News Of Reporter's Arrest For Asking a Question Makes Major Headlines
Featured on Digg, Drudge, Lepacek released on bail

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Wednesday, June 6, 2007

The news that Infowars reporter Matt Lepacek was arrested after last night's Republican debate for asking Rudy Giuliani's staff a question has gone viral on the web, featuring on the front page of both Digg and the Drudge Report.

The story jumped to the front page of Digg this morning, one of the highest ranked news sites on the web and later appeared on the Drudge Report.

We have now confirmed that Lepacek has now been released on a $400 bail but that his camera equipment has not been returned.

article and video:


http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2...07headlines.htm

Nice freedom of speech you got there.

Okay, I have a question for you.

If you were running for president, and somebody asked you why you raped, murdered and ate (insert name here), what would you do?

You don't understand - outside of a few HUNDRED people that haunt places like prison planet and here, the WORLD doesn't accept the concept of September Eleventh being an inside job. Lepacek accused a person of doing something so heinous that legitimate proof of being involved would result in execution BEFORE the trial - and expected to be taken seriously?? The cops were correct in arresting him in - and his name should go in a database of folks that should NEVER be granted a PRESS pass again.

Gosh - wasn't in awfully convenient that there was a prisonplanet posse with him to video his arrest? Gosh, that wasn't possibly a SET UP, was it? He wasn't sent there for the EXPRESS PURPOSE of asking an outrageous question and getting arrested for it, was he???

This was as set up as ANYTHING that Howard Stern has done. It was done for the press. Yes, it is making the rounds of YouTube - but are you listening to the commentary? Lepacek is a laughing stock - as is prisonplant - for even considering something so outlandish.

We have freedom of the press - until it involves libel - which is what Lepacek did - he accused Guilliani of something of which he has NO proof, and it may well effect Guilliani. Rudy should sue prisonplanet... he'd be guaranteed a win.

question:
Why hasn't Silverstein or Giuliani or anyone ever sued over this?

Answer: they do not want the evidence against them presented in a court of law BECAUSE THEY WOULD LOSE

If you bothered to read the article you would of realized he had a full CNN press pass to attend the convention. Also no it was not a setup, Prison Planet is a form of Independent Journalism therefore Journalists do indeed carry camera's nothing to strange about that...

He was arrested for asking a question. So much for freedom of speech. Also the fact that his Camera was not released to him on bail.

The fact that the Giuliani camp views it as legitimate to have members of the media intimidated, assaulted and arrested for asking a question should be a wake up call for the kind of America Giuliani would oversee as a future President.

Cheers

V

I did read it. His press pass was for "Infowars.com" web site... NOT CNN. I misspoke in my original post by linking him to PrisonPlanet - because the link above sends you there.

Drudge did not have this story. CNN, FOX and all the rest of the "main stream" media have ignored this story like the whack- job Lepacek is.

The only people running this story are the conspiracy boards. No surprise.

He was issued legitimate press credentials like everyone else there.
The story was number one on Digg all day, it was covered by rawstory.com, not sure about
Drudge.

One little bit of legal-ese for the not so legally inclined, "Deflamation of Character". Rudy could sue his pants off.

I'm all for reporters asking the tough questions but, come one. When you go around asking things like that, do you really think that anybody is going to take you seriously?

ask the wrong question - get arrested.

reminds me of bushco getting busted for paying reporters to slant their way.

3rd Columnist On Bush Payroll

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2005
(CBS/AP) A syndicated newspaper columnist received at least $4,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services for work in support of President Bush's effort to promote marriage, USA Today reports.

Mike McManus is the third commentator to receive money from a federal agency to boost Bush policy initiatives. The newspaper said McManus got the money to train marriage mentors.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/26/...ain669432.shtml

he should have held out for more.

they took him serious enough to arrest him and take his video. it doesn't matter what he asked . he was there legally. he said nothing that Rudy could sue him for.

remember falwell vs larry flint ? he's a public figure. the question is valid since many around the world think it's valid even if you don't.

what we think we know and what the government does is two different things.

One could argue that he was trying to disturb the peace. That's a perfectly good reason to arrest him.

Get serious. Larry Silverstein would have sued someone a long time ago if he had a leg to stand on. Same goes for Giuliani. All they are doing is asking legitimate
questions, which these people are refusing to answer.

The officials and police who arrested him are the ones who are going to find themselves in court, btw.

what was the question he asked giulianis staffer?....

Did you watch the video? He asked the staffer to admit that Guilliani had advance notice of the September Eleventh attacks. Then he made direct accusations that Guilliani knew about the attacks before they happened. THEN the staffer asked the police to take him away.

When the guy was led off, a large contingent of very similarly dressed and of similar age and haircuts (all male) followed for the sole purpose of getting the arrest on tape. I would be truly amazed if the entire contingent didn't have "infowars" press passes...

thanks i watched it but my speakers werent on...I agree with asking him to leave; or why not just retort a denial?..but arresting him seems kind of harsh.

The staffer did respond with stuff like, "Where's the proof? Where's the documentable proof? What's your name, and show me documentable proof... " and then the idiot started making the direct accusations that Guilliani knew about them before the attacks - and that it was a cover-up - and that the staffer should waltz over to a table and watch some Google videos...

Because, of course, ALL reputable news sources post their videos on Google...

I think the comments the staffer made after Lepacek was escorted away were telling - and directly reflect what I have been saying. It was an attack job, for the sole purpose of discrediting a candidate.

HAHA boy I love it when some one screams defamation.

Get out of the hot seat free card

The reporter asked Giuliani's press secretary why Giuliani contradicted himself directly, saying one thing to Peter Jennings (which is documented on video all over the internet) and then saying another later when asked about it. The Giuliani ghoul refused to answer the question saying he wanted documentation of what Giuliani had said before he would answer the question, to which the reporter replied "we can go see it on video right now if you will take a few minutes with me". Then, when the staffer still refused to answer the question and demanded to know who the reporter worked for,
the reporter clearly identified himself, the staffer insulted the reporter by saying "Oh, I am so impressed" and had the reporter arrested. What an arrogant maniac, and what sort of insane system are we running here where some nobody like that can snap his fingers and have someone arrested on impulse.

This is insane. This is the legacy of playing god with things like fake terrorism against your own people. What a tangled web of insanity is descending on the nation.

His press pass was for CNN. He was reporting for Infowars. He's done work for both, he just happened to be using his CNN pass that day, at least according to most of the sources I've read. Google Lepacek CNN pass.

Well said, thunkerdrone. The "proof" came straight out of Gulliani's mouth, the source doesn't matter, be it a video tape straight from ABC or a copy on google video. If he just slipped up or flat out lied, it doesn't matter - he still said it.

Reporters being jerks is normal behavior. That's never been cause for arrest before. Having a pass means he's not tresspassing. Disturbing the peace?! That's a laugh, if that's the case any reporter asking any question politicians don't like could be arrested for disturbing the peace. This isn't North Korea, people.

the details revolve around around a video of goulianni telling a reporter on 9/11 that he was given a warning that the first tower was going to collapse-- the questions posed to goulianni's staffer was 1-"who warned him(goulianni)?" that the tower was going to collapse and 2-"why didnt he warn the firefighters?"

Here is another link for a better video of what happened. Scary.

http://blip.tv/File/256575

I just ran a search through the Drudge Report, and it doesn't mention the reporter at all.

Not that Prison Planet is a high standard of Journalistic Integrity, but if they are reporting that fact wrong, what else are they misreporting?

The entire incident was caught on video including the arrest. Prison Planet has a higher standard of Journalistic Integrity than most major news networks. People has just been trained to accept what they are told without question.

your skipping an important part ( no surprise there )- when asked where is the proof Lepacek asked for a computer to show him the proof. at that point the staffer looked flustered and started yelling to have him removed.

it was a question they didn't want to deal with.

people who were in the basement of the TWC building 2 heard and felt explosions going off in the sub basements before the 2nd plane hit. they testified as much. One saved countless lives and was asked to run on the republican ticked until his testamony . not to mention the testamony from various people who were in the building was stricken and not included in the final report.

is 911 an inside job to start a middle east oil war ? I don't know. is it possible ? hell yes it is. I do know there are many facts that don't reflect what we hold to be the 'truth'

That is one of the best analysis I have read on this particular event. You closing analysis is brilliantly stated. Common sense says that Guiliani was in on the whole thing. Sending those firemen in to be pulverized sorta got rid of alot of early responder witnesses, too.

There is enough circumstantial evidence to take out a large body of ruling American elites, but there is not any control outside of this elites hands and so they can do as they wish regardless of whether their crimes are obvious or not.