Allies Accuse James O'Keefe of 'Hit Job' in Undercover NPR Sting

[Bill USA]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/15/allies-accuse-james-o-keefe-of-hit-job-in-undercover-npr-sting.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning&utm_term=Cheat%20Sheet

The two men who pulled off James O’Keefe’s NPR sting are now criticizing the conservative activist for what one calls a ‘hit job.’ They tell Howard Kurtz exclusively why they feel exploited.

The fake Muslim donor had played his role perfectly. The question was what to do next.

As the world would soon learn, Simon Templar had secretly recorded National Public Radio executives saying disparaging things about conservatives by passing himself off as Ibrahim Kasaam of the Muslim Education Action Center. He had even gotten a phone call with Vivian Schiller, NPR’s chief executive.

James O’Keefe, the man behind the undercover project, wanted to make the hidden-camera video public immediately last February as Congress debated whether to kill NPR’s funding. Templar insisted on waiting, and a confrontation ensued.

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[provis99]

1. typical conservative whining.

waah! the guy who exploits people also exploited me! waaahh!:nopity:

[Festivito]

2. "There's a reason O'Keefe never released the phone conversation" ... ... "he had nothing."

Schiller says the conversation wasn't damaging in the slightest: "There's a reason O'Keefe never released the phone conversation...secretly taped with me: he had nothing. I shut them down on every pass because they've could not answer even simple questions about their alleged organization.

"Was I polite? Of course I was," she said. "But we were never even close to taking their money."

[asjr]

3. "Simon Templar " was a character

in a television series many moons ago.

[DavidDvorkin]

4. He was a character in a series of books long before that

Simon Templar, The Saint. The books were written by the English novelist, Leslie Charteris.

Charteris was a pseudonym. The authoer was actually a Chinese immigrant, I think.