Breaking News: AP Investigation: Palin pipeline terms curbed bids

Alaskan Pipeline

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and GARANCE BURKE

This is the October surprise. AP states that Palin’s signature accomplishmnet- a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 -emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation shows.