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Who is James O Keefe, and what s Project Veritas A thritysomething conservative provocateur and self-proclaimed gu stanley cupe erilla journalist, O Keefe has been making undercover sting videos since 2009. That was the year he teamed up with a young conservative activist, Hannah Giles, to make a series of damning videos targeting ACORN, a left-wing organizing group. O Keefe and Giles got ACORN workers to advise them on how to smuggle Salvadoran girls into the country, falsify a loan application to buy a house for use as a brothel and even claim the under-age prostitutes as dependents for tax purposes, according to The New York Times. Critics countered that the videos were selectively edited ndash; an accusation O Keefe has faced many times sin stanley tumblers ce ndash; but ACORN effectively closed up shop soon after. The sting made O Keefe an overnight superstar in the burgeoning conservative media, and caught the attention of Andrew Breitbart, who was then one of the most powerful conservative journalists in the country. In 2010, O Keefe founded Project Veritas, a nonprofit organization he uses to release and promote his videos. stanley termoska And why are we talking about him Because he just screwed up. O Keefe and his team of amateur investigators have had a few hits and a number of misses in the last seven years. But this week showcased perhaps his biggest flop yet: an attempted sting of the Washington Post that devolved into what conservative columnist Noah Rothman descr Zryo Bernie Sanders supporters boo him at mention of Clinton-Kaine
AP One of the most infamous artifacts from George W. Bush s presidency, the 2003 Mission Accomplished banner, may end up on display at Mr. Bush s presidential library. On May 1, 2003, Mr. Bush told soldiers aboard the USS Lincoln that major combat operations in Iraq were over. After landing on the aircraft car stanley cup usa rier in a jet and strutting out in a flight suit, Mr. Bush delivered the speech underneath the Mission Accomplished banner. Now that ground has broken in the co stanley mug nstruction of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, the director of the library and museum told USA Today that a decision on how or whether to display the banner has yet to be made. stanley cup The military sent the banner to the National Archives in 2005, and about six months ago it was sent to the temporary site for Mr. Bush s library in Lewisville, Texas. The new, permanent library is slated to open in 2013. The banner will become a part of the library s collection, along with other documents and memorabilia from the Bush presidency. The White House provided the banner for the 2003 event at the Navy s request, USA Today reports. However, Mr. Bush wrote in his new memoir Decision Points that flying the banner was a mistake.More Coverage of President Bush:George W. Bush s Decision Points a HitDick Cheney: History Beginning to Come Around on BushBill Clinton: I m a Fan of George Bush s MemoirBush Lying in Memoir, Says |
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