Lets see why I would NEVER believe O'Keefe.
"Brooklyn prosecutors on Monday cleared ACORN of criminal wrongdoing after a four-month probe that began when undercover conservative activists filmed workers giving what appeared to be illegal advice on how to hide money.
While the video by James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles seemed to show three ACORN workers advising a prostitute how to hide ill-gotten gains, the unedited version was not as clear, according to a law enforcement source.
"They edited the tape to meet their agenda," said the source.
B'klyn ACORN cleared over giving illegal advice on how to hide money from prostitution - New York Daily News
The Brooklyn DA called the tapes heavily edited:
The video set up by conservative activist-reporters James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles ? which seemed to capture ACORN employees advising a pimp and prostitute how to get a mortgage ? was deemed by the Brooklyn District Attorney's office to be a "heavily edited" splice job, after a five-and-a-half-month probe. Sources told the Post that "many of the seemingly crime-encouraging answers were taken out of context so as to appear more sinister." No charges will be filed. [NYP]
Damaging Brooklyn ACORN Sting Video Ruled ‘Heavily Edited,’ No Charges to Be Filed -- Daily Intel
San Diego:
"The notorious tape featuring Vera -- with his friendly smile and hesitant English -- was aired repeatedly on Fox News and cited as proof of the most incendiary charge against ACORN by conservative Web impresario Breitbart: namely, that the anti-poverty organization was in fact a criminal conspiracy to promote teenage prostitution.
But as California Attorney General Jerry Brown discovered when he investigated the ACORN matter last spring, the actual meaning of the Vera tape was severely distorted by dishonest editing to suggest that he had agreed to help smuggle young girls for OÂ’KeefeÂ’s mythical brothel. To obtain unedited versions of the tapes from OÂ’Keefe, Brown gave him and Giles immunity from any criminal prosecution under the state privacy statutes"
ACORN hoax victim files lawsuit against O'Keefe and Giles - Joe Conason - Salon.com
His arrest:
"NEW ORLEANS ? Federal officials charged four men on Tuesday with plotting to tamper with the telephone system in the New Orleans office of Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana. One of the men was a conservative activist who gained fame last year by secretly recording members of the community group Acorn giving him advice on how to set up a brothel."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/us/politics/27landrieu.html
Why on earth would anyone find this guy credible?