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 ...
If convicted, the suspects face up to 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 and three years of supervised release following any prison term, according the Justice Department.
Damn. Just damn. Why did O’Keefe go this route?
FOX always gets the big breaking stories wrong.
One could the DNC in this along with Move On Org..
I really thought O’Keefe was smarter than this. I do hope he has a good explanation/defense.
One could the DNC in this along with Move On Org..
Right smack dab in the center of the BIG EASY.
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“Activist James O’Keefe, 25, was already in Landrieu’s New Orleans office Monday when Robert Flanagan and Joseph Basel, both 24, showed up claiming to be telephone repairmen, according to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s office. Letten says O’Keefe recorded the two with his cell phone.”
The FBI has apparently been overtaken by the left.
John Kerry’s brother bugged his opponents headquarters in Lowell MA.
John Kerry’s brother bugged his opponents headquarters in Lowell MA.
Hummmm,
I wonder how the FBI was so fast on this? Maybe they were already tapping the prostitutes, er senators phone lines and didn’t like the competition?
FBI Violent Crime Squad?
The media could not ignore O’Keefe when he exposed ACORN.
But now I bet they won’t be able to stop talking about him.
So what, someone made O'Keefe and his co-conspirators wear telephone repairman/technician's clothes and forced them to make entry into Landrieu's office? Not likely.
If you read the affidavit, it's quite clear that they were up to some monkey-business. Does that monkey-business rise to the level of a federal crime? Well, if they were indeed manipulating the phone system, or attempting to gain access to a secured area where phone equipment is located, they're going to need some competent counsel.
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.
Yeah, this story and O’Keefe got very little attention when it came to ACORN....but now....we will all know who he is!
Geesh
I’ll bet they were prepping to make a citizen’s arrest.
Is this kid really that stupid? I want to hear the whole story.
“Could O’Keefe be that stupid, or is this some sort of frame up?”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/26/acorn-antagonist-arrested-senate-phone-scheme/
Looks pretty dumb on its face. Why do this, when the ACORN sting was soo successful? If they indeed are convicted, it will lessen the power of the ACORN/COI sting in the public’s mind.
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