If O'Keefe had stuck to journalism, he would have had a better story, less sensational, but far more solid. When they decided to go for the circus sideshow presentation they had to bend the facts, at best, and this has undermined the impact of ACORN's part in the story as it became more about the antics of a reporter wannabe who apparently doesn't understand the difference between investigative journalism and an episode of Punk'd.

No, they have not. Unlike Mr O'Keefe, himself. Therefore your statements accusing them of illegal activity are conjecture, at best. But then you're just repeating the Breitbart line, so they're not really your statements, are they?

I would strongly suggest that you do some research of your own, as you have motivated me to do. Particularly, read the transcripts (links to each conveniently provided here: http://biggovernment.com/acorn/). The transcripts provide a more complete picture of the various encounters and in some specifics contradict the voiceover content on the videos.

For a more independent review of the circumstances around each event I would recommend the report prepare by Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger, available at http://www.proskauer.com/files/uploads/report2.pd... You'll probably want to skip down to page 42 where he discusses each of the eight events.

Having watched each of the videos, and read their associated transcripts, I am certain that the O'Keefe as pimp is simply a fictional layer wrapped around the edited videos and mentioned only in the voiceover content. In the audio portions and transcripts, O'Keefe presents himself as a law student who plans to one day run for political office.

Further, they present Giles as a prostitute who is fleeing from a physically abusive pimp. With regard to the dozen 15 year old Guatemalan girls (each ACORN office visit has the same basic script elements), they generally give the impression that they are trying to prepare a safe haven away from the abusive pimp, an off stage character in their script.

From the Brooklyn, NY transcript: "Hannah (Eden[her character name]): He’s got all these 13, 14,15 year old girls from El Salvador and that’s what—I need to protect them like I know what its like and I have to protect them and like give them somewhere to live. (O'Keefe kept flipping between El Salvador and Guatemala, sometimes within a single interview.)

From the San Bernardino transcript: "Hannah (Eden): They're already they're already working. And I would It's I I'm hoping that I'll have a safer environment for them"

From the San Diego transcript: "Hannah: I want to get them before the pimp has time to bond with them." (She referring to the fictional abusive pimp, not O'Keefe.)

So while on a professional level it was dumb to do anything more than show O'Keefe and Giles the shortest route to the door, the transcripts show that the ACORN folks who believed O'Keefe's fiction were trying to help him rescue Giles from the violent and abuse pimp and generally work toward improving their lot in life. The video and transcripts make it apparent that these folks were in over their head, but trying, in their own way, to steer O'Keefe and Giles onto a better path. The latter half of the San Bernardino transcript particularly illustrates this as various pitfalls of prostitution as a lifestyle are gently presented.

So, by most standards, the ACORN folks should not have been trying to advise anyone in the scenario O'Keefe and Giles presented, but on the other hand, giving bad advice is seldom illegal.

Sidenotes: In San Diego a police report regarding suspected human trafficking was prepared but the investigation was dropped when they realized the interview had been a pretense.

In Philladelphia, Mr O'Keefe is being sued because it is illegal in PA to record someone without their knowledge.

In after the fact interviews employees in the Brooklyn office said they considered the incident a hoax because Ms. Giles was dressed like a stereotypical prostitute and, while claiming to fear her abusive pimp, proceeded to speak openly to strangers about her circumstances.

And an affidavit prepared by the San Bernardino, states that she was suspicious of the O'Keefe, Giles, and a third man that accompanied them, and their story; was scared for her safety; and responded to their comments with outrageous statements, including that she had killed her husband and had previously run an escort service. Seemingly because she thought this was what they wanted to hear.

What, there's video of the same thing happening in half a dozen different Acorn offices? And Everyone has seen them except altfreak and I have seen them?

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Why change names if you are legit? Multiple names even?

James outfit has nothing to do with ACORN corruption and intent to defraud. Bitter much?