Could O’Keefe be that stupid, or is this some sort of frame up?
My money’s on the latter.
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.
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.
“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.
“Could O’Keefe be that stupid, or is this some sort of frame up?”
Yes, I am sure that US Attorney Jim Letten who is a Republican appointed by George W. Bush is now in the business of framing Conservative activists.
Yeah, that must be it.
Anyone besides me see the irony in the FBI’s handling of this case vs. the Crotch Bomber?
The affidavit says O’Keefe admitted to the FBI that he worked with the others. This is a lot more serious than ACORN making a complaint. I wonder what they were up to or what the hell they though they could accomplish?
Could O’Keefe be that stupid, or is this some sort of frame up?. Maybe O'keefe was dragged to Mary Landrieu's office while unconscious, not without first dressing him like a phone company worker without him noticing.
My thoughts exactly. Frame up...
Does it strike anyone else as ‘strange’ that the arrests were made by the US Marshall’s service? Isn’t that a bit unusual?
O’Keefe and Giles were also sued in MD by ACORN and, IIRC, the State’s Attorney General, for taping on private property or some such. Also, various news reporters have been arrested over the years for violating federal law when testing airport security.
We should wait to see what the explanation is. The ‘press’ has a great deal of leeway not afforded the rest of us. I hope O’Keefe and his friends weren’t stupid enough to walk into illegal activity.
I’m going to say that everything worked according to O’Keefe’s plan. He was probably testing something.
It doesn’t make sense that O’Keefe would risk so much to wiretap one Senator who we already know is corrupt. There is WAY MORE to this story.
Me too. I doubt the govt on this one.
Sounds like he was trying to set up a phone tap of some sort.
“Could O’Keefe be that stupid, or is this some sort of frame up?”
He`s young and he became very famous very quickly. Dangerous combination. Yes, he could be that stupid.