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.
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What could they be charged with?
Thats what I am wondering.
Reading the affidavit, I saw that they were charged with trespassing among other minor charges. Protesters routinely get arrested for this are are typically released after 3 days for time served.
I wonder how much is actually going to stick, especially once the video hits.
I would not want to be the judge sentencing them to any sort of time after it is shown that contrary to Landrieus claims, they were literally polishing their nails while the people were blocked from contacting their representative.
BONUS Conspiracy Theory; I bet that the “accomplice” that was in the car a block or two away was busily calling Landrieus office over and over and they were filming the attempts to call along with scenes of the receptionist updating her Facebook while voicemail was telling callers that no lines were available.
I could be wrong but I do think that this is very close to what did and will happen.
Cheers,
knewshound
“Trespass, impersonating phone company employees ... All not so swift if you think about it.”
Yeah we know the charges are legit. I mean its not like this Senator has accepted $100 billion bribes or anything.
You all know, if you’ve read Harvey Silverglate’s “Three Felonies a Day,” or if you’ve had my unfortunate experiences in federal court, it’s not what the defendants actually *did*, it’s what the feds *say* they did.
Jesus could be convicted in federal court. (Oh wait, he was, wasn’t he?)
I see LEO arrests for ignoring law and following PC. Maybe the purpose of the operation.
Shoot.
I was hoping for a major mining operation.
Why aren’t the libTARDS blaming Bush?
I think we’ve found the first thing on planet Earth that ISN’T Bush’s fault?
FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.
“impersonating phone company employees “
No law against this.
btt
Impersonation of anyone to gain access is at a minimum trespass. And federal offices and buildings enforce that. Senate offices are considered federal property even if they aren’t. There is also a security issue when discussing members of Congress.
It may also fall under the terrorist statues.
The charging FBI affidavit says trespass ... It was a really bad decision to do whatever they were doing at a federal office.
Uh - uh. A PBX phone system is digital and it sends voice information in data packets to the individual phones. You can’t wiretap it. If you want to infiltrate it, you have to get into the server and program it to redirect certain calls to another line so that you can translate the information to voice and then listen to it.
“Impersonation of anyone to gain access is at a minimum trespass. “
Are you a lawyer?
Read the charging documents.
That was the initial charge. They change by the day.
Trespass in a public office? Impersonating phone company employees but did not attempt to bug the phones? Is that like impersonating a plumber and merely checking out the toilet? So what was illegal?
Read the affidavit.
Cheers.
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