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The Last Circle - Cheri Seymour - 29-12-2010
TO: Ed Jewett
FROM: Cheri Seymour
Thanks very much, Ed, for posting the U-Tube interview. I am continuously amazed and appreciative of your efforts and those of other members of DPF to get the word out about The Last Circle.
I tried to focus the interview on what Danny Casolaro was investigating during the last five days of his life.
By the way, I had contracted laryngitis and a respiratory infection on the day of the Coast to Coast interview with George Knapp (12/26/10) and could barely use my voice. Go figure ---
Nevertheless, the following day, on December 27, despite having laryngitis and being half asleep during the interview (10 p.m. to 12 a.m. --- I'd been up since 5 a.m.), book sales of The Last Circle skyrocketed at Amazon.com to the following rankings. This made it all worthwhile. See below:
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[size=12]Ranked No. 153 in ALL books at Amazon.com as of 2:40 p.m. on 12/27/10
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #153 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#1 in Books > Nonfiction > True Accounts > Organized Crime
#1 in Books > Nonfiction > True Accounts > Espionage
#2 in Books > Nonfiction > True Accounts > True Crime
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The Last Circle - Keith Millea - 29-12-2010
Great to see that the book is selling Cheri.I noticed the worn voice,and thought it might be from too many speaking engagements.lol
Take care....
The Last Circle - Magda Hassan - 29-12-2010
Wow. Excellent news there Cheri. Maybe another good national interview and we can get it to number one !
The Last Circle - Ed Jewett - 31-12-2010
U.S. Government Wants to Archive Information on All Bank to Bank Overseas Money Transfers for Ten Years
December 30th, 2010 Via: EFF:
What do an online donation to the International Red Cross, a bank transfer to family members living in Vietnam, and a payment sent through PayPal for an expensive rug in Turkey have in common? The government wants to know about them. And, if new rules proposed by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, go into effect, the government will along with your name, address, bank account number, and other sensitive financial information.
In September, FinCEN, an agency component of the Department of the Treasury,
proposed a set of rules (pdf) that would require banks and money transmitters to report to the government any cross-border electronic funds transfer. Yesterday, we submitted a comment (pdf) opposing the agency's proposal.
Essentially, under the proposed rules, anytime you electronically transfer money into or out of the country, the government wants to know. The proposed rules require banks and money transmitters, like PayPal or Western Union, to submit reports documenting the amount of money sent or received, where that money came from, and where it is going. Depending on the type of transfer, a variety of information would be included in the reports, including the name, address, bank account number, and taxpayer ID number of the sender; the amount and currency of the funds transfer; and the name and address of the recipient. Passport numbers or alien ID numbers could also be required for some transfers.
The government wants reports on all electronic bank-to-bank transfers, regardless of whether the transfer is $1 or $1,000,000. For money transmitters, reports would be filed for transfers at or above $1,000. FinCEN estimates it will receive 750 million reports every year, and the agency wants to keep the data for ten years. Once the reports are filed with FinCEN, other federal law enforcement agencies the FBI, IRS, ICE, and the DEA would all have access to the data.
Posted in Dictatorship, Economy, Surveillance, Technology
The Last Circle - Charles Drago - 31-12-2010
Robert Morrow Wrote:I think that Clint Murchison, Sr. was involved with the JFK assassination at the HIGHEST levels, mainly through his CIA contacts of Allen Dulles and Nelson Rockefeller. I would rank Clint Murchison, Sr. at a higher level than even HL Hunt in the JFK assassination. Murchison was more of politician, more respected, more of leader, had more influence than HL Hunt.
I think they were both involved but top dog honors goes to Clint Murchison, Sr. ties to intelligence, bankers, Rockefellers, organized crime.
He and LBJ were at the hub of the wheel in the JFK assassination.
You don't miss an opportunity to spew your "LBJ was the 'mastermind' of the JFK assassination" disinformation, each time begging for a response.
Which I suppose makes you the master baiter.
The Last Circle - Keith Millea - 31-12-2010
OH MY!: :pointlaugh:
Quote:Which I suppose makes you the master baiter.
The Last Circle - Cheri Seymour - 20-01-2011
Former Gotti Attorney Reacts to Massive Mob Bust
Jan 20, 2011
See video below ---- (Gambino defense attorney, Jeffrey Litchman, makes a prediction. Let's hope he's wrong. See video below. It would be a good idea to make a copy of this video for future reference).
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4503646/former-gotti-attorney-reacts-to-massive-mob-bust
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FBI Raid Captures 100 Suspected Mobsters in Largest Mafia Bust in New York History
Published January 20, 2011
| FoxNews.com
Federal agents arrested more than 100 suspected mobsters in New York City, New Jersey and New England in pre-dawn raids on Thursday (Fox News).
DEVELOPING: Law enforcement officials arrested more than 100 suspected mobsters in a series of early morning raids Thursday, FoxNews.com confirms.
"Early this morning FBI agents, along with our law enforcement partners, began arresting over 100 organized crime members for various criminal charges," Diego Rodriguez, Special Agent in Charge with the FBI in New York, said in a statement. "Additional information will be available at the U.S. Attorney's offices later today."
The FBI said most of the arrests were made throughout New York City, in New Jersey and New England. Charges include murder, extortion and narcotics trafficking.
Attorney General Eric Holder and other officials are expected to discuss the cases later Thursday at a news conference in Brooklyn.
The reputed leader of New England's Patriarca crime family, Luigi Manocchio, is among those arrested. The U.S. Attorney's office in Providence said Manocchio was arrested Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale. A newly unsealed indictment accuses Manocchio of collecting protection payments from owners of strip clubs.
Also arrested was Thomas Iafrate, who worked as a bookkeeper for Providence strip clubs. Prosecutors allege he set aside money for Manocchio Iafrate is expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Providence later on Thursday.
The takedown was the result of multiple investigations. Federal probes aided by mob turncoats have decimated the families' ranks in recent years and have resulted in lengthy prison terms for several leaders.
On Friday, a federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced John "Sonny" Franzese, 93, to eight years in prison for extorting Manhattan strip clubs and a pizzeria on Long Island.
Federal prosecutors had sought at least 12 years behind bars for the underboss of the Colombo crime family -- in effect, a life term. To bolster their argument, they had an FBI agent testify that Franzese bragged about killing 60 people over the years and once contemplated putting out a hit on his own son for becoming a government cooperator.
In October, Mafia turncoat Salvatore Vitale was sentenced to time served after federal prosecutors praised his total betrayal of his own crime syndicate -- and after he apologized to the families of his victims. Authorities said he had a hand in at least 11 murders, including that of a fellow gangster in the fallout from the infamous Donnie Brasco case.
The evidence provided after his arrest in 2003 helped decimate the once-fearsome Bonanno organized crime family, Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Andres said.
"The Mafia today is weaker because of his cooperation," Andres said. "Mr. Vitale provided lead after lead. ... The results speak for themselves."
The FBI called Thursday's raids and arrests the biggest mafia roundup in New York's history.
Holder will be joined at the news conference by law enforcement officials from the FBI, U.S. Attorney's offices in New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island, and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Click here to read more on the mob arrests at MyFoxNY.com
FoxNews.com's Jana Winter and The Associated Press contributed to this report
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/20/suspected-new-york-mobsters-arrested-fbi-raids/?v_t=clpromo1.a
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The Last Circle - David Guyatt - 20-01-2011
Cheri, it's good to see you back. We're looking into making a copy of this TV news report before it disappears down the rabbit hole.
The Last Circle - Ed Jewett - 20-01-2011
The end of organized crime?
No, this is just the government putting on a show and scaring its competitors... or those of its friends. :angeldevil:
The Last Circle - Ed Jewett - 20-01-2011
Distantly related in time and topic...:
Exclusive: DoJ veteran sees dangerous precedent' in letting Bush officials walk
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Monday, January 17th, 2011 -- 11:34 am
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In a rare blistering attack on the Department of Justice, a career veteran of the agency recently told Raw Story that the Obama administration handing Bush-era officials "a get out of jail free card" sets "a dangerous precedent" that could encourage other offenses by future leaders.J. Gerald Hebert, a former acting Justice Department chief who served the government's enforcement wing in various capacities between 1973 and 1994, said in an exclusive interview that the failure of federal prosecutors to charge former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) with even a single crime was indicative of a greater problem.
On the heels of the successful prosecution of DeLay for money laundering and conspiracy in Texas, Hebert said he hoped it was clear that the Department of Justice had nothing to do with that conviction.
Rather, the Obama administration's Justice Department in August closed down a six-year investigation into DeLay -- without filing a single charge.
He said that the success of the Travis County District Attorney's office, which had DeLay sentenced to three years in jail, not only highlighted the Justice Department's "unfathomable" failure in one prosecution, but also a "disturbing pattern" of less vigorous pursuit in congressional corruption cases since Obama took office.
As a private citizen, Hebert has worked as executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, a non-partisan group that monitors government ethics, campaign finance and elections, and served as an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center.
The 20-year DOJ veteran also criticized the administration's refusal to investigate or prosecute any serious criminal activities from the Bush-era, such as sanctioning the waterboarding of military detainees and directing the political firings of US Attorneys. These "at a minimum deserve complete investigation," he said.
The Obama administration's excuse "to look forward and not backward" fails to fulfill the agency's "duty" to investigate, he said -- a charge that includes "any federal office holder who violates the Constitution or federal law."
"The department makes decisions based on the facts, evidence and the law, and nothing else," Justice Department spokeswoman Laura Sweeney remarked in an email to Raw Story.
Has justice gone 'gun-shy'?
Hebert, who served in multiple supervisory positions at the Department of Justice, commented that "everybody" from the Bush-era has seemed to land their own "get out of jail free card."
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In regard to prosecuting political corruption in Congress, Hebert said that "the Justice Department is gun-shy" since the botched handling of a case against deceased former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)."It is unfathomable for me to believe that after all was said and done, and knowing as much information that was out there about what DeLay and his high-level cronies had done, that there wasn't a single prosecution," Hebert continued.
"So my hats are off to the Travis County prosecutors who were able to at least bring some amount of justice to this," he said.
Hebert noted that his disbelief also rests in the fact that the Justice Department had given convicted former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff a deal to delay his sentencing for months in exchange for providing information.
"They delayed his sentencing so they could take advantage of that," he explained, expressing shock that Abramoff's information did not result in a DOJ indictment of DeLay.
"In the arrogant world that Tom DeLay lived in, he was kingpin," Hebert said. "He did a lot of damage to people, and to the democracy ultimately, when he tried to undermine and circumvent important rules about corporate funding and clean money."
"DeLay basically put Congress up for sale," he continued. "He went down and stood on the corner of K Street and tried to sell it."
Hebert also cited numerous other Congressional corruption cases, on both sides of the aisle, that left him scratching his head as to why prosecutions were not pursued including Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) on conspiracy charges and Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) on tax evasion.
"The Justice Department has been missing in action when it comes to public corruption cases," he charged.
'Bush and Cheney are not above the law'
"When [Obama and Holder] took over they made it clear that they weren't going to get caught up in the past," Hebert said. "They were going to look to the future and make it a brighter day and full of hope."
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But this view is inconsistent "with the Constitution, federal law and what the Department of Justice is sworn to uphold," he insisted.Hebert said he believed that in wanting to appear nonpartisan, they instead weakened the Justice Department, sending a consequential message to the American people.
"It's one thing to want to appear like you're above the political fray and your cases aren't motivated by politics," Hebert pointed out. "But it's another to not hold people accountable and to not bring justice."
He also said that running the Justice Department in such a manner sets a "dangerous precedent."
"Bush and Cheney are not above the law," Hebert concluded. "Whether it's the president, the vice president or any federal office holder who violates the Constitution or federal law, or there are serious allegations suggesting that such violations may have existed, then the Department of Justice has a duty and an obligation to fully investigate that.
"And if there are no consequences to any of the actions that violated the federal law in the last administration, then why would anybody think that they would ever be prosecuted for doing it in the future?"
Edited by Stephen C. Webster.