Deal With the Devil: The FBI's Secret Thirty-Year Relationship With a Mafia Killer
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40. FBI 302 debriefing of El Sayyid Nosair, December 20, 2005. It can be accessed at http://www.scribd.com/doc/35687185/FBI-302-El-Sayyid-Nosair-12-20-05.
41. Robert L. Jackson and Gebe Martinez, “Key Suspect Is Charged in N.Y. Bombing,” Los Angeles Times, March 26, 1993.
42. Tabor, “Inquiry into Slaying of Sheikh’s Confidant.”
43. FBI 302, debriefing of Jamal al-Fadl, a.k.a. Gamal Ahmed Mohamed Al-Fedel, on November 4 and 5, 1996, dictated November 11, 1996. It can be accessed at http://www.peterlance.com/FBI_302_11.10.96_Jamal_al-Fadl_Fitzgerald.pdf.
44. Peter Lance, “First Blood: Was Meir Kahane’s Murder al-Qaida’s Earliest Attack on U.S. Soil?” Tablet, September 1, 2010.
45. Detective Michael Hanratty, Detective Thomas Bidell, and Special Agent Frank Pellegrino, FBI 302 memo, debriefing of Nidal Ayyad, February 8, 2006, 3–4.
46. E-mail from author to Jerry Schmetterer, January 31, 2011.
47. E-mail from Jerry Schmetterer to author, February 1, 2011.
48. George Santayana, The Life of Reason: Reason in Common Sense (Boston: MIT Press, 2011).
49. Sara Lynch and Oren Dorell, “Deadly Embassy Attacks Were Days in the Making,” USA Today, September 12, 2012.
50. FBI 302 memo detailing threat from Ramzi Yousef to FBI informant Greg Scarpa Jr., December 30, 1996; Presidential Daily Brief to President Clinton, 1998; Presidential Daily Brief to President Bush, August 6, 2001.
51. “Radical Muslim ‘Demands’ Have Foundation and History,” Agence France Press, August 10, 1998.
52. U.S. v. Ahmed Abdel Sattar et al., April 30, 2002.
53. “Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US,” Presidential Daily Brief, August 6, 2001, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Ladin_Determined_To_Strike_in_USa>.
54. Neil A. Lewis, “Moussaoui Tells Court He’s Guilty of a Terror Plot,”New York Times, April 23, 2005.
55. Richard Esposito, “Terror Fears as Blind Sheikh Faces ‘Medical Emergency,’” ABC News, December 14, 2006.
56. Ibid.
57. Author’s interview with Emad Salem, June 16, 2012.
58. Robert Mackey, “Just Off Tahrir Square, Protesters Demand Release of Blind Sheikh Jailed in U.S.,” New York Times, June 29, 2012.
59. Salem interview, June 16, 2012.
60. David D. Kirkpatrick, “Egypt’s New Leader Takes Oath, Promising to Work for Release of Jailed Terrorist,” New York Times, June 29, 2012.
61. Josh Margolin and Chuck Barrett, “O Eyes ‘Blind Sheik’ Release. GOPers Blast Idea to Appease Egypt,” New York Post, September 20, 2012; Awr Hawkins, “U.S. State Dept. Considers Release Blind Sheikh to Egypt,” Breitbart.com, September 18, 2012; Michael B. Mukasey, “Will Obama Free the Blind Sheikh?,” Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2012; Letter to Eric H. Holder and Hillary Rodham Clinton from Representatives Lamar Smith, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mike Rogers, Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, Peter King, Hal Rogers, Frank Wolf, and Kay Granger, September 19, 2012.
62. “Clinton Says Trial Proceedings for ‘Blind Sheikh’ Were Correct,” Egypt Independent, July 2, 2012.
63. “Bachmann-Clinton Showdown over Blind Sheikh,” Frontpagemag.com, September 21, 2012.
64. Nic Robertson and Paul Cruickshank, “Pro al-Qaeda Group Seen Behind Deadly Benghazi Attack,” CNN.com, September 13, 2012.
65. Salem interview, June 16, 2012.
66. Chelsea J. Carter, “Al Qaeda Leader Calls for Kidnapping of Westerners,” CNN.com, October 28, 2012.
67. The list can be downloaded from http://www.peterlance.com/172_unindicted_co-conspirators_Day_of_Terror.pdf.
68. “FBI: Gotti Missed Date with Draft Board,” Associated Press, March 28, 2004.
69. Peter Lance, “Al Qaeda and the Mob: How the FBI Blew It on 9/11,” Huffington Post, November 17, 2006.
70. Robert Hanley and Jonathan Miller, “4 Transcripts Are Released in Case Tied to 9/11 Hijackers,” New York Times, June 25, 2003.
71. David K. Shipler, “Terrorist Plots, Hatched by the F.B.I.” New York Times, April 28, 2012.
72. Trever Aaronson, The Terror Factory: Inside The FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism (Brooklyn, New York: Ig publishing, 2013), 15.
73. Al Baker, “Unexploded Car Bomb Left Trove of Evidence,” New York Times, May 3, 2010.
74. William K. Rashbaum and Al Baker, “Smoking Car to Arrest in 53 Hours,” New York Times, May 4, 2010.
75. James Barron and Michael S. Schmidt, “From Suburban Father to a Terrorism Suspect,” New York Times, May 4, 2010.
76. Sarah Titterton “Boston Marathon Bombs: Tamerlan Tsarnaev ‘interviewed by FBI in 2011,’” Telegraph.co.uk, April 20, 2013.
77. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), statement before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Hearing: “A National Security Crisis: Foreign Language Capabilities in the Federal Government,” Senate Committee on Homeland Security, May 21, 2012.
78. E-mail exchange between author and Betsy R. Glick, FBI, November 13, 2012.
79. Eric Schmitt, “F.B.I. Agents’ Role Is Transformed by Terror Fight,” New York Times, August 18, 2009.
80. William K. Rashbaum, “Nearly 125 Arrested in Sweeping Mob Roundup,” New York Times, January 20, 2001.
81. “Indictments Unsealed Against 127 Accused Mobsters in Epic FBI Bust,” WNBC, January 20, 2011.
82. Ibid.
83. “Indictments Unsealed.”
84. Rashbaum, “Nearly 125 Arrested in Sweeping Mob Roundup.”
85. “Indictments Unsealed.”
86. Bernd Debusmann Jr., “U.S. Arrests 119 in Biggest Mafia Bust,” Reuters, January 20, 2011.
87. Ed Magnuson, “Hitting the Mafia,” Time, September 29, 1986.
88. Ibid.
89. Tim Stelloh, “Two Are Cleared in ’97 Killing of an Officer but Convicted of Plotting Mob Murders,” New York Times, May 9, 2012.
90. Michael Wilson and William K. Rashbaum, “11 Years After Officer’s Slaying, Reputed Mob Figures Are Indicted,” New York Times, December 18, 2008.
91. Alan Feuer, “Awaiting a Burial, This Time an Actual One,” New York Times, October 8, 2008.
92. “Body Identified as Missing Mobster’s,” New York Times, October 7, 2008.
93. Department of Justice, “Colombo Organized Crime Family Acting Boss, Underboss, and Ten Other Members and Associates Indicted,” press release, June 4, 2008.
94. Tom Hays, “Thomas Gioeli, Reputed NYC Mob Boss, Cleared of Killing Officer,” Associated Press, May 9, 2012.
95. Author’s interview with Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer, September 30, 2012.
96. “COINTELPRO: The FBI’s Covert Action Programs Against American Citizens,” Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, United States Senate, April 23, 1976, http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/churchfinalreportIIIa.htm.
97. Ibid.
98. Ibid.
99. John M. Crewdson, “F.B.I.
Reportedly Harassed Radicals After Spy Program,” New York Times, March 23, 1975.
100. John M. Crewdson, “Saxbe Says Top Officials Knew Something of F.B.I. Drive on Various Groups,” New York Times, November 19, 1974.
101. Seymour Hersh, “Huge C.I.A. Operation Reported in U.S. Against Antiwar Forces, Other Dissidents in Nixon Years,” New York Times, December 22, 1974.
102. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Compliance with the Attorney General’s Investigative Guidelines ,” Special Report Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, September 2005.
103. “Attorney General’s Guidelines on FBI Use of Informants and Confidential Sources” (hereafter “Civiletti Informant Guidelines”) can be found at 1982 Final Report of the Senate Select Committee to Study Undercover Activities, 517–30.
104. The Levi Guidelines can be found at “FBI Statutory Charter: Hearings Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 95th Cong, Part I,” 20–26 (1978) (hereafter “1978 Senate Hearing
s on FBI Statutory Charter Part I”) and in “FBI Oversight: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the House Judiciary Committee on the Judiciary,” 95th Cong., 181–87 (1978).
105. “Civiletti Informant Guidelines,” 1982 Final Report of the Senate Select Committee to Study Undercover Activities, 517–30.
106. 1979–1980 House FBI Charter Bill Hearings 3–15 (Testimony of Benjamin R. Civiletti, Attorney General, and William Webster, FBI Director). The Senate’s bill was S. 1612, The Federal Bureau of Investigation Charter Act of 1979, 96th Cong. (1979), reprinted in FBI Charter Act of 1979, S. 1612: Hearings on S. 1612 Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 96th Cong., Part II, 427 (1980). Section 537 of the bill authorized the FBI director to impose fines up to $5,000 on agents who willfully abused “sensitive investigative techniques,” which included misuse of informants or intrusive surveillance authorities. Id. at 469.
107. Inspector general’s report, “IV Conclusion,” September 2005.
108. Crewdson, “FBI Reportedly Harassed.”
109. Memo to assistant director, from , January 21, 1966.
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Abbatemarco, Frank “Frankie Shots,” 23
Abouhalima, Mahmoud “the Red,” 509–10, 510, 511–12, 513, 514
Ackley, Eli, 131
Akers Motor Lines, 14
Albanese, Salvatore, 178
Alexis, Joe, 468, 469–70
Alkaisi, Bilal, 515, 516, 516–17
Aloi, Benedetto “Benny,” 218, 219, 249, 259
Amato, Gaetano “Tommy Scars,” 269–70, 271, 274, 276, 323, 417
Amato, Pasquale “Patty,” 227–28, 229–31, 232, 237, 239, 302, 340
Ambrosino, Joseph “Joey Brains”
Collucio murder, 244
Cutolo murder attempt, 267
Farace murder, 203
as FBI informant, 309–11
Leale murder, 231
Michael Sessa’s trial and, 335
Orena murder attempt, 251, 253–55, 265–67
Orena’s trial, 216–17
views on Scarpa, 35, 181, 257
America’s Most Wanted (Fox), 143
Anastasia, Umberto “Albert,” 21, 22, 22–23, 40, 53
Andjich, Raymond, 274–75, 313–16, 363–69, 472–73
Angelina, Jimmy, 245, 249–50
Angelino, Vincent “Jimmy,” 136, 218, 219, 244
Angiulo, Jerry, 42
Anslinger, Harry J., 7
Anticev, John, 513–14
Apalachin incident, 8–9
Aratico, John, 408–9
Arney, Timothy T., 360
Attanasio, Bobby, 281
Attriss, Mohammed El-, 521
Augello, Anthony, 140
Avellino, Salvatore, 396–97
Ayyad, Nidal, 509–10, 510, 515, 516, 516–17
Baker, Bobby, 9
Baldwin, Wade, 195
Barbara, Joseph, 8
Barboza, Joseph “the Animal,” 41, 41–42
Bari, Louise, 118
Bari, Mary
death of, xiv, 118–25, 119, 167
DeVecchio trial, 242, 441, 467, 469, 484
Sessa’s role in murder of, 244
Barket, Bruce, 451, 522
Barrett, Jack, 362–63, 403–4
Bastone, William, 136–37
Bederow, Mark, 272, 457–59, 468, 471
Bellino, Frank, 183
Benczkowski, Brian A., 454
Benfante, Joseph, xv, 321
Benny (hitman), 54
Biagnini, Maria, 448
Bianco, Anthony, 284
Bianco, Nick, 74–75
Billotti, Rosemarie, 345
Bilotti, Thomas, 182
bin Laden, Osama, 423, 425, 428–30, 507–10, 512, 516–20
Biography Channel, 94
Black and White Ball (1966), 42, 42
Bloch, Norman, 154, 155, 407
Block, Frederic, 116, 286–88, 446, 453–55, 454
Bojinka trial, 418, 422–26, 424, 452
Bolino, Anthony, 244
Bonanno, Joseph, 5–6, 27
Bonfiglio, Harry, 226–28, 229–31, 238
Borelli, Joseph, 511
borgata, defined, 4
Bowers, Samuel K., 32–33
Boyd, Lawrence, 40
Bradley, Ed, 185, 185, 456
Brady v. Maryland, 334
Brandt, Charles, 17, 89–90, 95, 123–25, 168, 170, 230, 242, 243, 274–75, 299, 318, 352, 359–60, 460
Bratton, William J., 390
Brennan, James, 351–52, 395, 397, 398, 399, 400, 455
Brennan, Robert Scott, 341
Brick, Michael, 176–77, 447, 489
Brick Agent (Villano), 9, 33, 39, 63–64, 64, 65, 95, 112–13
Brief, Matthew, 394
Bright, Billy, 233
Brooklyn District Attorney Office. See also Hynes, Charles
DeVecchio charged by, 440–41
DeVecchio murder trial, conflicts, 446–57
DeVecchio murder trial, events, 457–62, 467–81, 482–97
Mafia Cops case, 454–57, 462–63
Brooklyn Navy Yard, 88, 178
Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia, The (Oldham, Lawson), 395
Brown, Lee P., 271
Buchalter, Louis “Lepke,” 40–41
Bucky (jewel thief), 67
Bulger, James “Whitey,” 11, 439–40, 440
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), 98–99
Bush, George H. W., 196
Bush, George W., 424, 454, 518
Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath, The (Carlo), 233
Buzzo, Sally, 61
Bypass crew, xiii, 107–8, 131, 163
Byrd, Lawrence, 31–35
Cacace, Joel “Joe Waverly,” 294–95
Caden, John L., 320–21, 365
Calder, Ron, 269
Calla, Michael “Black Mike,” 266
Callahan, John B., 439–40
Calverton shooters, surveillance of, 509, 509
Cantalupo Realty, 36
Capeci, Jerry, 483
Bari murder, 121, 122
Carmine Sessa’s arrest, 346
Colombo “third war,” 212
DeVecchio murder charges, 443–44, 451
DeVecchio OPR investigation, 380
Gotti and, 177
Grancio and, 287
Mafia Cops case, 400
Scarpa and Ku Klux Klan, 30, 34
Scarpa character description, 91
Scarpa funeral, 377
Schiro interviews, 479–80, 482–89
Shkolnik murder, 110–11
Simone charges, 381, 384–85, 388–89
Capiri, Dean, 262
Capone, Al, 7
Capote, Truman, 41–42
Caproni, Valerie
DeVecchio OPR investigation, 363–64, 365–66, 402, 403–6, 413–15
Mafia Cops case, 400–402
Scarpa and, 350–53, 351, 356
Scarpa Jr. and, 143–44, 147, 420, 425, 437
Caracappa, Stephen, 180, 182–83, 185–88, 397, 400–402, 454–57, 455
Cardaci, Sal “the Hammerhead,” 117, 246–47
Carlo, Philip
The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath, 233
Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss, 163–64, 167, 180, 182, 184, 234–35, 344–45, 394, 395–96, 398, 399
Cascio, Vincent “Schwartzie,” 222, 225
Casino (Pileggi), 10
Casso, Anthony “Gaspipe,” 180, 395
arrest of, 344–45, 351–52
Bolino murder, 244
Carmine Sessa and, 246
confession of, 393–402
DeDomenico murder, 163, 167, 171
DeVecchio and, 91
DeVecchio murder trial, 455, 462
Gotti and, 182–83
Hatcher murder, 203–4
Hydell murder, 184–88
“Little Vic” Orena’s trial and, 234–35
Sal Scarpa and, 179–80
Scarpa government informant rumor, 268
“Windows” case, 472
Casso, Jolene, 163, 345
Casso, Lillian, 163, 345
Castellano, “Big” Paul, 182–83
Cataldo, Dominic, 107
Catanzano, Cosmo, xv, 142–44, 149–50, 362, 401
CBS, 96, 112, 185, 185, 395, 456, 500
Celona, Larry, 448
Chaney, James, xvii, 28–30, 29, 32–35
Chiari, “Jerry Boy,” 217, 265–67
Chilli, Gerard “Gerry,” 194, 196, 198, 201, 202, 203
Church Committee, 525
Ciadella, Phil, 381–82, 384, 390
Ciprio, Gennaro “Jerry,” 53–56, 59, 71, 162
Civiletti, Benjamin, 109, 525
Clear Burning: Civil Rights, Civil Wrongs (Dillard), 31–32
Clemente, Angela
author’s interviews with, 527
DeVecchio murder trial, 461
Dresch’s work with, 285
Sal Scarpa and, 179, 180–81
Scarpa Jr. and, 421, 437–39
Simone and, 386, 392
Clements, Daniel M., 99–100
Clemons, Margaret D., 372
Clinton, Hillary, 519
Coffey, Joe, 467–68
Coffey, Paul E., 156
Coletta, James, 448
Collins, Jabber, 447
Collucio, Anthony “Bird,” 231, 244, 334–37
Colombo, Joseph, 532
Ciprio and, 55
death of, xvi–xvii, 47–52, 50, 58–60, 218
Deep Throat, 137
indictment, 46
kidnapping of, 76
LoCicero and, 76, 78–79
media attention, 43–44, 44, 47
Profaci Family and, 16, 23, 26–27
Scarpa arrest (1966), 74
Scarpa information to FBI about, 36–37, 63, 84
Sinatra and, 41
Colombo, Joseph, Jr., 43, 46, 48
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 28–30
Connolly, John, 10–11, 439, 439–40, 444, 479
Convictions (Kroger), 141–42, 145
Cooper, Anderson, 112, 500
Corallo, Tony “Ducks,” 183
Corcella, Ellen, 112, 402, 409–12, 425, 481
Corrigan, Tommy, 510, 512, 515
Cover Up (Lance), 29, 414, 421, 438, 458–61, 506, 528