Breitbart says arrest not related to BigGovernment, but he's paying alleged wiretap plotter O'Keefe

[deminks]

"a fair salary"

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201001260064

Yesterday, ACORN videographer James O'Keefe was arrested for an alleged plot to wiretap Sen. Mary Landrieu's phone. Andrew Breitbart, whose website BigGovernment.com published O'Keefe's ACORN videos, stated that he pays O'Keefe a "fair salary" so that "when he puts a story out there, it's on the Breitbart sites, the Big sites, that he can tell people what transpired." Breitbart also said that O'Keefe "was not involved in anything that was related to Big Government, or Breitbart.com" when he was arrested.

From an interview by Hugh Hewitt:

HH: I love that, by the way. That is exactly what public figures should do when they are implicated, even by a complete falsehood in something like this. They should do what you're doing, which is get out there and say nope, not me, not now, not ever, never. Last question, in terms of his relationship with you not connected to this event, are you still, is he in your employ in any way?

AB: When the story came to us, what I wanted to do was to make sure that the ACORN story got as much widespread dissemination as humanly possible. The videos that he independently produced went on YouTube. And so Huffington Post, every single site put it out there, including my sites. What he does for the site exclusively is he tells his life rights, basically. So when he puts a story out there, it's on the Brietbart sites, the Big sites, that he can tell people what transpired. So...

HH: Do you pay him for that?

AB: Yes.

HH: And are you free to tell me how much you pay him?

AB: I'll...perhaps at another date, but he's paid a fair salary.

(end snip)

[blogslut]

1. "James O'Keefe? I hardly knew the man"

Dear Mr. Breitbart,

Try not to trip over the furniture as you back away from the little monster you helped create.

[madrchsod]

2. looks like AB is in a deep pile of shit if he`s paying o`keefe.

i doubt the feds will believe that-he`s not working for me at the time...

[aquart]

3. Definition of "salary":

a fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy; To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salary

Is Breitbart saying he was fired? Or quit? When did he stop paying this "salary"?