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Addressing this issue. and we haven't been charged with any. there was no trial. >> what was going on? >>steve: it's interesting. some are connecting the dots where it looks as if his company was targeted much like the tea parties, conservatives were by the i.r.s. why? a number of other guitar makers use exactly the same wood that he was -- he got in trouble for using and so do furniture manufacturers. as it turns out, he is actually a big donator to republican causes whereas the person who runs c.f. martin uses the same stuff, a big democratic fund-raiser and donator, and they have never gone...

As claudia mentioned more information as we get it. now a picture of the suspect in question. a breaking story out of california today. claudia, thanks. jon: new fallout to tell you about from a federal raid at the factory that makes the iconic gibson's guitars. the instruments strupld by some of rock's biggest stars. the feds seizing wood that they believe was illegal lee imported. virtually all guitar makers use the same stock. there are fears that other companies could be at risk at well. as well as their workers at the factors. >> reporter: a lot of concern about this across the country. w...

Guitars nine blocks off of capitol hill and he is worried he cannot get the wood or, worse, heel be raided. i talked with a congresswoman and gibson is in her congressional district and she feels, when she hears that complaint from guitar makers and furniture makers here is what she said. >> many people look at this and say if it happened to gibson, could it happen to me. >>reporter: what is behind this, is a law that protects the wood company against illegal logging, but now the national association of music merchants sent a letter to the president and members of congress colaining about the ...

>>neil: and what is it about guitars, government officials questioning a company about the wood used in guitars. the government saying that the company imported illegally wood that should not be imported slapping them with fines, but it is the same wood that all other guitar companies uses. this is the guitar that keeps on going on and on and on and on. what is happening? >>guest: it got a lot of what they would call "stain," and now the latest filing against gibson guitar company. all of the wood that gibson had that was seized was illegal to possess but other guitar makers have that type of ...