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Also arrested were Joseph Basel, Stan Dai and Robert Flanagan, all 24. Flanagan is the son of William Flanagan, who is the acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, the office confirmed. All four were charged with entering federal property under false pretenses with the intent of committing a felony.
Robert Flanagan's attorney, J. Garrison Jordan, said he believes his client works for the Pelican Institute. Asked the motivation for the alleged wiretap plot, he said: "I think it was poor judgment. I don't think there was any intent or motive to commit a crime."
So when the government taps our phones, it's legal. When we tap the government's phones, it's illegal. Is it me, or isn't there something a little ironic about the whole thing?
Is it me, or isn't there something a little ironic about the whole thing?
Mr. O’Keefe was in New Orleans last Thursday, giving a talk for the Pelican Institute, a libertarian group that “conducts scholarly research and analysis of Louisiana public policy.”
The topic of the speech was “Exposing Truth: Undercover Video, New Media and Creativity.”
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Would this be the "creativity" part? -- Investigative journalism without journalistic ethics or personal integrity.
Who didn't know the guy who dressed up like a pimp was bent?
In the government's defence, it doesn't really tap "our" phones. It taps the phones of a very small percentage of people. That I have no problem with. What I do have a problem with is the government going around the laws it has set up for itself, and it has, whenever it doesn't have enough grounds to tap somebody's phone.
NEW ORLEANS - 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 filmmaker arrested in senator?s office - More politics- msnbc.com
this is interesting. a son of a federal prosecutor? now we can stop pretending that this "film maker" is in any way non-biased. "poor judgement" my ass.
there are corrupt individuals in any large organization, don't you think?Guess ACORN isn't corrupt.
You thought he was unbiased? LOLnow we can stop pretending that this "film maker" is in any way non-biased.
That numerous and that easy to find? I don't think so.there are corrupt individuals in any large organization, don't you think?
That numerous and that easy to find? I don't think so.
Obviously he was targetted.
how numerous, really? it seems to me that just as many politicians are corrupt. refresh my memory, was acorn found guilty of anything?That numerous and that easy to find? I don't think so.
Obviously he was targetted.
say what? lol!Obviously he was targetted.
say what? lol!
he must mean the film maker was targeted. only explanation.Obviously someone neglected to ready the story. There's no way anyone's that dense. :mrgreen:
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