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I've read the affidavit and, yes, Flanagan and Basel apparently admitted to impersonating phone employess. But the agenet also says O'Keefe and Dai aided and abetted them "to permit the entry for the purpose of interfering with the phone system". As a prosecutor, does "intefering" mean planting a bug? Or could it be any number of things?

Getting back to ACORN as I asked before: What if O'Keefe has evidence of wrongdoing between ACORN and Landrieu? Or at least evidence of a relationship between the two? After all, ACORN is based in New Orleans. Would it be possible to somehow bring that in as evidence and hence bring in ACORN itself?

Perhaps the Senator was using her office to help ACORN inappropriately in there litigation dealings with O'Keefe. I'm not an attorney so I call upon your expertise.

"As a prosecutor, does "intefering" mean planting a bug? Or could it be any number of things?"

No. In fact, if they had established (or do establish) that they were in possession of an actual listening device, the the charges and corresponding penalties become much worse. I don't have the relevant statutes memorized, but "interfering" comes in the same section as "tampering with", which could mean either destroying, disabling or otherwise interfering with the operation of equipment.

"Would it be possible to somehow bring that in as evidence and hence bring in ACORN itself?"

Highly unlikely.

Some people are anxious for O’Keefe’s VERITAS, some people dread it.

The ones who dread it on this thread and others regarding the case... well, I think they doth protest too much.