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dtotire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 03:58 PM
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ACORN gotcha man among four arrested for attempting to bug Mary Landrieu's office
ACORN gotcha man among four arrested for attempting to bug Mary Landrieu's office
By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune
January 26, 2010, 1:53PM




The FBI, alleging a plot to wiretap Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's office in downtown New Orleans, arrested four people Monday, including James O'Keefe, a conservative filmmaker whose undercover videos at ACORN field offices severely damaged the advocacy group's credibility.

FBI Special Agent Steven Rayes alleges that O'Keefe aided and abetted two others, Joseph Basel and Robert Flanagan, who dressed up as employees of a telephone company and attempted to interfere with the office's telephone system.



A fourth person, Stan Dai, was accused of aiding and abetting Basel and Flanagan. All four were charged with entering fedral property under false pretenses with the intent of committing a felony.




http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/acorn_gotcha_man_arrested_for.html
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theoldman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 04:00 PM
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1. Once a crook, always a crook.
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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 04:07 PM
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2. Rich people get several years probation and a hefty fine for this stuff
And I can't imagine this guy's rich. He'll probably be looking at three to five years, maybe two on probation, and something like fifteen grand in fines, plus fees.

Smooth move, dumbass. bet he doesn't realize that even if he'd pulled it off, his ass would go to jail once he released whatever he got.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 04:08 PM
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3. Weren't those people linked to FOX? I seem to remember they were story
contributors or something like that.
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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 06:18 PM
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6. O'Keefe was all over Fox after the edited ACORN video's came out.
Bet, they have nothing to say about this incident though.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 04:59 PM
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4. These are real wiseass bastards. One can only hope they get burned real bad.
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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 06:17 PM
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5. O'Keefe is already being sued in two states for the ACORN videos
and apparently he does not have a lawyer. He will definately need one now, lets see if the Republicans come to his aide or run as far aways from him as possible. I'm betting on running away.
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