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Why tamper with Landrieu's phones? (Law Enforcement Confirms No Wiretap Attempt)
MSNBC ^ | 1-27-10 | NBC's Pete Williams

Posted on 01/27/2010 5:34:49 PM PST by icwhatudo

A law enforcement official says the four men arrested for attempting to tamper with the phones in the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) were not trying to intercept or wiretap the calls.

(Excerpt) Read more at firstread.msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: acorn; okeefe
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To: driftdiver

If it was Michael Moore they would have been asking for autographs.


21 posted on 01/27/2010 5:48:46 PM PST by usual suspect
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To: hope

That’s what was reported on O’Reilly about 10 minutes ago


22 posted on 01/27/2010 5:52:16 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: hope
"So it was a set up only to show that the queen of the Louisiana purchase does not answer her phones?"

LOL........pretty much yes.

23 posted on 01/27/2010 5:52:16 PM PST by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: jla
Well, if it WAS a prank...

This is always good for a laugh!

24 posted on 01/27/2010 5:52:46 PM PST by jaz.357 ("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." W.Churchill)
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To: icwhatudo

tamper? or use?


25 posted on 01/27/2010 5:55:21 PM PST by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: Marty62

You don’t get much “discovery” in a federal criminal case under Federal Rule 16. Heck, most of the time you don’t even get witness statements until after the witness testifies (Jencks Act).


26 posted on 01/27/2010 5:56:04 PM PST by Bill ORightsly
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To: driftdiver

Trespass, impersonating phone company employees ... All not so swift if you think about it.


27 posted on 01/27/2010 5:57:45 PM PST by Tarpon ( ...)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I confess to not knowing much about this, but your post got me to wondering if Mary Landrieu demanded that the Saints make it to the Super Bowl in exchange for her vote for health care. Hmmmmmmm. After watching all the bad calls during that game, I gotta wonder. And I grew up as a Saints fan. We watched them lose week after week. Sounds crazy, but I can believe almost anything would be a bargaining chip with these clowns.


28 posted on 01/27/2010 5:58:12 PM PST by petitfour (Are you a Dead Fish American?)
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To: icwhatudo

Since Mary Cream Cheese DOESN’T ANSWER her PHONES, this was a way of SHOWING than when a call comes in, the phones aren’t answered!!!


29 posted on 01/27/2010 5:58:31 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: icwhatudo

It’s gotta suck to be the State-Run Media these days...


30 posted on 01/27/2010 5:58:41 PM PST by Allegra (It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
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To: Tarpon

Neither is illegal!


31 posted on 01/27/2010 5:59:04 PM PST by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
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To: mnehring

Exactly what I was thinking. Could be false accusations by Landrieu’s staffers. Probably a way overblown story with the charges being dropped in a few weeks.


32 posted on 01/27/2010 5:59:18 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Tarpon

Sure didn’t look like those guys were in any kind of UNIFORM like what was first reported,,,,that they were inpersonating Telephone employees!!!


33 posted on 01/27/2010 6:01:41 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: bvw
Ping to above comment.

34 posted on 01/27/2010 6:01:55 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Ann Archy

The affidavit I read said they were impersonating telephone company employees ... Not sure about the uniform part.


35 posted on 01/27/2010 6:03:51 PM PST by Tarpon ( ...)
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To: Tarpon

Guessing they REALLY DIDN”T “impersonate”.


36 posted on 01/27/2010 6:05:43 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: icwhatudo

This is not your daddy’s FBI.

The normal FBI has been replaced by French poodles on loan from Chamberlain’s relatives. If you want to scare an FBI poodle, mention Hoover.


37 posted on 01/27/2010 6:10:49 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: fours

I think what they were pretending to be Telephone repair people because apparently Landrieus office is impossible to reach by phone. I suspect, and this is a WAG mind you, that in fact the office phones were busied out by the staff. The result of which is that no one can call the office unless they know another number. I suspect they were filming Landrieus receptionist filing her nails, surfing the net and assorted other things rather than take calls.

The “tampering” I suspect was their “repairman” verifying that the phone did in fact work and that if the office CHOSE to, they could take calls at any time yet they had forwarded all calls to voicemail or something of the sort.

Just a guess mind you, and a wild a$$ one at that, but I suspect I am close to the truth on this.

Cheers,

knewshound


38 posted on 01/27/2010 6:11:03 PM PST by knews_hound (Credo Quia Absurdium--take nothing seriously unless it is absurd. E. Clampus Vitus)
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To: knews_hound

I really like your theory, and definitely could imagine them attempting a silly video stunt, dramatizing “Why isn’t she answering our calls?” with phony repairmen.

Still, a Senator’s office is a dangerous target ... curious if Michael Moore ever attempted hijinks in federal buildings?


39 posted on 01/27/2010 6:17:15 PM PST by fours
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To: icwhatudo

What have these men been charged with?


40 posted on 01/27/2010 6:23:42 PM PST by NoLibZone (Be of good cheer True Conservatives- McCain could have won! Right? /Sarc . Tis Why We Support Brown!)
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