Does anyone know how they caught the Pimp and his cronies red handed?

[trumad]

I can't seem to find how the FBI showed up and caught them on the scene... Did someone from the Senators office report them?

[Nite Owl]

1. It was something about ID

when asked they said it was in the truck and then someone (?) called it in. Not sure who that was.

[Fleshdancer]

2. From what I can tell...

authorities were called after the "phone repair idiots" were asked for their ID's and made some lame excuse about leaving them in the car.

[pipi_k]

4. that's what I heard too...and then their entire story started to fall apart n/t

[WeDidIt]

3. They went to the office of the building to gain access to the phone closet

where they were asked for credentials.

When they claimed they left their credentials in the truck, U.S. Marshals were called. The FBI is stationed in the building.

Boom goes the dynamite.

[zonkers]

10. They obviously seemed pretty confident about their "method". I wonder how many times it has

worked for them in the past as well as how "bugs" are currently in use.

[hedgehog]

5. I missed this story - what happened?

[robinlynne]

9. me too. Pimp? politics?

[robinlynne]

11. oh it must be the kid who tried to frame ACORn, trying to do it again. He was caught

trying to mess with LAndrieua's phone lines.

[hedgehog]

12. I've long thought that the reason Republicans think the way they do is that they

live in a fantasy world. Clearly, these guys watched Mission Impossible and Bourne and thought they were watching documentaries.

[Richardo]

6. GSA asked for ID, they 'left it in the car' and left; GSA called the US Marshalls.

I think.

[Botany]

7. 2 things

They were already under federal investigation and when they went upstairs to the "have a look"
a the main phone box when a staff member asked to see their phone company I.D.s they said that
they left them in their truck and tried to run away. All 4 were arrested either in the building
or w/ in blocks of the building.

[merh]

8. Smart office employees. When the two playing telephone techs

couldn't show ID and the office knew they were not having telephone problems, the Marshals that guard the federal building called the FBI.

I've been there, that office building has very good security. You have to sign in, show ID and tell where you are going and for what purpose. It isn't just going through metal detectors.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

13. Basically a live action version of this Simpsons clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq2fiCgq6_U&feature=player_embedded