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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 11:21 PM
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James O’Keefe's plans derailed by infighting, lack of funding
Thought you might need the laugh:

After pulling off the brazen hidden camera sting credited with bringing down the liberal organizing group ACORN, James O’Keefe dreamt up an even bolder plan: to build a permanent undercover video operation that would expose institutions of the American left.

But things have not gone according to plan.

Keefe’s vision, pieced together from court filings, interviews and tax records filed by his nonprofit Project Veritas, has been hampered by bitter infighting, lack of funding and even his own fame. And O’Keefe has begun to fight back, preparing lawsuits against two former associates-turned-critics — one who claims O’Keefe had little to do with his biggest post-ACORN exposé, focused on NPR, and another former colleague who says she backed out of a project last month because of O’Keefe’s lack of professionalism. The mounting turmoil comes as O’Keefe’s recent efforts — including an apparently ongoing media bias exposé called “To Catch a Journalist” and an effort to highlight the hypocrisy of Occupy Wall Street protesters — have mostly fallen flat.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/68628.html#ixzz1e1lRe0G0
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 11:23 PM
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1. Can't wait 'til that clump gets flushed down the toilet.
Edited on Thu Nov-17-11 11:24 PM by marmar
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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 11:56 PM
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2. I still cannot
believe he thought he could seduce the reporter. The guy is delusional.
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 12:18 AM
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3. ooooh, he made a pass at someone...
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 12:37 AM
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4. UMmmmm...

She was willing to work with O'Keefe in the first place, so "lack of professionalism" may mean he didn't think he was going to have to pay for sex.
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