Latest O'Keefe/CNN Scam Appears to Include Felony Violation of MD Wiretap Laws. Again.

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Latest O'Keefe/CNN Scam Appears to Include Felony Violation of MD Wiretap Laws. Again.
Convicted rightwing criminal may also have violated terms of his federal probation...

Convicted federal criminal and Rightwing dirty-trickster James O'Keefe appears to have flagrantly run afoul of the rule of law yet again. This time, he appears to have violated and/or conspired to violate Maryland's Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act. It would not be the first instance of him having done so.

The apparent violation(s) of state felony laws, revealed today as part of what is being reported as O'Keefe's "botched" attempt to "punk CNN", comes on the heels of O'Keefe's previous apparent violations of the very same laws in MD, though law enforcement officials have yet to hold him accountable, to date, for those previous offenses.

Documents and other material produced by CNN today suggest that O'Keefe secretly, and illegally, taped phone calls he had with CNN's investigative journalist Abbie Boudreau, and conspired to secretly video tape her in a compromising situation, also in violation of MD law.

O'Keefe, who is currently on probation after pleading guilty to a federal misdemeanor following another botched scheme in Louisiana earlier this year, seems to have broken similar laws last year in a number of states, including Maryland, where he secretly videotaped employees at the offices of the community organization ACORN in Baltimore. Despite requests to MD law enforcement by a non-profit watchdog organization for a criminal investigation into the previous apparent violations of the state's felony wiretap laws --- and despite recognition of the "possible" violation of those laws in a number of law enforcement investigations elsewhere --- no action has been taken to date by state officials...

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[JuniperLea]

1. This story just gets better and better!

Sick, but awesome!

My first thought was to wonder how many laws were broken with this stunt.

[Bitwit1234]

2. What difference does it make what laws

he violated. There will be absolutely nothing done to him. He knows it and that's why he does what he does. He knows the law favors republicans.

[JustAnotherGen]

24. Amen

[Enthusiast]

45. Enforcement and justice favor Republicans.

The laws don't apply equally.

[Confusious]

3. Spoiled little rich brat.

Completely lacking in any morals.

Fucking aristocracy, hate em'.

[DearAbby]

4. Isnt he on parole for his last caper?

Will O'Keefe see the inside of the poke, enquiring minds want to know.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. + 1000

[msanthrope]

15. No parole in the fed system--he is on probation. n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

25. My understanding is that he's on probation.

Parole is something inmates may or may not be eligible for after a prison stint.

[Brother Buzz]

36. Congress eliminated federal parole in 1984, the year O'Keefe was born

Congress eliminated parole in 1984 with the Sentencing Reform Act for a offense that occurred after 01 November 1987. There is parole for offenses committed prior to that date.

[66 dmhlt]

47. Hell, just going out in public dressed like ...

THIS should easily get the a$$hole 5-10 years of hard time!

[SpiralHawk]

6. Republicon Family Values are so frikkin putrid

Ya got your grifters, your wide-stance diaper-sex-with-hookers freaks, your faux lesbian lusters with G.O.P. credit cards, your rentboy luggage handlers, your death-dealing lies about WMDs, your squandering of billions of tax dollars, your tax-cuts-for-the-elite, and skanky vile lawbreakers like O'Keefe & Brietbart.

These are the so-called 'Family Values' the Republicon actually live by and passionately cling to, and they are pathetically wrong wrong wrong for decent human beings.

Have Republicons at last no sense of honor? Definitely not.

[Politicalboi]

12. If they realized that

Then they would have to say they were wrong. Ignorance is bliss with Repukes. My brother calls Rhodes Scholar Rachel Maddow stupid, but yet is willing to put the "hand writing" nitwit as Prez. I just don't get it. If Obama were as clueless as Sarah, I wouldn't vote for him, I would be embarrassed for the party. They have no shame.

[glitch]

23. Don't forget your slave labor (see Doolittle) and/or paying your housekeeper 23cents/hr

when you're a BILLIONAIRE (see Whitman).

[glitch]

28. edit: $ not cents, I should never post before my morning tea.

[pgodbold]

43. Probably the best rant I will read today. Kudos! nt

[Kingofalldems]

7. And he is on probation, I believe.

[Kingofalldems]

8. K and R for Fox/O'Keefe's good buddy to see

:shrug:

[Janice325]

9. Does the little schmuck have any political contacts/connections in Maryland

who will just turn a blind eye or even get him off like they did in Louisiana??

Sheesh. :puke:

[Erose999]

27. SHEEEEIT

Couldn't resist.

Maybe its Congressman Bartlett, the only (R) in the Maryland congressional delegation. Or it might be someone in the state legislature.

[bergie321]

10. More childish hijinks

Republicans don't commit crimes...

[seabeyond]

14. he is an ADULT. he is a MAN. he is not a kid. this isnt a hijinks. crime...

it is a crime.

geeesh

[bergie321]

38. Sorry

Forgot the :sarcasm:

[seabeyond]

49. bah hahaha. lol. oh, ok. thanks. nt

[proReality]

53. He's not 40 yet, so it's

a "youthful indiscretion" that can be forgiven by Repubs. Sickening!

[democracy1st]

11. K & R

[SoCalDem]

13. What a gigantic FAIL.. he can't even use money to light his cigar correctly

You're supposed to use hundreds, dude...not your 99cent McDonald's lunch money :rofl:

[JBoy]

18. Actually, it's a crime to burn currency - so add that to the charges

http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/17/333

Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or
unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank
bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national
banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal
Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note,
or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

[Grassy Knoll]

16. ACORN would help people get on their feet...

after they got out of jail/prison , I wonder what general population will think
of him, maybe dress him as the Hoe, instead of a pimp.

[drmeow]

40. I was thinking

that if he ever ended up in a real jail, his hatched job on ACORN would spell REAL trouble for him.

[fishwax]

17. k/r

:kick:

[DeSwiss]

19. K&R

Law, what laws???? We don't need no stinkin' laws!!!!

- IOKIYAR

[Scurrilous]

20. K & R

:thumbsup:

[sam sarrha]

21. this guy represents all the Qualities of the ReThuglickers, a delight in lies, distortion, perverted

hatred of women.. and a no respect for the law

this guy needs to be psychologically evaluated.. he is obviously a dangerous delusional nut case with an obvious hatred of women.. especially women of position and authority. it is one thing to be dangerously nuts.. and another to really look and act obviously nuts while on probation..

[TexasObserver]

22. K&R

[COLGATE4]

26. The little prick knows that law enforcement isn't going to do

anything about this latest violation of MD law, just as they did nothing for the first. Most of the cops are probably RW'ers anyway.

[SidDithers]

29. K&R...

too funny. :rofl:

Sid

[Blue Owl]

30. To say this guy's a douchebag

is an insult to douchebags. Wow.

[fascisthunter]

31. sociopath

have fun in jail

[madmax]

Scum like him never see jail. nt

[madmax]

44. Scum like him never see jail. nt

[mfcorey1]

32. Lock his aaaaaaaaaa up.

[SemperEadem]

33. one more time and it's 3 strikes (/sarcasm)

he's not going to be happy until he's in an orange high water jump suit with
icky green-brown flip flops.

some folks just can't escape what they are: okeefe is a criminal and his behavior
screams that he belongs in a prison.

[BrklynLiberal]

34. Would be so satisfying to see that putrid POS end up in prison..for a loooong time.

[Ikonoklast]

35. I predict a sad end to this little prick.

He thinks he's going to be the next Karl Rove, but someday he might just run into someone that isn't in on the joke, and he'll disappear.


Be very careful who you try to punk, punk.

[niceypoo]

37. I am sure he is showered with praise and money from the right

Some day when he finds himself rotting in a jail cell, abandoned by his GOP enablers, it will dawn on him.

[Ikonoklast]

39. He's a 'Useful Tool'...but with a short shelf life.

He will soon find out that breaking the law with impunity, even when backed by wealthy benefactors, has its limits in this country.


I'd be willing to bet that if faced with hard time, he'd be willing to rat out who is actually funding him, in a heartbeat.

[kenny blankenship]

41. 2 time loser. I guess he'll get a tap on his OTHER wrist this time. We must be firm!

[Uncle Joe]

42. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, BradBlog.:thumbsup:

[KansDem]

46. Nothing will come of this. His corporate sponsors will see to that.

We must always remember, "Money talks and bullshit walks."

[louis-t]

48. Funny, I haven't heard the "it was just a joke" routine yet.

:eyes:

[kenfrequed]

50. When does this little criminal go to jail?

If it were Earth First or direct action, or some left wing issues advocacy group pulled this shit they would already be in prison.

[Kingofalldems]

51. Kick this for the sneaky repubs

[Jack Rabbit]

52. When is this brat going to be sent to reform school?

??

[pleah]

54. Wonder if he'll get jail time THIS time? n/t

[jmowreader]

55. I'm not too worried about his violation of wiretap laws...

I'll take them if they're the only thing we can put this asshole in jail with, but I'd prefer to use the "attempted rape" statute--the guy's got a boat full of sex toys, he's attempting to lure a female there, you know what he's going to try to do. And since James O'Keefe couldn't get laid with a $20 pinned to his field jacket, the only conclusion is he was trying to rape her.

[Hello_Kitty]

56. No doubt he'll be banished to Mommy and Daddy's for a few days again. IOKIYAR. eom