Holy Shite - breaking on KO

[malaise]

Listening device picked up in a car a few blocks away.
They're screwed!!!!!!!!!!!! Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! :rofl:

[Electric Monk]

1. re: O'Keefe?

[malaise]

6. Yep Rachel will pick this up n/t

[wroberts189]

8. Yea..they caught a guy a few blocks away listening in per msnbc article. nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

29. Boyscout is going to the po-po.

[Posteritatis]

33. In addition to the other four? (nt)

[wroberts189]

39. Good question... it is unclear and I am watching this intently. nt

[wroberts189]

54. He was one of the four per this du vid link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x427943

[roguevalley]

43. tapping phones is so twentieth century.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

56. Particularly for some "new media" little shit. (n/t)

[yellowcanine]

53. Was he an old bald guy with a mustache who speaks German and looks like a thug?

[MadMaddie]

Watergate redux baby!!

Man they are so screwn!! Big time federal crime!

[gateley]

2. But already reported here on DU -- seriously! THE place for news!! nt

[MadMaddie]

5. Gately, you are so right!

Let's hear the right wing excuses for the federal crimes.

[malaise]

10. THey will attempt to move on after the Stae of the Union address

Dems must keep this on the agenda and raise it in every interview

[gateley]

23. With OUTRAGE! Like the Reps were beating the ACORN drum! Outrage! Nothing

less will suffice!!

[gateley]

12. I am just giddy about this! Giddy! nt

[MadMaddie]

17. Ha..ha..ha..

I am giddy from you being giddy!!

:popcorn: :rofl:

[malaise]

18. Hehehehehhe

I can't wait for Joe Scum and the Starbucks gang tomorrow morning.

Rachel is having a ball -love her graphic Break In News :rofl:

add

[usregimechange]

3. GOP connections?

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Ten years in the pokey

next special from inside a Federal Prison....

But that tells you a lot about the local authoritarians.

[johnfunk]

16. James O'Keefe will get his reality series... MSNBC Lockup

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. But not as a camerman

The real deal

And when he comes out, he'll be a hero to the right and get his damn radio show, mark words.

[Last Stand]

38. No doubt they'll be sharing a cell with Rove, Delay and Libby.

I try not to get my expectations for justice get to high in this country.

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. That was a good joke, thanks

:-)

Some piggies are more equal than others.

[WeDidIt]

7. This will be multiple charges

each carrying ten years.

They could be looking at fifty years minimum.

Methinks canaries shall sing.

[wroberts189]

14. They were laughing at their court hearing....

Please tell me ...what charges they will face? I really hope what you say is true but one is the son of an acting AG and you know how that goes.

And they are already free on an unsecured bond of 10k.


on edit: per mediamatters.com vid of local newscast

[blogslut]

46. Where did you read/hear that they were laughing at their hearing?

?

[wroberts189]

48. Here ya go.... :)

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201001260054

on edit ...20 seconds in...

[blogslut]

51. Thank you

I see the reporter said they were "in good spirits and smiling" during the hearing.

Just the same, what they're accused of doing is damned serious stuff, no matter how lightly the young men take it. It's not just that they deliberately attempted to commit a federal crime on federal property, they also posed as telephone workers and attempted to mess with communications devices.

I say, look for the government to press more charges.

[wroberts189]

52. Thats what Turley said on Countdown..watch for more charges....

just fyi: I took liberty with the word "laughing" as that was how I read into it and saw it in my mind .. for the record: no hyperbole intended.

It certainly seems like they are unaware of the seriousness of this. I would not have been smiling or in "good spirits".

It is going to be interesting to see what happens here.

[Marr]

27. I wish we lived near enough to bet cash on that.

You strike me as an optimist, WeDidIt.

[wroberts189]

41. Everyone seems to think they are in very big trouble....

I hope so but I have doubts as well.

[RC]

9. too bad our own government can't be nailed for doing stuff like this.

[onehandle]

11. Dead men walking. nt

[johnfunk]

13. James O'Keefe = E. Howard Hunt with a stupid haircut

:evilgrin:

[spanone]

15. we'll see if the media shows interest beyond the cables

[blogslut]

45. Oh, they're paying attention

Los Angeles Times
Wall Street Journal
USA Today
Reuters
ABC News
Houston Chronicle
CBS News
New York Times
NBC

Just to name a few:

http://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&topic=h&ncl=dFlPYAeMJUQt80MCExaAZRTG5bdCM&ict=ln

And probably a whole lot more by morning.

[rufus dog]

19. a bit off subject

but does anyone else notice the O'Keefe resemblance to Oswald?

[dbonds]

31. Seemed more like Timothy McVeigh to me

[rufus dog]

34. yup, I see that too

Just one of those guys that if you saw him in a bar, you would keep your eye on him.

[Canuckistanian]

20. FOLLOW THE MONEY

These "plumbers" didn't act on their own.

[Kingofalldems]

24. How far up does it go? Special Counsel needed now.

[wroberts189]

25. Someone posted that they were so incompetant they must have acted alone...

For instance not have any fake ID's?


Then again the pubs are not known for their intelligence.

[DainBramaged]

28. That was me, and I am sure this was the case

[wroberts189]

37. You convinced me over the fence with that post... nt

[Canuckistanian]

44. Haven't they watched Oceans 11?

You don't get anywhere without fake ID's

[wroberts189]

50. A very good point. Even Dr Who had a magic one. nt

[Caretha]

30. Very smart good point

Follow the money!

[Change Happens]

32. Amen...

[Kingofalldems]

21. ACORN owed an apology for sure

[John1956PA]

22. Follow the money.

In 1972, G. Gordon Liddy and another confederate (I think his name was Baldwin and he was never charged) were the outside operatives when the Watergate burglars were nabbed. I hope there is a similar shake-out this time around and the trail leads up to some big-time Rethug operators on the Rovian level.

[WolverineDG]

35. Surely there's a PATRIOT Act violation in there somewhere

pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

dg

[JBoy]

47. Ironically, Landrieu was one of the few Dems to vote for the Protect America Act

which amended the Patriot Act, allowing warrantless domestic wiretapping.

[WolverineDG]

49. but only by the government

not private individuals. Unless..... :evilgrin:

dg

[David Zephyr]

36. The trail will lead to Fox News.

They've been the recipient of every ambush video against ACORN thus far, so the logical conclusion is that they are, at least, on the periphery involved in this. Here's hoping the Justice Department will come down hard on this with everything they have.

[Canuckistanian]

40. YES

It will.

[johnfunk]

58. Hope it leads to John Ellis and the FOX News "Brain Room"

Ailes will be out the door before you can say, "Can I get your nitro tablets, Rupert?"

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

55. What a bunch of morons.

If this is true then they deserve to be locked up for stupidity if nothing else.

[Jennicut]

57. Keystone criminals.

[malaise]

59. Kick n/t