNN says, citing AP.

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And from the AP:

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 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.

To be clear, the oil contractor referred to above is Veco, which has been at the center of the wide-ranging Alaska public corruption investigation. Allen has pleaded guilty to corruption charges and last week testified in trial in a related case that Veco had given unreported gifts to Stevens in the form of renovations on Stevens' home.