O’Keefe: Why I Would Never …

Responding for the first time to CNN’s report of his botched punking of one its reporters, James O’Keefe claims in a statement posted on his website that he “was repulsed by the over-the-top language and symbolism that was suggested in the memo that was sent to me, and never considered that for a moment.” Yet, at the same time, O’Keefe says, “I’ll admit that I liked the basic absurdity of meeting Abbie Boudreau on a boat and the idea of counter-seduction satire executed in a tame, humorous, non-threatening manner.”