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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:00 PM
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WTF-To obtain the full tapes Calif AG agreed not to prosecute conservative thugs O'Keefe & Giles
Edited on Wed Apr-07-10 01:45 PM by mod mom
Calif. AG: No criminality found on ACORN tapes

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Rather than give advice on prostituting underage girls, human trafficking and cheating on taxes, the attorney general's office found ACORN members at times caught on to the scheme and called the police in the portions of the videos that were cut.
"Sometimes a fuller truth is found on the cutting room floor," Brown said.

To obtain the full tapes, Brown's office agreed not to prosecute conservative activists James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles, who played the pimp and prostitute in the video, even though the report found they likely violated state privacy laws.

In California, O'Keefe used hidden cameras on visits to ACORN offices in San Diego, San Bernardino and Los Angeles. State law requires both parties to give consent before a conversation is recorded.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hrcQQze_U6xaa9ySFhMLj50bhXbAD9EQLM402

WTF? Can't the Feds go after these assholes?

Here is Kpete's thread which contains the Rachel Maddow video exposing this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8104524
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:01 PM
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1. Can't the Feds go after these assholes?
That's a good question. With 'the cat out of the bag', one would think they can and should.
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:14 PM
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3. I just wrote AG Holder's office & Chairman Conyers (@ Judiciary) to see.
If nothing else I hope Democratic members of congress pass a resolution condemning the actions & falsification by these political operatives posing as journalists.

:mad:
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:01 PM
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2. ACORN will skin them alive in the civil suit. n/t
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Crystal Clarity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:15 PM
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OK. California AG can't go after O'Keefe and Giles
But sombody else ought to be able too...
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Crystal Clarity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:15 PM
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4. OK. California AG can't go after O'Keefe and Giles
Edited on Wed Apr-07-10 01:17 PM by Crystal Clarity
Oops. Accidental double click. Sorry
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:26 PM
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5. Maybe no criminal charges, but I"d think those tapes have opened
one hell of a big door for civil litigation on the part of ACORN. Go forth and devastate these monsters!
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hatesthegop Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:32 PM
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6. and anybody who was taped
also folks affected by this should file a civil suit against Fox
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:34 PM
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7. +1
:thumbsup:
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:58 PM
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9. What a little pissant
or more to the point, "turd."
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:39 PM
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8. here's some photos of the monster I just discovered:
Edited on Wed Apr-07-10 01:59 PM by mod mom
http://gawker.com/5503127/james-okeefe-profile-of-a-right+wing-nut-in-facebook-pictures/gallery/

what an asshole. I hope he serves deserving justice and then is forced to serve hard time in a not so friendly environment.

The 1st (Lighting a cigar with a dollar bill) should be used by the media.
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