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James O'Keefe: Portrait Of An Activist As A Campus Gadfly
Justin Elliott | January 29, 2010, 1:14PM
James O'Keefe
James O'Keefe and his brand of Candid-Camera activism first appeared on the national stage with last year's ACORN pimp scandal. But the origins of O'Keefe's methods go back to his time at Rutgers, where he launched an alternative newspaper, carried out his first video sting operations, and generally cultivated an image as campus conservative gadfly.
After graduating in 2006, but before he launched the stunt video career that landed him in jail in New Orleans this week, O'Keefe became one of those recent alumni who couldn't let go, hanging around Rutgers' New Brunswick, New Jersey, campus as resident right-wing agitator.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (150) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (4)Topics: Darren Cimillo, James O'Keefe, Jim Livingston, Landrieu Phone-Tampering Scandal, Lucky Charms, Mary Landrieu, Richard Dienst, Rutgers University, The Centurion, The Daily Targum
James O'Keefe
Alleged Landrieu Phone Tamper Crew Emerged From World Of Conservative Campus Journalism
Justin Elliott | January 26, 2010, 8:33PM
James O'Keefe
Three of the four young men charged in the alleged phone tampering attempt at Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office Monday were involved in the well-funded, opportunity-rich world of conservative campus journalism in recent years, a link that provides potential clues about how the men knew each other and why they came to hatch the alleged plot.
James O'Keefe, Joseph Basel, and Stan Dai each founded or led the alternative conservative newspapers on their respective college campuses.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (103) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (7)Topics: CampusReform.org, GW Patriot, James O'Keefe, Joseph Basel, Landrieu Phone-Tampering Scandal, Leadership Institute, Mary Landrieu, Stan Dai, The Centurion, The Counterweight
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