Ray Metcalfe Asks Feds to Re-Open Probe into Alaska Public Corruption

Anchorage--

Ray Metcalfe has written a public letter to the Justice Department requesting the federal government to re-start its investigation into Alaska public corruption.   Metcalfe is a former Republican state legislator and a dedicated activist who has assembled substantial amounts of evidence tending to show misconduct by a number of public figures in both major political parties in Alaska.   He worked particularly hard to demonstrate wrongdoing by former Alaska State Senate President Ben Stevens (R.-Anchorage), and the FBI interviewed Metcalfe during its "POLAR PEN" probe into Alaska public corruption.   

For all that, I think that it is highly unlikely that the Justice Department will be devoting resources to a major investigation into Alaska public corruption any time soon.

Ocean-Going Question on Teachable Moments

Anchorage--

The sun is shining, and I'm off to Alaska's jewel-like Prince William Sound, where I will kayak, eat good seafood, and watch some Fourth of July fireworks on the beach. I won't be back at a computer until Monday afternoon, July 6.

During any downtime in the celebration of our country's anniversary, readers might want to ponder the following question. Will the accumulating list of problems in the five-year-old federal investigation of Alaska public corruption combine with the Last Frontier's distance from our nation's capital to lead the Department of Justice to stop that investigation in order to give prosecutors around the U.S. a lesson on how to comply with discovery obligations? To put it another way, will Attorney General Eric Holder pull the plug on "POLAR PEN" to use it as a teachable moment for crime-fighters?