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Filmmaker Who Targeted ACORN Arrested in Alleged Senate Phone Scheme
Fox News ^ | 01/25/10

Posted on 01/26/2010 1:02:28 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan

Developing ... James O'Keefe, of ACORN sting video fame, and three other suspects have been arrested by the FBI for interfering with LA Senator Landrieu's phone system on federal property.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 111th; acorn; bhodoj; cultureofcorruption; doublestandard; fbi; injusticedepartment; jamesokeefe; landrieu; okeefe; rico; showtrial; theneworleans4; wiretapping
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To: 9YearLurker

“I don’t know whether they are guilty or not, but I’m not going to jump to slandering the FBI agents involved until I know more. And I must say that if they did as described, that was incredibly stupid and we can’t and shouldn’t defend it.”

I agree.


141 posted on 01/26/2010 2:24:05 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: BuckeyeTexan

you do not need 4 guys to wire tap a phone and none of this even makes sense.
was he caught doing it? No
was he caught in the act? no
has there been an admission? No
there’s supposed to be a witness, witness to what exactly.
two guys tried to get into a fed building dressed a phone workers

how does that tie into O keefe?

nothing adds up


142 posted on 01/26/2010 2:25:18 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: CaribouCrossing

article up on Breitbart now, no comments yet...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DFMBT80&show_article=1


143 posted on 01/26/2010 2:25:38 PM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68 (CALL CONGRESSCRITTERS TOLL-FREE @ 1-800-965-4701)
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To: indylindy

Got something against lurkers?


144 posted on 01/26/2010 2:25:44 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: Tallguy
Does it strike anyone else as ‘strange’ that the arrests were made by the US Marshall’s service? Isn’t that a bit unusual?

What is unusual is that anyone would be so stupid as to commit this crime in a FEDERAL BUILDING.

Of course the US Marshalls would have made the arrest. It was a Federal Crime on Federal Property. The state has no jurisdiction on this one.

145 posted on 01/26/2010 2:26:24 PM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

what was he thinking
HUH

WE don’t even know if he did this yet , lets wait and see but as far as I am concerned this charge does not add up


146 posted on 01/26/2010 2:27:53 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: henkster
The Feds go absolutely ape if there is a hint of unauthorized wiretapping.

... unless it involves Democrat operatives spying on Republican members of congress (Newt & Boehner) or Republican candidates (Palin's email). Then it's anything goes (just about).

147 posted on 01/26/2010 2:28:21 PM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: P-Marlowe

what has he confessed to because no where does it state he admitted to wire tapping so lets not be too quick hey


148 posted on 01/26/2010 2:29:48 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: massgopguy

Were they trying to bug the lines? I thought their intent was to cut the lines b/c the election was the next day...


149 posted on 01/26/2010 2:29:53 PM PST by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on...)
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To: mquinn

It is interesting. I wonder what advice the son gave O’Keefe in the planning of this incident? Let me be clear that O’Keefe is responsible for his own actions, but one does wonder whether or not he was “advised” by the son regarding the legality of the plan.


150 posted on 01/26/2010 2:33:11 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Honesty, Character, & Loyalty still matter)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

Thanks for the link. I had one wild thought. What if these fellas weren’t trying to really mess with the phones but rather prove that our federal buildings are not secure and are easy targets for terrorism. If terrorists had managed to pull off a stunt like that, they could have rigged the phones to explode and we might be looking at a pile of rubble right now.


151 posted on 01/26/2010 2:35:09 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: P-Marlowe

He confessed to entering under false pretenses, but the accusation seems to be that they had the intent of interfering with the phone system. I don’t think anyone admitted that that was their real intent. I’m betting the whole telephone angle was just a ploy to get deeper into the office for some other reason, perhaps to start a conversation with office staffers while pretending to do work. It sounds to me like the case would have to prove that they really intended to interfere with the phone system in order for any serious charge to apply. It was a boneheaded strategy, but we can’t yet say what the plan really was.


152 posted on 01/26/2010 2:35:52 PM PST by messierhunter
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To: Jaidyn

“The guy might have been a mole, and this was a sting. “

I didn’t think of that. Good point.


153 posted on 01/26/2010 2:36:17 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Crap, not good.


154 posted on 01/26/2010 2:36:31 PM PST by yield 2 the right (Freedom is never free, it costs blood, sweat and tears, and to some that is too high. I disagree!)
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To: manc

Read the FBI affidavit. O’Keefe admits to aiding and abetting the two phony telephone repairmen in the planning and organization of this little scheme. And he admits to being on federal property under false pretenses.


155 posted on 01/26/2010 2:36:33 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Honesty, Character, & Loyalty still matter)
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To: P-Marlowe
What is unusual is that anyone would be so stupid as to commit this crime in a FEDERAL BUILDING.

I understand the part about this being a federal crime and that a federal agency would be making the arrest. I just thought that the Federal Marshals had other duties. Perhaps they just had offices in that building & they were the closest people "with a badge?" The FBI has them now, and I expect that this will bring heavy charges.

156 posted on 01/26/2010 2:37:17 PM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: OldDeckHand

And lastly, it is a federal crime to attempt to gain unauthorized access to secured areas. That, in and of itself is a crime.

So that should apply to the White House party crashers as well?


157 posted on 01/26/2010 2:38:35 PM PST by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

it states admit , it does not state he admits to wiretapping at all which is the big charge which is being spread about by those who are too clueless to think for themselves and will just go with the media


158 posted on 01/26/2010 2:39:12 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

it states admit , it does not state he admits to wiretapping at all which is the big charge which is being spread about by those who are too clueless to think for themselves and will just go with the media

have to read the part where it state he was recording the incident too.

please tell me that you do not think that this is all above board do you


159 posted on 01/26/2010 2:41:35 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: muawiyah
GSA also has “guards”. THey got past the guards. No notice in any of this who is guarding this particular building.

I've been in the Hale Boggs Building before - I think the entrance/exit security is handled by a GSA contractor. Definitely not U.S. Marshal's Service personnel, like at the federal courthouse right across the street.

Still, it's a standard setup - metal detector, present your photo I.D., get a Visitor Pass. There may be additional layers of security on the floor where the congresscritters' office space is located - maybe the same contractor has that detail, maybe not.

160 posted on 01/26/2010 2:41:50 PM PST by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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