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Brad Friedman (Bradblog) on conservative journalists' arrests for phone tampering

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Tags: acorn, SEn. Mary Landrieu, Bradblog, Brad Friedman

According to the Washington Post, the conservative activist accused last week in a plot to tamper with telephones in the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) admitted to the scheme Friday, conceding that he "could have used a different approach" in trying to determine whether she was avoiding calls from opponents of the health-care reform bill.

Federal prosecutors allege that James O'Keefe helped carry out a plot in which two friends impersonated telephone repairmen to get access to Landr...