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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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1 posted on 01/26/2010 1:02:30 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Could O’Keefe be that stupid, or is this some sort of frame up?

My money’s on the latter.


2 posted on 01/26/2010 1:04:24 PM PST by Peter W. Kessler (Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

For the sake of my government, the arrests had better be based on legitimate evidence of an actual crime.

I’m just sayin’.


3 posted on 01/26/2010 1:04:41 PM PST by Heavyrunner (Socialize this.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

This will be on the news ad nauseum for a long time.


4 posted on 01/26/2010 1:05:08 PM PST by SoDak (bitter clinger)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Hey I have a great idea: Let’s take the government’s word for what happened!


5 posted on 01/26/2010 1:05:39 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: Liz; maggief; SE Mom; STARWISE; hoosiermama; JustPiper; Madame Dufarge; Lakeshark; kcvl; just; ...

No details yet!


6 posted on 01/26/2010 1:05:47 PM PST by onyx
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To: Admin Moderator

Please update the link on this article to the following.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/26/acorn-antagonist-arrested-senate-phone-scheme/

Thanks!


7 posted on 01/26/2010 1:06:51 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Honesty, Character, & Loyalty still matter)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/26/acorn-antagonist-arrested-senate-phone-scheme/


8 posted on 01/26/2010 1:07:06 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: SoDak

I guess the MSM will have to be dragged kicking and screaming to this story after a few weeks, just like they were when the original ACORN videos broke.

Oh, wait.


9 posted on 01/26/2010 1:07:08 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: BuckeyeTexan

WHAT?!!!!!!!


10 posted on 01/26/2010 1:07:31 PM PST by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Sir Gawain

Will a March on DC come of this?
They do it for scum like Mumia...


11 posted on 01/26/2010 1:08:17 PM PST by RadioCirca1970 (Victory or Death in the War on Terror)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Easy ~ this guy was down in New Orleans which is the capital city of the entire ACORN operation. They were supposedly in Moon Landrieu's daughter's office (in a federal building perhaps?) and had tools, etc. and it is claimed they were going to mess with her phone system.

It's not beyond belief this particular US Senator can be influenced to participate in further crime. After all she took a $300 million bribe from Obama and his lackeys.

She ought to be among the top targets for all independent scandal breakers.

12 posted on 01/26/2010 1:08:31 PM PST by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Under RICO, a person who is a member of an enterprise that has committed any two of 35 crimes—27 federal crimes and 8 state crimes—within a 10-year period can be charged with racketeering. Those found guilty of racketeering can be fined up to $250,000 and/or sentenced to 20 years in prison per racketeering count. In addition, the racketeer must forfeit all ill-gotten gains and interest in any business gained through a pattern of “racketeering activity.” RICO also permits a private individual harmed by the actions of such an enterprise to file a civil suit; if successful, the individual can collect treble damages.


13 posted on 01/26/2010 1:08:38 PM PST by gibtx2 (keep up the good work I am out of work but post 20 a month to this out of WF Check)
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Here's the FBI affidavit.

An FBI affidavit says the incident happened Monday. At least two of the suspects were dressed in work clothes and construction hats and claimed they were technicians for a telephone company.

The other three were identified as Stan Dai, 24; Robert Flanagan 24; and Joseph Basel, 24.

14 posted on 01/26/2010 1:08:45 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Honesty, Character, & Loyalty still matter)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

We should have seen this one coming. BO’s ACORNS have been having a rough go of it lately. Payback is a ...


15 posted on 01/26/2010 1:09:16 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (J.D. Hayworth for Senate!)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Scummy bunch at the FBI....


16 posted on 01/26/2010 1:09:32 PM PST by pointsal
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To: pointsal
Scummy bunch at the FBI....

And another thread on FR says they are hiring 3500 new employees this year.

17 posted on 01/26/2010 1:11:10 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: Peter W. Kessler
I agree frame up.

FREE THE NEW ORLEANS 4.
18 posted on 01/26/2010 1:11:45 PM PST by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: Peter W. Kessler

I’d take that bet. O’Keefe has(had) a promising future, and was very aggressive in getting scoops. Unfortunately I don’t think he would have used enough restraint in the pursuit of a good story.


19 posted on 01/26/2010 1:11:54 PM PST by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

I think this is what Obama was talking about when he said they will be “fighting back.” This will be an ugly 2010 race and an ugly couple of years leading up to 2012 but we will prevail.


20 posted on 01/26/2010 1:12:30 PM PST by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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