You probably know that we've been pretty aggressively covering the Stevens' investigation for months now -- from his freebie home renovation courtesy of now-convicted briber Bill Allen to all the other corruption and shenanigans Stevens is being investigated for.

Now in a new interview Sen. Stevens (R-AK) is saying that if he comes out of the investigation in one piece he's going to come gunning after the reporters who helped publicize all his scams ...

In the interview, Stevens made vague threats to the people who have suggested that he and his son, former state Senate President Ben Stevens, might be guilty of some sort of wrongdoing. The younger Stevens hasn't been charged with a crime, but his name has come up repeatedly in court proceedings. Plea documents in Allen's own case say that payments of $243,250 the Veco CEO made to Ben Stevens were bribes in exchange for "giving advice, lobbying colleagues, and taking official acts in matters before the Legislature" when the younger Stevens was a state lawmaker.

"Your papers print (the names of) those people who have been convicted and my son's name and mine at the same time. As far as the public is concerned, it's all the same ball of wax," Stevens said. "I'm not going to comment on that ball of wax."

"But we've been included in a way that I hope people understand the laws that are doing it," he said. "Because when it's all over, some people are going to have to account for what they've said and what they've charged us with."

It was unclear whom Stevens was threatening. When asked if he meant libel or perjury, Stevens said: "No. I'm just saying there are ways to account for this in the future."

When asked if he meant political retribution, he remained vague:

"I think the people out there ought to worry about that the way I worry about the investigation. There are myriad things you can do. Just a myriad of things."

When pressed, he wouldn't elaborate further:

"I've said it," Stevens said.

All I can think to say is you should probably immediately watch our TPMtv episode about Stevens' freebie house renovation deal before he forces us to take it offline or puts us in preventive detention or whatever else he's got up his sleeve.

Actually, while you're at it, you should probably watch our Alaska Mucktacular! episode too.