Posted on 01/26/2010 12:41:17 PM PST by 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."
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
* Cameron Kerry : Cameron Kerry, John [F. Kerry]'s brother, in 1972. On the eve of the primary, Cameron and campaign field director Thomas J. Vallely, both then 22, were arrested in the basement of a Lowell building that housed the headquarters of Kerry and another Democratic contender, state Representative Anthony R. DiFruscia of Lawrence. Globe Staff Photo / George Rizer
Breathless Louisiana Dems Attempt To Tar Vitter For OKeefe Caper
The Hayride ^ | 1/26/2010 | MacAoidh
Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:40:42 PM by Hayrider
As the ever-more-curious James OKeefe arrest story continues to develop, the Louisiana Democrat Party has now weighed in with a reliably breathless, stupid and illogical statement.
In a release late this afternoon, acting state party head Michael McHale said the following
This is a Louisiana Watergate. Louisiana families are shocked and outraged that these men would break the law to carry out their political agenda with this Watergate-like break-in and attempted wiretapping."
“Wiretapping a federal official is a big time felony.”
Yeah, this is going to be a big hurdle. Nevertheless, let us do what the left does, let us stick together like glue. Don’t throw our brother under the bus. I’ve got $25.00 for the defense fund. Sorry it won’t be more, unless, you know, I hit the lottery.
And the other kid’s dad was a fed atty. He most certainly should have known better.
And kids, don’t embarrass your parents, remember, it is their job to embarrass you!
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The last thing we need now is to lose Breitbart... :-(
Same here. There's lots of "chatter" about this on FR and elsewhere on the 'net. I'm starting to think there will be more to come - hopefully soon - about this story...
I REALLY hope you're right about that. We'll get the full story on this soon, I hope...
I agree. I keep thinking there is no way these guys would pull something like this and think they'd get away with it.
There has to be more...and there may even be a strong RAT smell in this whole thing.
I guess we'll have to see what comes out...
Breitbart Discusses O’Keefe Arrest with Hugh Hewitt
http://hughhewitt.com/blog/print.aspx?guid=3c0f68ec-ee51-42ae-b9ce-a170d352c202
What a moron, I hope they throw the book at him...
...and hopefully the RAT - if there is one - gets caught soon... ;-)
Thanks for that link, SeattleBruce!
Without the they
, the sentence has an indirect object but lacks a direct object. Thus, it is not a complete sentence. QED.
It asserts O'Keefe and Dai admitted something to feds who, it also asserts, worked with the other two defendants in setting up the crime, er, operation. But it fails to complete the sentence by stating what the hell O'Keefe and Dai admitted! IOW, we have a parse error! Aka Freudian slip!!
There is NO bugging charge associated with this arrest, only a charge that there was an intent to interfere with Landieus phone system.
This is a frame up of Okeefe, engineered by Holder and his pro Black Panther running dogs.
If he was doing another prostitution-related sting, he got the wrong Louisiana senator.
I stand corrected.
Didn’t Ray Stevens have a song called “Freudian Slip”? ;-P
"Someone will be with you in a moment Mr. O'keefe. Please take a seat in this office. I'll go get some coffee... and some fake wiretappers and then the fibbies that we paid off with drugs and hookers"
I mean, who in their right mind thinks Nixon needed to cheat to beat McGovern? That's like stealing signals from the Detroit Lions, which also happened.
Thanks for your kind comments!
You know this case is very curious, and I’m wondering this morning after much reflection that it may well be a “set-up”....by none other than O’Keefe.
Like Hannibal at Cannae, O’Keefe may have pulled back his front as a tactic to draw in the enemy and destroy them.
The sentence DOES parse without the word they.
Without the they, the sentence has an indirect object but lacks a direct object. Thus, it is not a complete sentence. QED.
It asserts O’Keefe and Dai admitted something to feds who, it also asserts, worked with the other two defendants in setting up the crime, er, operation. But it fails to complete the sentence by stating what the hell O’Keefe and Dai admitted! IOW, we have a parse error! Aka Freudian slip!!
This is something else about the case that doesn’t pass the smell test for me - O’Keefe & Company are all intelligent, educated and well centered young adults. Not only that - everyone knows from watching the cop shows that when arrested you say only one thing - “LAWYER!”
The smell I smell is, “Rogue federal agents who have lied and now committed perjury by making false statements.”
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