"EXTREMISM IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE"
Posted on 01/26/2010 6:43:50 PM PST by FromLori
The conservative young filmmaker who tarnished the reputation of a liberal activist group with his undercover videos has been arrested for allegedly trying to bug Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's office in New Orleans.
Federal investigators allege that James O'Keefe was among a group of four men who created a ruse to enter Landrieu's downtown office for the supposed purpose of repairing the lawmaker's telephones. O'Keefe and another man, Stan Dai, are accused of aiding the plot, while two others, Joseph Basel and Robert Flanagan, are accused of pretending to be telephone company employees, according to federal court records (PDF) unsealed today.
All four, including O'Keefe, were arrested Monday and charged by federal prosecutors with entering federal property under false pretenses and with the intent of committing a felony. If convicted, Flanagan, Basel, O'Keefe and Dai face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
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Moon Landrieu’s corrupt daughter really has no room to talk when it comes to crime. She’s the ultimate criminal Fur Shur.
Whether it had anything or not to do with his arrest....I’d bet dollars to donuts after his last sting...”bammy bugged his phones....right to Rahm’s desk...
Oh well, we’ve still got Hannah. She’s hotter, anyway.
Seems many here read the gubmints account, and immediately depict or believe the young man is guilty.
I don’t know what the real story is on this, but ten years in prison? That’s longer than Dan White got for shooting to death two Democrat politicians.
I am not worried one bit about James. You can be sure he has mentors and lawyers extensively review every action he plans.
I mean, he’s taking on Chicago, INC. The kid goes where angels fear to tread, and he ain’t gonna be stupid and wind up behind bars.
how did the fbi happen to be there to arrest them?
why would the fbi even be on to something this lame?
sounds like holder and white house set up these guys.
Even if he did this stupid thing, that does NOT mean ACORN is spotless.
Ha. You're not going to like the answers, Mary, because once the truth spills out, you may find yourself without a job.
May the Almighty YHWH stand with James O'Keefe and protect him, and may the truth reign. Amen.
how did the fbi happen to be there to arrest them?
It's simple. Landrieu's staff called the FBI when they suspected something was wrong. I suspect when a Senator's office telephones the FBI to report suspicious activity, the FBI responds post haste.
why would the fbi even be on to something this lame?
Because any possibly criminal activity at the office of a sitting US Senator would be investigated by the FBI.
sounds like holder and white house set up these guys.
Adjust your tin-foil hat. How does Eric Holder get O'Keefe and his colleagues - two of which are dressed in "repairman" garb - to enter a US Senator's office and misrepresent themselves as telephone repairmen?
What an awful mistake the country made in 1964.
Who has said that ACORN is spotless? But it sure seems a little reckless to have gotten involved in more intrigue while their ACORN operation is still very much being kicked around in the news and in the legal system.
When you read the FBI agent’s affidavit you see that he (O’Keefe) told “Witness 1”, a member of Landrieu’s staff, he was waiting for someone to arrive and was there before the other walked in. There’s no mention as to when or how the FBI was informed nor is there any evidence that O’Keefe or Flanigan or anybody for that matter were dealing with any “bugs” or listening devices. Also, according to the FBI agent’s affidavit, two individuals pretended to be phone company employees with the intention of bugging the phones but, aside from handling a phone in the office and going to the main office phone box there’s no evidence or proof that the intended to do anything of the sort. Right now they are only guily of gaining unlawful access to a federal building by portraying themselves as phone company workers.
...and I’m guilty of bad typing. Sorry.
We will see what a jury made up of O’Keefe’s peers in Orleans Parish has to say about the incident.
How this plays out depends on the federal prosecutor for the jurisdiction. It could get pretty ugly for these guys.
Right now they are only guily of gaining unlawful access to a federal building by portraying themselves as phone company workers.
Right now technically James can bring his ACORN sting into the case, along with more *discovery* from this case.
Are the RATS prepared for this migraine? Right around primary elections? I suggest not.
Between the Republican Federal Prosecuter in New Orleans and a local a jury, i’m sure they will find the truth.
I think O’keefe’s plan is working exactly how he wanted it to work. Any person that has kept abreast of his appearances would probably think the same thing.
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