what they did was lame, but I don't think that anybody necessarily thinks it was illegal.

Babbler,

The majority of the people here don't believe in fairies, the boogeyman or Clusterfox. Please stop posting their stupid made up bullshit.

now what the fuck are you talking about...
better get that shit in your nose soon so you can try and talk in even a somewhat sensical way..

people here did hag..
lots of lefties told us that they broke a law about recording and all that stuff.

what they did was lame, but I don't think that anybody necessarily thinks it was illegal.

#1 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine
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HC...they did and lucky it did not go to trail.

Under Maryland's Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, it is unlawful to tape record a conversation without the permission of all the parties. See Bodoy v. North Arundel Hosp., 945 F.Supp. 890 (D. Md. 1996). Additionally, recording with criminal or tortuous purpose is illegal, regardless of consent. Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. 10-402.

Disclosing the contents of intercepted communications with reason to know they were obtained unlawfully is a crime as well.

Violations of the law are felonies punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years and a fine of not more than $10,000. Civil liability for violations can include the greater of actual damages, $100 a day for each day of violation or $1,000, along with punitive damages, attorney fees and litigation costs. To recover civil damages, however, a plaintiff must prove that the defendant knew it was illegal to tape the communication without consent from all participants. MD. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. 10-410.

Don't confuse the Babbler with facts!!!

He gets everything he needs to know via his tinfoil hat linkup with JeffnD. Anything more than that is unnecessary and just gets is bowels in a knot.

well? They must be innocent then, right? thats what leftists said here when a judge ruled FOR acorn.
Posted by afkabl2
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AFK2... from your article...thrown out because a procedural deadline was not met.

"...the plaintiffs failed to serve the complaint on the defendants within Maryland's 120-day limit."

Details... details.....

THEY WERE INNOCENT GODDAMMIT!

Babble.

now I see that axe is joined by 726 in thier lack of knowledge of current events to make a comment to propel the discussion further..

HEY MMIKE...yeah I get it...and OJ was innocent too...LOL

point MMIke

were those affirmative action lawyers who missed the deadline???

or did they miss it on purpose not wanting the publicity EVEN if they had won..
I tend to think it MAY Be the later.

now I see that axe is joined by 726 in thier lack of knowledge of current events

I guess Lee Harvey Oswald is innocent too since he was never convicted.

I tend to think it MAY Be the later.

#10 | Posted by afkabl2
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AFK2...you might be right they seem to have had all their ducks lined up...here's a news post
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"The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) announced Thursday it had filed a lawsuit against James O'Keefe, Hannah Giles and Breitbart.com LLC for what it alleged was "illegal videotaping" of ACORN employees in Baltimore.

The group filed its suit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and is seeking "a preliminary and permanent injunction against further distribution" of a hidden-camera tape made by O'Keefe and Giles that aired on BigGovernment.com, a Web project of Andrew Breitbart's Breitbart.com company, along with compensatory and punitive damages.

ACORN's general counsel, Arthur Schwartz, said the acts of O'Keefe and Giles in making the hidden-camera taping were "clear violations of Maryland law."

The ACORN legal team will include Andy Freeman of the Baltimore firm Brown, Goldstein and Levy ; A. Dwight Pettit; Arthur Schwartz, from Schwartz, Lichten & Bright, PC in New York; and C. Justin Brown from Baltimore."

Mike, thanks for the correction.

Hi, bibble.

YO dude..

Sup cool dudes?

Matsop is very KOOLwell with this decision

Kudoes to the new generation for the exposure

ACHEcorn is a corrupt orgasmicorganism needful of destruction

Maybe political correctness and corruption is on their way to correction

Matsop would be awSUMly KOOL with that

Expunge the odiferous smell from both REPUKlicans and DUMMOcrats.

Be Ill.

"Dear ACORN, If I get Eric Holder to drop the charges on you guys will you help me make this bad PR go away and drop your law suit?"
President Obama

"As long as we still get to lick your balls!"
ACORN

"Done!"
President Obama

By dropping the suit the way it did, ACORN showed that it wasn't serious about filing it in the first place. Instead, they just wanted publicity against O'Keefe, Giles and Breitbart.

This is not over.

Maybe they will refile.

Or maybe the AG of MD will file it's own suit.

Just ask Linda Tripp what happens when you tape a converstaion one way..

Ahh but mmike there is great latitude for actual video pictures. Thank goodness 60 minutes was never bagged for their undercover video scams. like Ab Scam

But of course the left shoots the messengers, that's what they do!

Not to worry Eric Holder will pick up the cause for them, while directing all charges against acorn to be dropped! Thank goodness he isn't politicizing the Justice department!

Under Maryland's Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, it is unlawful to tape record a conversation without the permission of all the parties. See Bodoy v. North Arundel Hosp., 945 F.Supp. 890 (D. Md. 1996). Additionally, recording with criminal or tortuous purpose is illegal, regardless of consent. Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. 10-402.

I suppose the FBI, police, etc cannot video/audio record their undercover sting operations, buy/bust ops, etc and have it be admissible as evidence against the accused? Like the cops are going to tell the perps that they are being recorded?

As for the "pimp and prostitute", what they did was "investigative reporting", kinda like what MSNBC does with their "To catch a predator".

And if the MSM did their job, folks like O'Keefe wouldn't have to do it for them.

O'Keefe & Giles did a great thing! The MSM didn't have the balls to touch the Dem's sacred cow Acorn, even though the red flags where shooting up all over the country.

What ever happend to honest, unbiased journalism?

O'Keefe & Giles did a great thing! The MSM didn't have the balls to touch the Dem's sacred cow Acorn, even though the red flags where shooting up all over the country.

What ever happend to honest, unbiased journalism?

#22 | Posted by Docsmooth

Been absent for years---the good news was the advent of cable and the internet where the propaganda and bias of the leftwing media (NBC, CBS, and ABC and various newspapers) could be challenged and balanced with news long ignored, twisted and modified.

balanced with news long ignored, twisted and modified.

Right wing media should be ignored because it's twisted and modified.

Just examine the Rove-Cheney attempt to rewrite reality.

Right wing media should be ignored because it's twisted and modified.
#24 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY

Ignore it if you choose, it is a free market.

The issue in the past however (since eliminated due to the internet) is that only one side was being delivered and passed off as "objective". This of course was a lie and now many Americans understand this.

Silencing the opposition is never good. If their arguments are flawed I have faith the majority of people will see through them if given time. (Example: the Health Care debacle)

balanced with news long ignored, twisted and modified.

Right wing media should be ignored because it's twisted and modified.

Just examine the Rove-Cheney attempt to rewrite reality.

#24 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY

Au must be in favor of only one slant to the news--good thing we still have enough freedom to prevent that

I guess the 50 cents a day the pimps are gonna earn making license plates ain't worth it.

"well? They must be innocent then, right? thats what leftists said here when a judge ruled FOR acorn. "

They are as innocent as OJ.

ACORN Drops Suit Against Pimp Stingers

they dropped it to get their name off the front page.........they are smart enough to know that they need to under the radar for a while

I bet they realized that suing would also force ACORN to open up their books during he discovery process and it would expose all their illegal activity.