FBI: 4 Charged in Scheme to Interfere with Phone System in Senator Mary Landrieu's Office

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal authorities say people posing as phone technicians tried to interfere with the phone system in U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office.

An FBI affidavit says four people were arrested Monday. At least two of them were dressed in work clothes and construction hats and claimed they were technicians for a telephone company. . . .

http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=11883164


NEW ORLEANS — A conservative activist who has caused problems for the community organizing group ACORN and the son of a federal prosecutor were among four people arrested and accused of trying to interfere with phones at U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu's office. . . .

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6836271.html


NEW ORLEANS - A conservative filmmaker whose undercover videos shone a spotlight on alleged corruption by the liberal activist group ACORN was arrested with three other men and accused of plotting to wiretap the New Orleans offices of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. . . .

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35083861/ns/politics-more_politics/

[Swede]

1. Welcome aboard.

Good find. quote from the link

An FBI criminal complaint charging the men was unsealed Tuesday.

O'Keefe was the brains behind a series of undercover videos which have caused major problems for ACORN — the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now.

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8. Was he trying to show how easy it is to get access to a senator's phones?

WTF?

[rfranklin]

2. Even better...it was the ACORN "pimp" videographer

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7575813

I wonder if Fox will do days of discussion on this one.

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10. I hope Olbermann will.

[malaise]

13. Dylan Radigan is covering this right now

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

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15. Details please.

[Beetwasher]

3. Oh Snap! The ACORN Pimp Busted On A FEDERAL CRIME!!!

Ha Ha!

[malaise]

4. Rec

This is huge. I hope Dems pay attention and blast this in the House and Senate the way ReTHUGS promoted the anti-Acorn BS.

Watergate #2 - have they bugged any other Dems phones?

[Kingofalldems]

5. Hey freepers!

Boo---hahahahaha!

[Tailormyst]

6. I'm glad that idiot is not on our side.

Not only a criminal, but a stupid fucking criminal to boot.

[Kingofalldems]

7. In re the GOP: If you are a convicted bank robber and a bank is robbed

Don't the cops come and question you first thing? :shrug:

[tridim]

9. Enjoy Federal (pound me in the @ss) prison, idiots. nt

[Gin]

11. how did they get caught?

[FiveGoodMen]

12. Forrest Gump called security and said the lights must be out in their office.

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14. I'm guessing Hannah Giles was the brains behind the operation.

I hope the investigation gets their whole white supremacist clique and locks 'em up.

Federal felony conspiracy charges are a big deal, I suspect.

[conscious evolution]

18. That is the question of the day

[tridim]

20. US Marshalls arrested them after asking for credentials.

[Feron]

16. Linda Tripp FAIL. nt

[sabrina 1]

17. Rachel Maddow did some great reporting on the ACORN

story involving this guy.

They did initially cause problems for ACORN. But ACORN has wony its lawsuit against Congress for its action taken based on those phony and in at least two states, illegal videos.

The media continues to ignore what was revealed later about the lies O'Keefe told and ACORN'S victory over the defunding bill.

ACORN also filed a lawsuit against O'Keefe and Giles and Breitbart, the big mouth who runs a blog where he supported these two.

They could also be charged for violating MD's and CA's law against recording people without their knowledge. I hope that happens soon also.

A big question that was raised during that whole stunt was who is funding O'Keefe. Morgan Blackwell was mentioned since he did fund some of his college stunts.

Blackwell didn't want to be associated with the last stunt because it could lose him his tax-emempt status for one thing.

I hope this investigation gets to the bottom of their antics and who is behind them. I doubt this was their only attempt to bug Democrats.

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19. I guess Jimmy's not going to be able to cop an ignorance plea

in terms of the law and surreptitious recordings. Everybody knows he's an expert.