http://bit.ly/dotxoJ - - - NEW ORLEANS -- Four days before James O'Keefe was charged in a plot to tamper with the office phones of Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, the conservative activist promised his audience at a luncheon they would be hearing about a project he was working on in New Orleans.
O'Keefe wouldn't elaborate on the nature of his plans, according to people who heard his speech at the luncheon held by the conservative Pelican Institute last Thursday in New Orleans. ... Michael Madigan, O'Keefe's lawyer, said Wednesday that his client was not trying to wiretap or interfere with Landrieu's phones, but he would not explain why O'Keefe was there. He also would not say whether O'Keefe was working for someone or was on his own. "The truth will come out," said Madigan, a Washington lawyer who represented Sen. Howard Baker, the Republican who famously asked during the Watergate investigation, "What did the President know and when did he know it?" - - - And I thought Michael Madigan was just a humble FoxPro programmer who sold conservative T-Shirts on the side! ;-) On a serious note, I doubt O'Keefe was trying to tap any lines, but it was a stupid risk anyway, even if all he was trying to do -- as has been speculated -- was prove the Senator was ignoring constituent phone calls by simply shutting them off. Early success tends to go to the head, especially for young guys like O'Keefe. Dumb, in any case, whatever the reason he concocted to pose as a telephone operator and enter a government office under false pretense. Rest assured, if there is any way they can have him thrown in the slammer they will do it. He did what no journalist in America dared to do -- expose ACORN for the criminal goon operation that it is. - Publius -- "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
