Anchorage Daily News 19 Sept 2004:    "In early September 2003, Palen said, she called Clark (Alaska Chief of Staff) for help after staffers complained Ruedrich" (fellow Republican)" was conducting party business on the job".

She resigned from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in January 2004 partly in protest over what she called "lack of ethics" of fellow Republican members.

This is before the start of the investigation of Ted Stevens. Therefore it appears inaccurate to state that her concern with ethics resulted from fear of the FBI investigation of Stevens.