ACORN gotcha man among four arrested for attempting to bug Mary Landrieu's office

The Times-Picayune ^ | January 26, 2010 | David Hammer

[Cheap_Hessian]

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.

A witness from Landrieu's staff said O'Keefe was present in the office and claimed to be "waiting for someone to arrive."

[DwFry]

Whoops...

[nevergore]

Ruh-Roh....

This kid had a promising future that he just threw away.....

[driftdiver]

this is what happens when you embarrass a dictator

[Oldpuppymax]

Personally, I’d have gone after Pelosi or Reid’s office, but hey, great try.

[gop4lyf]

What an idiot.

[Windflier]

Damn..... just damn...

[Portnoy]

Wonder how this is going to play out.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Hmmmn.

So O’Keefe is with the ACORN Staff?

This doesn’t sound right: ACORN ought to know she’s a loyal democrat.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Good idea. Wish it had worked & you’d caught her red handed. Don’t get caught next time.

I mean... they’re innocent until proven guilty - maybe this is all some mistake..

[GeronL]

A witness from Landrieu's staff said O'Keefe was present in the office and claimed to be "waiting for someone to arrive."

I wonder what thats about?

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I smell a “setup” as payback for the damage to ACORN. This IS New Orleans, after all.

But I suppose you never know.

[Vendome]

Dumb Ass.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

“Personally, I’d have gone after Pelosi or Reid’s office, but hey, great try”

I wonder how they got caught? The court documents would be interesting to see. What’s wrong with a little bugging anyway, unless they’ve got something to hide, right?..

[cripplecreek]

Honestly I don’t believe he’s that stupid.

[hattend]

WTF, James?

You should have stayed with exposing ACORN. Landrieu probably would have been voted out next time she was up anyway, you didn’t need to do this.

[Anti-Bubba182]

If so, this is very bad. It will be used to discredit his prior work against ACORN. It is a damn shame!

[Vendome]

A witness from Landrieu's staff said O'Keefe was present in the office and claimed to be "waiting for someone to arrive."

 

Maybe he was waiting for the cops? /s

[Blue Turtle]

Bottom line...we owe this filmaker a lot for exposing ACORN.

[Above My Pay Grade]

The headline is a bit confusing. “Acorn gotcha man” means “the man who pulled a gotcha on ACORN”, not a gotcha man with ACORN.

I suspect a frame up here. I can’t see O’Keefe resorting to illegal wiretaps, when all he’d need to do is put on the pimp outfit.