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Excuse my schadenfreude, but it's been a crappy run of days lately in politics, and this one was needed for "our side." A young man who has been touted as the future of journalism by the right-wing has been hoisted by his own petard. This could possibly turn out to be little more than a prank. But when you pull a prank at a US government facility, with the implication of doing damage to a United States Senator? Well, that turns a prank into a criminal offense, even if he only gets a slap on the wrist for it.
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Activist filmmaker arrested in senator’s office
A conservative filmmaker who posed as a pimp to target the liberal activist group ACORN was arrested with the son of a federal prosecutor and two other men and accused of plotting to tamper with the New Orleans offices of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
Activist James O'Keefe, 25, recorded two of the other suspects with his cell phone as they walked into the office dressed like telephone repairmen and said they needed to fix problems with the phone system, according to an FBI affidavit. . .
Activist James O'Keefe, 25, recorded two of the other suspects with his cell phone as they walked into the office dressed like telephone repairmen and said they needed to fix problems with the phone system, according to an FBI affidavit. . .
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