James O'Keefe's Latest 'Terrorist' Medicaid Sting Goes After Woman For Following Law

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Source: Talking Points Memo

James O'Keefe's Latest 'Terrorist' Medicaid Sting Goes After Woman For Following Law
Ryan J. Reilly | July 20, 2011, 6:00AM



Stop me if you've heard this one. A man goes into a public assistance office in Charleston, South Carolina in a kilt, tells them he's a member of the Irish Republican Army and asks for help for 25 fellow Irishmen in a hospital who need Medicaid.

A government employee follows the rules and explains the process for filling out a Medicaid paperwork and the qualifications they'd need to meet. She informs them that a federal law intended to protect patient privacy requires her not to divulge any information he's told her.

So what happens next? James O'Keefe's Project Veritas releases a deceptively edited video that makes the woman look like a terrorist sympathizer, though it isn't even clear if she knows the background of the IRA.

In the edited version, the woman says it would not be in her best interest to divulge anything because she could not afford it and she doesn't want to go to jail. As it turns out, that's what she's supposed to do under the law.

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[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Why isn't O'Keefe in jail????

[Hugin]

3. Beat me to it... n/t

[HopeHoops]

5. Good point. O'Keefe should be playing "pick up the soap" by now.

[myrna minx]

10. Exactly. n.t

[AlbertCat]

18. Why isn't O'Keefe in jail????

He can wear his kilt there.

His outfits are hysterical. Who falls for this shit?

The type of kilt he's wearing is a formal garment... like black tie or something. The kilt hose (socks) with the garters (the little ribbon thingies) are mostly for dancers.

[SpankMe]

49. Who falls for this shit, you ask?

Right-wing fuckbags. That's who.

We here at DU can see this is one of O'keefe's most fouled up stunts yet. But, no matter how obvious it is this particular stunt is more full of holes than anything else he's ever done, there's that bottom-feeding percentage of FoxNews/Freepers who'll believe only the edited version as presented and beat the drum of "see, Obama's government supports terrorists" bullshit.

I know we have the first amendment here. But, at what point do we get to judge this nonsense as so valueless and potentially harmful that there can be charges and fines?

And the MSM won't analyze this with due diligence because criticizing and exposing anything conservative gets them labeled by the right as the "liberal media". They're so afraid of the label, that they're not even exposing the truth any more and are even magnifying some of the more trivial transgressions by liberals and Democrats in order to appear more "equally weighted" in their lib v. con coverage.

We need an O'keefe on the left who will go out and punk conservatives. These bastards need to be called out.

[PatrynXX]

39. I thought he was in jail

like releasing a sex offender by accident

[PatrynXX]

40. strike that. isn't he a sex offender? n/t

[Taverner]

44. He needs to spend about 10 years in Angola

[Hugin]

2. Why isn't he in jail for hacking a Senator's office?

I mean, really. :eyes:

In England he'd have to at least speak before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

[Exultant Democracy]

19. For serious

[Hugin]

22. For serious.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/us/politics/27landrieu.html

[24601]

61. Because he didn't is the short answer. n/t

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[July16th-20th]

8. Amen!

[Botany]

17. sooner or later somebody is going to beat the hell .....

..... out of James O'Keefe and when it happens I will not feed bad. His "stings" are made to hurt people
just doing their jobs and he thinks he is above the law james is gonna cross the wrong person and he
will be in a world of hurt.

I want to know who is paying him.

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[Botany]

33. the man should be in jail

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/10/04/james_okeefe_sex_boat_post

[Blue Owl]

6. Cut from the same cloth as Rupert Murdoch

Someday James O'Keefe will be running the whole Corporate Media M$M sideshow.

[DesertDiamond]

38. I think he actually is a henchman of Murdoch. That could explain why he's not in jail.

[Plucketeer]

7. O'keefe is qualified

as a urinalist. He's flush with brilliant schemes.

[leahcim]

9. Do the Irish even wear kilts?

I mean, isn't it mainly a Scottish thing?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

13. Yes, Irish do not wear kilts -

Not only is O'Keefe a little sack of shit, but he's a STUPID little sack of shit.

[AlbertCat]

20. Yes, Irish do not wear kilts -

Uh... yes they do. But mostly not a kilt made from a tartan. There are some Irish tartans, but mainly they wear kilts made from solid wool. I've seen them in a solid ochre color.

Ooo... here's a pic:



As I said before... he's dressed like a formal Scottish dancer! That expensive sporran is a hoot! "My sporran's bigger than yours!"

BTW... I'm a costume designer... of Scottish heritage. I made my own kilt outta my tartan (Hunter) and in researching how to do it traditionally, learned a thing or two.

[hootinholler]

30. Indeed that is one expensive sporran

Seal face? That's a grand there.

The Glengarry isn't Irish either.

I believe it's time for O'Keefe to gain a better understanding of Scotland's motto: Nemo me impune lacessit.

IMHO he's dressed business/evening but not quite formal (black tie), although the sporran screams black tie.

-Hoot

[leahcim]

42. Irish kilt-wearing notwithstanding...

...he's now listed on the tvtropes "Scotireland" page.

[alp227]

43. maybe he should go to an Irish pub wearing that and doing his thing

see if he lasts 30 seconds

[The Wizard]

11. That sniveling little prick

needs to be disemboweled.

[cliffordu]

32. Yep. In a public square someplace.

[Webster Green]

34. That's a little bit over the top.

Although I wholeheartedly agree.

I would love to meet up with that little punk. :mad:

[backtomn]

12. I agree that this guy is a sleaze, but......

He may just be trying to point out that terrorists can request government help and government workers are not allowed to tell anyone what they know. Sounds like a problem to me. She didn't break the law, but the law is ridiculous. I just wish this idiot would not be out there trying to make a good person look like a criminal.

What did happen to his fake phone company employee case ??

[Vasmosn]

15. Is that a real danger?

Are most terrorists really going to walk into some federal agency, tell them they're terrorists and then taunt them about not being able to tell anyone because it's the law? Somehow I doubt it.

[quakerboy]

24. Um... no

do not minimize. He is not "just trying" anything. If he was trying to make a legit point, he would not be altering the video.

[EFerrari]

45. He's an ignorant @ss and I can't wait until he lands behind bars.

The law is not ridiculous, it protects the privacy of vulnerable people. And don't worry, I'm sure the Patriot Act has a work around anyway.

[DesertDiamond]

46. When do terrorists apply for Medicare?

[DesertDiamond]

47. Or Medicaid either. Seriously.

[frylock]

14. i hope the IRA takes exception to this poseur using them in his ruse..

better check the undercarriage of your car, dick.

[plumbob]

16. Yes, the IRA could lend us all a hand here.

Please?

[mistertrickster]

51. Good point. They don't take a joke well . . . nt

[SemperEadem]

21. wait--Irishmen wear Scottish kilts?

he's kitted out in Scottish attire complete with a tartan. Exactly who's family tartan is he wearing?

[JackRiddler]

23. One need only point this out to the right Irish and Scots and they'll take care of O'Keefe.

[Starry Messenger]

28. The O'Douche Clan.

[hootinholler]

35. Better than that!

Bear with me a minute. That is a Scottish outfit. He is claiming to be with the IRA, the group fighting the Scots-Irish (or Orangemen) to toss them out of Ireland.

While there are Irish who wear kilts. I submit that no IRA member would don a Scottish kilt :rofl:

-Hoot

[NashVegas]

25. Neat Trick

To his credit, O'Keefe posted the full unedited video of the "sting" directly after the edited version. Which makes it all the more curious that Project Veritas edited the tape in a way that paints the government employee in a bad light.

This way, he leaves it to his fanboys to spread the malicious video.

[libodem]

54. Love

Your Bachman avitar.

[Enthusiast]

26. They showed this story

on my Columbus Ohio CBS affiliate. Their take was favorable to O'Keefe and they went on to point out how he basically helped the nation with his "expose" on ACORN.

[SoapBox]

27. I wish some one would kick his ass good...

...dirt bag.

[Fuddnik]

31. The poor womans job requires her to listen to him.

She can't just throw everyone out of her office, even if she thinks they're an asshole.

[crim son]

36. I thought the picture was a joke.

I don't think he's stupid; I think he enjoys his "work" and thinks he's clever because no matter how ridiculous his set-ups, there are morans who will believe he's proven something. It would be amusing if he weren't capable of doing so much damage but because he is, it's merely disgusting.

[MrScorpio]

37. If he filed a phony application, isn't he committing Medicaid fraud?

Don't they prosecute people for that kind of thing?

[avaistheone1]

53. Good point.

[Hubert Flottz]

56. If he put his signature on the page and lied on the application he

should go to jail.

[Kingofalldems]

60. And he might still be on probation

[PatrynXX]

41. now that it's sunk in, the IRA might put him on a hitlist

last thing they wanna be compared to are the scotts X_X

william wallace will not be please. and I doubt the Scotts want to be associated with the IRA. I'm not a fan of them. Sinn Fein bit better. Did belong to a support group for IRA history a long time ago. But Sinn Fein well it's really Michael Collins Fault there. IRA killed him and if I remember right some of the Sinn Fein is from his efforts so I naturally joined that side of the apple.

[LeftinOH]

48. His tactics (and costumes) are so ridiculous that I am curious his 'targets' don't

simply say to him: "Are you kidding me with this crap?" or at least "I'm having reservations about the seriousness of your request". I certainly would. Scammers are everywhere.

[mistertrickster]

52. For all we know, 9 out 10 people he contacts tell him to go eff himself.

He doesn't pass that on to Fox News . . .

[LeftinOH]

57. True- not everyone has a built-in bullsh!t detector. n/t

[mistertrickster]

50. Is he the one with the syphilis? nt

[demwing]

55. I think O'Keefe may have stepped in it

I sure wouldn't want to be known as the guy who misrepresented himself as a member of the IRA in order to pull off a scam.

Any IRA connected people out there?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

58. San Francisco -

My town was the place all the IRA members ended up when they had to leave home one step ahead of the coppers. :) Send O'Keefe our way.

[Heywood J]

59. He's not only a bad journalist, he's a bad videographer.

The volume is so poorly modulated during his narration that every time he pronounces a B or a P, it sounds like the microphone is in his mouth. There are such things as professional quality microphones with screens - you would think he could invest in one, given how much the outfit looks to have cost.

[McCamy Taylor]

62. I want to see GOPers get on TV and denounce the IRA as "terrorists". I really want to see it.

Don't be pussies. Never mind that 20% of Americans consider themselves Irish (at least in part) and most of them think the British were as bad in Ireland as slave owners were in the U.S. South making those who fought against the British occupation about the same as abolitionists like John Brown. You need to stand up for principles, GOP. Go on. Take aim with that shotgun and shoot yourselves in the foot. Pretty please.

Think of the praise you will win in Great Britain, from all those Big Pharm companies that are making out like bandits on Medicare Part D.

What will this guy's next stunt be? Will he go down the the Social Security office wearing a beret, claim that he was a member of the French Resistance in WWII who bombed German trains and now he wants to start collecting on his retirement?

[No Elephants]

63. This lying clown should get no air time and no print inches.

People need to stop pretending he is an investigative journalist and treat him like the lame, lying arse he is.

Oh, yeah, and why isn't he in jail for gaining access to a Senator's office and phone system under false pretenses?