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January 27, 2010

Activist Behind ACORN Controversy Arrested for Wiretapping Office of Dem. Senator
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A right-wing activist behind last year’s undercover sting against the
community group ACORN has been arrested for allegedly trying to wiretap
the offices of Louisiana Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu. The FBI says
James O’Keefe and three others entered Landrieu’s New Orleans office
disguised in construction garb and tried to bug her telephones. Last
year O’Keefe disguised himself as a pimp and secretly videotaped ACORN
employees appearing to offer him advice. The scandal led to a
congressional measure stripping ACORN of federal funding.



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