US Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich (C) speaks to the press with the prosecution team in the corruption trial of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens in front of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on October 27, 2008. Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator, was found guilty of making false statements on mandatory financial disclosure forms he filed between 1999 and 2006 concerning gifts he received from an oil-services firm. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)