Originally Posted by Micael:
I think ACORN will find that suing over the video is going to turn around and bite them where it hurts. Opens them up to civil investigations as part of "discovery".
Acorn is going down for the count, but I still think they're correct in pressing charges. It is illegal to tape people w/o their knowledge. If you aren't law enforcement with a search warrant, undercover investigation and all the other legalese, you broke the law. Let the producer and the pretend hooker go to jail for their illegal practices and beliefs.
They were willing to accept those consequences and how many other people did they tape who weren't breaking the law so that they can get to the ones who would. It still doesn't change that they violated a lot of people's privacy on their hunt to find the illegal.
You can probably go to any government office, denomination of church, or huge charity and find people breaking the law if you move from place to place and keep searching. Remember FEMA, the Social Workers in San Diego, etc.
I'm more concerned about all my elected officials breaking laws, lining their pocket with borderline legal practices, and taking advantage of their position to rape tax payers.
I want undercover stories of these issues, before the politicians are stupid enough to get caught on open mics, etc. Give me the people who put the money in play. Not some worker who gets caught doing something illegal. People embezzle and do stupid stuff everyday. I want the person who's really profiting and making thousands or millions.