ACORN’s Mistake Invoking Linda Tripp in ACORN vs. O’Keefe, Giles and Breitbart.com

Canada Free Press ^ | October 13, 2009 | Marinka Peschmann

[Opinionatedtoday]

Last week, Bertha Lewis, the chief-organizer at ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, cited Linda Tripp when she spoke about ACORN’s lawsuit against James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles and Breitbart.com at Washington’s National Press Club.

ACORN’s lawsuit accuses O’Keefe and Giles, whose pimp and prostitute undercover operation captured ACORN workers, on video counseling them on how to cheat tax laws among other potential crimes, of violating Maryland law that requires two-party consent for electronic surveillance. Breitbart.com, the news website, is also named as a defendant for first posting the video.

“It is illegal, as Linda Tripp will tell you, to record someone in the state of Maryland without their permission. Just because we were embarrassed by these highly edited tapes, which don’t tell the whole story… doesn’t mean that these people didn’t break the law in order to embarrass and attack the organization,” Lewis said.

[FreeAtlanta]

These laws about recording conversations are in place to protect criminals.

[Diogenesis]

It has all been for YOUR children.

---

“Obama's Safe School Czar Hid Case of Pedophilia
A teacher was told by a 15-year-old high school sophomore that he was having
homosexual sex with an "older man." At the very least, statutory rape occurred. Fox
News reported that the teacher violated a state law requiring that he report the abuse. That
former teacher, Kevin Jennings, is President Obama's "safe school czar." It's getting hard
to keep track of all of this president's problematic appointments. Clearly, the process for
vetting White House employees has broken down.”

[scooby321]

problem is unlike Linda Tripp, Acorn had no expectation of privacy as the tape shows many people walking in the room.

[SERKIT]

If ACORN is acting as an agent of the government, and takes government money, shouldn't there be a different view regarding taping? These were not conversations with private individuals, they were taped conversations between an agent of the federal government, while giving advice about the government, and a private citizen attempting to expose government corruption.
If a state's DMV was selling drovers licenses and other government officials insisted on looking the other way (Holder) and someone were to tape a license being sold and went to the media, who would complain?

[backhoe]

I am maintaining a running file on ACORN,
' The Issa Report- ACORN "a criminal enterprise..."'--Click the picture:

[Sgt_Schultze]

These laws forbidding recording conversations were put in place by corrupt politicians intent on protecting corrupt politicians. No sting - no crime.

[Jet Jaguar]

ACORN Ping!

FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.

[altair]

Heh. Ms. Peschmann and Ms. Tripp go waaaaay back.

Personally, I'd consider getting snide comments from the Washington Post as a badge of honor ...

[stephenjohnbanker]

This ACORN suit was a big mistake. Now all the dirt ACORN has so carefully hidden from the public will come out in discovery. These people really ARE stupid. LOL!