CHICAGO - Fugitive reputed mob boss Joseph “Joey the Clown” Lombardo will
surrender if he gets a separate trial on charges that he and other organized
crime figures plotted at least 18 unsolved murders, according to a letter made
public by his attorney....
Halprin said the handwritten, four-page note appears to have been signed by his client. He called federal authorities Tuesday morning after an aide in his office opened the letter, which was postmarked in Chicago on Monday.
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The letter professed Lombardo’s innocence: “I am no part of a enterprise or racketering (sic). About the 18 murders in the indictment, I want you to know that I was not privy before the murders, during the murders, and after the murders.”
It also included an apology for the bad grammar and spelling.
For some reason, I find that last part hysterically funny.
2. More good news in the War on Terror. Al Qaeda's replacement #3 man (replaced KSM) is in Pakistani custody.
Al-Libbi, a native of Libya who authorities say is a close associate of terror
mastermind Osama bin Laden and acted as al-Qaida’s operational chief in
Pakistan, was arrested earlier this week, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid
Ahmed told The Associated Press.
Hurray! One less baddie to worry about. Eventually all of these little snakes will lead us to the big snake. I will throw a big party on that day.
3. Home-grown terrorist points finger.
LOS ANGELES - Saying he wanted to set the record straight, Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols has accused a man never charged in the 1995 attack with providing some of the explosives, according to a letter he wrote from
prison.Nichols claims Arkansas gun collector Roger Moore gave the explosives to Timothy McVeigh and also provided additional bomb components recently found in Nichols’ former Kansas home, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
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In the early stages of the bombing investigation, the FBI took a hard look at Moore because of his anti-government views and close relationship with McVeigh. He was never charged.
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Nichols has been convicted twice — in federal court and in an Oklahoma state court — and is serving two life sentences without parole.
So, I guess we're supposed to believe him? I don't know. I'm guessing it gets awful lonely in the big house.
