Report: James O'Keefe Detained For 'Investigating US Govt.'

O'Keefe dressed as bin Laden

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents who detained conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe at the airport specifically asked him about the work he’s done investigating the “federal government.”1

The Daily Caller reports O’Keefe was detained by U.S. customs agents Monday after arriving at the airport in Nassau, Bahamas en route to Miami. Agents told O’Keefe that he was being detained for crossing back and forth across the U.S.-Mexico border while dressed as Osama bin Laden in a video that was published by The Daily Caller.

Agents marked his passport with an “X” and explained that he would be detained every time he enters U.S. territory henceforth.

O’Keefe was not allowed to videotape the encounter as he wished. The transcript, provided to TheDC, was written by O’Keefe as closely as possible to the actual conversation that he had with the customs agents during the standoff at the airport. Here is part of dialogue that went down:

Customs: I’m telling you that each time you go through here you will need to give an extra hour because we will do this each time. You have a prior criminal record and broke the law crossing into the United States unlawfully.What do you think? 

James: It wasn’t unlawful, I did nothing but wade back and forth. Millions of Mexicans cross and you don’t detain them for unlawful entry. 

Customs: You broke the law!