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Yesterday, the FBI arrested O’Keefe and three others — “charged with entering federal property under false pretenses with the intent of committing a felony” — saying that they were plotting to wiretap Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office (D-LA). One of the other men, Robert Flanagan, is the son of William Flanagan, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana. Two of the men “dressed as telephone company employees” and showed up to Landrieu’s New Orleans office, saying they had to “fix phone problems.” O’Keefe was already there and was “positioning his cell phone in his hand to videotape the operation”
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After being asked, the staffer gave Basel access to the main phone at the reception desk. The staffer told investigators that Basel manipulated the handset. He also tried to call the main office phone using his cell phone, and said the main line wasn’t working. Flanagan did the same.
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They then told the staffer they needed to perform repair work on the main phone system and asked where the telephone closet was located. The staffer showed the men to the main General Services Administration office on the 10th floor, and both went in. There, a GSA employee asked for the men’s credentials, after which they stated they left them in their vehicle. The U.S. Marshal’s Service apprehended all four men shortly thereafter.
Welp in the context of we have no clue how to spin this so we don't look like idiots. This was my fave part
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Andrew Breitbart's site Big Government, which helped make O'Keefe a star and pays him to be a contributor, claims that it had no knowledge of what the four individuals were up to. Michelle Malkin writes, "They are, of course, presumed innocent until proven guilty. But for now, let it be a lesson to aspiring young conservatives interested in investigative journalism: 'Know your limits. Know the law. Don’t get carried away. And don’t become what you are targeting.'" Hot Air blogger Ed Morrissey said, "Journalists don't tap phones, and if that's what he tried, he's an idiot."
haha feel a bit sad for that kid. i liked his investigative journalism, but he knew he was gonna get caught one way or another. but the chick he worked or works with is mighty sexy
It is hilarious that everyone here thinks they know what these guys were up to. They weren't caught doing anything and it is all speculation at this point. Wait for the facts, this is an attempt at a smear campaign and making a mountain out of a mole hill. So far the only thing anyone got caught doing is pretending to be phone technicians and O'keefe wasn't one of them. Wait for the facts.
It is hilarious that everyone here thinks they know what these guys were up to. They weren't caught doing anything and it is all speculation at this point. Wait for the facts, this is an attempt at a smear campaign and making a mountain out of a mole hill. So far the only thing anyone got caught doing is pretending to be phone technicians and O'keefe wasn't one of them. Wait for the facts.
Yes, easily a misunderstanding. Just a simple case of pretend play.
Maybe next they can pretend to be jailbirds.
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