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Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« on: January 26, 2010, 04:46:37 PM »
James O'Keefe, who posed as a pimp at an Acorn office, was arrested along with 3 other young men on charges of trying to tamper with Louisiana U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu's phone line inside a federal building.

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Re: Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2010, 11:09:27 PM »
Hope he didn't go over the top on his latest effort. Keep us posted.
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Re: Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2010, 12:23:02 AM »
The perps tried to bug the office of a US senator:  I imagine they are in pretty deep.  One of the perps is the son of an acting US prosecutor and he probably cost daddy his job. 

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Re: Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2010, 03:08:38 AM »
  might want to wait until the facts come out before jumping to conclusions.   i would imagine they painted big bullseyes on their chests  after exposing acorn and i am willing to bet someone was assigned to get them one way or another.   

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Re: Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2010, 03:15:02 AM »
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jan/27/4-charged-phone-scheme-us-senators-office/


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NEW ORLEANS — A hero of conservatives who targeted a community-organizing group with ties to President Barack Obama is now accused of orchestrating an attempt to tamper with phone lines at a Democratic U.S. senator's office inside a federal building.

It's not clear what James O'Keefe, 25, and three young conservatives were trying to accomplish Monday at the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, who has been criticized by conservatives for securing more benefits for her state in exchange for her support on health care legislation.

The conservative activist was previously known for posing as a pimp on hidden camera to target the liberal group ACORN. All four have been involved in conservative politics.

State Democrats quickly called the alleged plot a "Louisiana Watergate," but federal officials have not yet said why the men wanted to interfere with Landrieu's phones, whether they were successful, or even if the goal was political espionage.

The operation's style recalled the famous 1972 Watergate break-in at the Democratic Party's national headquarters, which ballooned into a scandal that consumed Richard Nixon's presidency and led to his resignation.

A staff member in the office told the FBI that two of the suspects, including the son of an acting U.S. Attorney, wore white hard harts, tool belts and flourescent vests and said they needed to fix a problem with the phone system.

According to an FBI affidavit, O'Keefe was already sitting in the waiting area and recorded the men on his cell phone camera when they walked in.

A federal law enforcement official said one of the suspects was picked up in a car a couple of blocks away with a listening device that could pick up transmissions. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was not part of the FBI affidavit.

O'Keefe said only "veritas," Latin for truth, as he left jail Tuesday with suspects Stan Dai and Joseph Basel, both 24. All declined to comment.

As he got into a cab outside the jail, O'Keefe said, "The truth shall set me free."

The fourth suspect, Robert Flanagan, 24, was released earlier Tuesday. His father, Bill, is the acting U.S. Attorney based in Shreveport, Louisiana. The father's office declined to comment.

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Re: Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2010, 03:31:22 AM »
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It's not clear what James O'Keefe, 25, and three young conservatives were trying to accomplish Monday at the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu
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...federal officials have not yet said why the men wanted to interfere with Landrieu's phones, whether they were successful, or even if the goal was political espionage.

like i said, they have plenty of political enemies and i would sit back and wait for the real story to come out. 

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Re: Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2010, 04:01:27 AM »
So, I don't care if these guys committed mopery on the king's highway, that still doesn't make ACORN a good outfit.
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Re: Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2010, 04:03:27 AM »
I think the facts are out: A couple of guys disguised as phone workers came to a Senator's office to tamper with the phone. Prison time for sure.
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Re: Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2010, 04:53:05 AM »
  i think i will wait and see how it plays out.   

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Re: Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2010, 06:37:47 AM »
Ya can't mess around in a fed building.  He is in real deep on this one if it's true. 

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Re: Anti-Acorn filmmaker arrested
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2010, 06:44:16 AM »
Maybe they will come clean blame the pres and like Nixon he will leave  ;)
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