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One More Time on James O’Keefe

By | 03.24.10 | 6:16 pm

Patterico brings to my attention this argument from blogger Brad Friedman:

[I]n mid-February of this year, after we’d called out O’Keefe as a liar for misrepresenting himself, Giles admitted to Washington Independent reporter Dave Weigel that the “pimp” concept was added-on with footage that was shot later and edited

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James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles Speaking at California GOP Gathering

By | 03.05.10 | 10:52 am

In the week after his arrest in New Orleans, James O’Keefe had to pull out of a speech on journalism in San Francisco. But it seems like the worst is behind him — O’Keefe and investigative partner Hannah Giles are joining “a top notch lineup of speakers” at the More…

Hannah Giles Legal Defense Fund Is Looking for Donors

By | 03.04.10 | 4:39 pm

Here’s a fundraising letter sent by the Liberty Legal Institute’s Hannah Giles Legal Defense Fund to offset legal costs incurred by Giles — the star of last year’s ACORN sting — as a result of a lawsuit filed against her by ACORN and some of its former employees. The mailing More…

Breitbart at CPAC: One More Time

By | 03.01.10 | 10:03 am

Joan Walsh points to a video I’d been wondering about — the footage shot by cameramen who were trailing Andrew Breitbart at CPAC, monitoring his conversations with journalists and liberal bloggers. The exchange captured in this blog post is in there, complete with Breitbart leaning into my More…

Max Blumenthal at CPAC

By | 02.22.10 | 12:59 pm

Pulled from my iPhone camera at CPAC — thus, the occasionally quiet audio — is a sample of the reception Max Blumenthal got while trying to interview ACORN stinger Hannah Giles.

‘They Rocked the Casbah, Mama-Sama!”

By | 02.22.10 | 8:53 am

I ducked in and out of XPAC, the lounge-for-kids (i.e., kids without photo IDs to get them into Woodley Park bars) in the basement of CPAC. Like a lot of other reporters, I chatted briefly with Stephen Baldwin. Lydia DePillas spent two days there, witnessing an award ceremony for More…

Max Blumenthal Hounded, Challenged at CPAC

By | 02.20.10 | 2:44 pm

On the way in to Newt Gingrich’s speech I spotted a crowd of the size that usually clouds around a 2012 presidential hopeful. It was Max Blumenthal, who was trying to conduct a Q&A with Hannah Giles and had drawn in dozens of onlooker with video cameras and tape recorders. More…

Breitbart Mocks ACORN Tape Critics: Pimp in Video Wasn’t Flamboyantly Dressed, ‘I’m So Sorry’

By | 02.20.10 | 9:47 am

That headline might not sound like news, but the war between Media Matters and Andrew Breitbart has new developments every week. The liberal news watchdog group has been demanding retractions from anyone who reported that James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles wore outlandish outfits inside of ACORN offices. They dressed more More…

Hannah Giles Explains Those Pimp and Prostitute Outfits

By | 02.19.10 | 1:04 pm

I caught up with Hannah Giles, co-star of the ACORN sting videos, after she accepted one of 10 “Buckley Awards” handed out in the XPAC lounge for young conservative leaders. Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack and FreedomWorks organizer Brendan Steinhauser were among the winners, but no one attracted as much More…

O’Keefe and Young Conservative Troublemakers Hit CPAC

By | 02.19.10 | 8:47 am

On the way from the press room to a Thursday night reception I snapped the quick photo below of James O’Keefe (left), who made it to CPAC after all, and who has been tight-lipped to reporters but hardly shy about making the rounds with conservative admirers. O’Keefe’s partner in the More…