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he is required to reside with his parents in New Jersey

Harsh....

1 posted on 01/30/2010 7:11:31 PM PST by steve-b
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Oh dear....


2 posted on 01/30/2010 7:15:54 PM PST by EmilyGeiger (Our constitution was written so that we could have equal opportunity, not equal results.)
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waited inside the office and used his cellphone to record his two colleagues saying that the senator's phone was not receiving calls, according to charges unsealed Tuesday....

If convicted, O'Keefe could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison


Convicted of recording his own two colleagues, from whom he had obtained permission, saying that the senator's phone was not receiving calls? I don't think this is going to fly.
3 posted on 01/30/2010 7:19:36 PM PST by aruanan
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“he is required to reside with his parents in New Jersey”

New Jersey??? I think I’d plead guilty and ask for the electric chair.


4 posted on 01/30/2010 7:19:36 PM PST by shelterguy
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The conservative activist accused this week in a plot to tamper with telephones in the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) admitted to the scheme Friday.

Well, this matter is continuing to develop. But the lead paragraph of this Compost article appears to be a flat out lie.

Yes, O'Keefe has admitted to a "plot" of sorts, but he has NOT admitted to any plot to "tamper with phones." And if you read the rest of this brief article, it does not confirm that malicious and misleading charge.

I'm getting awfully sick of these lies from these high-paid liars. I thought that the Washington Post was marginally better than the NY Times, but evidently not.

6 posted on 01/30/2010 7:20:20 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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The statement by the WP is actionable libel, since they know it’s false (he denied committing any crime,) and their statement otherwise is clearly malicious.


7 posted on 01/30/2010 7:21:18 PM PST by sourcery (A Democrat is just a juvenile boy pissing on a Bush....)
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Where is the ACLU? Or any news orgs who care about journalists? This thing is rotten.


8 posted on 01/30/2010 7:21:26 PM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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He didn't admit to a "plot". He simply said he was there to observe the phone system operation and to film that observation. Some of the writers at the WarshPost are distressed with Mr. O'Keefe's presence and have a tendency to misrepresent what went on and what he said.

Moon Landrieu's corrupt daughter is in real trouble here. Even though I think all that happened was that her office managers pulled a wire that triggered a busy signal for inbound calls (while leaving the staff able to make outbound calls) she lied about what was wrong with the systems.

Now she's set up to be taking some citizens to court along about campaign season. No doubt other Democrat candidates are going to be concerned with this bit of her stupidity interfering with the way the public perceives them.

Up to 25 Representatives could lose the election just because of Moon Landrieu's daughter's arrogance!

9 posted on 01/30/2010 7:21:52 PM PST by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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This is what passes for journalism? Even for the comPost it’s pretty bad.


10 posted on 01/30/2010 7:22:32 PM PST by eclecticEel (The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
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O’Keefe, who is charged with entering federal property on false pretenses, said in a statement Friday that he undertook the project “as an investigative journalist.”

This is the charge which he admitted. A quick reading of the article would lead one to believe that he had admitted to “tampering with phones”. They neglect to point out that he was completely in a public area.

If this is prosecuted, it is clearly political.


11 posted on 01/30/2010 7:22:39 PM PST by the_Watchman
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If he is a Conservative Activist is there a equivalent Marxist Activist in the jargon of the Washington Post


12 posted on 01/30/2010 7:23:00 PM PST by tubebender (Thanks to all the Patriots who support Free Republic financially...)
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Read the article, it doesn’t appear O’Keefe confessed to a plot to tamper with the phones. He said admitted he filmed the other guys he was with and taht he was trying to discover if Landrieu was avoiding calls.

I’m guessing the idea was, they go there and say there have been reports the phones aren’t working.

The staff was expected to say “No, we are avoiding calls because all these people are calling complaining and we’re tired of hearing it”.

Now, is that recording such a dastardly act, deserving of 10 years in jail? I say no.


15 posted on 01/30/2010 7:24:31 PM PST by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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If I were on this jury I would definitely vote to acquit. We pay for these phones and as a result we should have a complete, absolute and irrefutable right to listen to any and all conversations which involve them.


17 posted on 01/30/2010 7:26:03 PM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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..what was he after by tapping the phones?...proof of the payoff she got for supporting Obama care?....maybe she got much more than we know....like cash in her pocket.

....the good news is that this ought to shake up some libs in Washington...let them know that there is another form of investigative journalism out there now...they can’t rely on their puppets in the MSM to totally cover for them any more.


18 posted on 01/30/2010 7:27:56 PM PST by STONEWALLS
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This is a “show” prosecution.


21 posted on 01/30/2010 7:30:24 PM PST by LikeLight (FReepin tweetz @StephenLBloom)
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"Harsh"

IMO, His Honor's purpose is to set up O'keefe for leftist media ridicule.


22 posted on 01/30/2010 7:31:17 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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Statement from James O'Keefe
24 posted on 01/30/2010 7:34:07 PM PST by Hildy
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Why wasn’t the Senator receiving calls from her constituents?

Oh nevermind, I forgot, this is about smearing O Keefe, not about The senator who is supposed to be working for the PEOPLE.


25 posted on 01/30/2010 7:36:47 PM PST by Freddd
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Is that the WP headline? Really? They suck. The numbers reflect the fact that they suck...


33 posted on 01/30/2010 7:45:37 PM PST by khnyny (Our government is becoming "The Committee of Public Safety")
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He should have limited himself to standing outside election polling places wearing a uniform and brandishing a club spouting racist phrases...that form of free intimidation...err...speech is applauded by the justice department.


34 posted on 01/30/2010 7:48:05 PM PST by highlander_UW (There's a storm coming - little kid at a Mexican gas station in The Terminator)
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What do you think about O’Keefe and what happened?
35 posted on 01/30/2010 7:48:43 PM PST by Mrs. Frogjerk
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