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From the wikipedia link:

> Vera filed a civil suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California against O'Keefe and Giles for recording him without his permission, which was a violation of California law.

While recording that conversation appeared to be illegal, that is neither "for causing harm through their sting attempts and disinformation" and definitely not "multiple times".

I'm all for calling out bad actors but at least call them out for what they've done vs what you imagined.



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