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Or newsok top viewed wednesday, august 17, 2011 related sections: web search powered by yahoo! toolbar sponsor: by nolan clay oklahoman published: november 7, 2009 the charity’s board of directors voted to terminate jones’ employment “effective immediately.” the directors did not give a reason. the charity paid jones $230,323 a year, records show. “there’s going to be thousands of children go hungry this christmas because of what they did,” jones, 69, told the oklahoman . the firing came after jones admitted to the charity’s investigator and to police that he authorized the installation of hidden microphones in three executives’ offices last april. “i did nothing wrong there. … i knew what the law was… they used wiretapping as the excuse,” jones said friday. jones has been the face of the -based christian relief organization. it reports collecting more than $1 billion in donations a year. he and his wife, frances, were the main fundraisers, making repeated, often heart-wrenching televised pleas for money to help starving children in and elsewhere. the charity has become widely known through the commercials and from celebrities’ support. was not fired. “this is the best two months of the year to raise money, and we’re down like everybody else is down. there’s more hungry children than ever, and they fire me,” said. “i was in such shock,” he said. “i thought they had enough foresight to see that this is by far the best time of the year to raise money. … this makes absolutely no sense