WaPo: Acorn Foe James O'Keefe arrested by FBI in plot to bug Landrieu's office

[TygrBright]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/01/report-acorn-foe-arrested-by-f.html?hpid=topnews

>>The conservative young filmmaker who tarnished the reputation of a liberal activist group with his undercover videos has been arrested for allegedly trying to bug Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's office in New Orleans.

Federal investigators allege that James O'Keefe was among a group of four men who created a ruse to enter Landrieu's downtown office for the supposed purpose of repairing the lawmaker's telephones. O'Keefe and another man, Stan Dai, are accused of aiding the plot, while two others, Joseph Basel and Robert Flanagan, are accused of pretending to be telephone company employees, according to federal court records (PDF) unsealed today.

All four, including O'Keefe, were arrested Monday and charged by federal prosecutors with entering federal property under false pretenses and with the intent of committing a felony. If convicted, Flanagan, Basel, O'Keefe and Dai face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

Flanagan, 24, is the son of acting U.S. Attorney William J. Flanagan, who runs the Western District of Louisiana federal prosecutors' office in Shreveport. U.S. Attorney Flanagan declined to comment through an office assistant. <<

I LOVE this spin on this story!

blissfully,
Bright

[freethought]

1. The son of a Federal Prosecutor??!!!

HOLY S__T! I wonder how "Dear old Dad" reacted when he found out his son was arrested for a federal felony? I have the distinct feeling that Little Robert Flanagan is going to have to deal with something a little more extreme that going to bed without dinner.
Seriously, reality is sometimes much stranger than fiction. You just can't make this stuff up! At least I couldn't.

[hatesthegop]

2. I am fearful these fuckers will walk

the MSM is already trying to down play..I was listening to Howard Fineman on Countdown tonight