** FILE **VECO Corp. president Bill Allen, right, talks with Senate Finance Committee chairman, Rick Halford, R-Chugiak, in this Monday, May 6, 1996, file photo taken in Juneau, Alaska. On Monday, May 7, 2007, Allen and Rick L. Smith, a company vice president, entered pleas in U.S. District Court to bribing Alaska lawmakers. Both were charged with extortion, bribery, and conspiracy to impede the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)