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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich With Ed Genson For The defense

Chicago IL—The Governor turned Senate seat auctioneer, is facing many years in prison and unlike some are saying I know this fellow’s future freedom prognosis is very poor.

The primary problem is cook county Illinois is infested with a special species of two legged rats who have all been up to no good. They were part of Blagojevich’s inner and outer circle. Presently they are scrambling for their rat holes and lawyer’s offices. They all stopped talking to their former pal who overnight became a major pariah who is being stalked with all manner of media.

The rats have already begun to cut immunity and reduced sentence deals with the government in exchange for testimony. I understand that there is a real Snitchfest going on in the Windy City right now that will even snare some more rats inside the Obama administration still under construction.

You can’t have a conspiracy these days with several people and expect them all to withstand a prosecutor’s enormous pressure. The recent O.J. Simpson case was a clear demonstration. Most of the rats in that case cut deals as Simpson and one holdout went to prison.

This case is spreading like wildfire as the rats are giving information on this as well as totally unrelated events involving other public officials. I expect numerous indictments from the current Grand Jury that hearing evidence currently known. The government has 30 days to indict Blagojevich or drop charges. Of course the government will probably ask for and get several time extensions do to the complexity of the case. Indictments will begin to flow like a raging river.

Once Blagojevich is indicted the prosecutors have to turn over their evidence to the defense. Venerable criminal lawyer Ed Genson will have papers dumped on him
by the truckload. There will be a massive amount of defense investigation needed to wade through and find the weaknesses. Of course by then Blagojevich and his wife may re-evaluate their course and direction.

Will they fight this and stand trial? The track record for juries convicting politicians is usually 100 percent. That’s always a bad idea but the defense lawyers are always willing to collect a king’s ransom for a good fight. Genson will always put up a grand battle but he is also pragmatic and knows when to fold the cards for the good of a client and his family. I have known Genson for nearly 40 years.

Long ago I learned a special Cook County legal maneuver from Genson when he told a judge his client needed a continuance so they could locate a certain, Mr. Green who was an important witness. The judge granted the continuance with a smile. That was a secret code that indicated Genson was still waiting for his retainer.

The other and only option for Blagojevich is to join the Snitchfest and bring as many co-conspirators into the mix as possible. With any luck there will be vacancies at every level of Illinois political office as a result.

TV and Print Journalists Are In A Full Fledged Depression

Los Angeles, CA—Everyday I get a link to Shoptalk. It’s an informational blog for the entire TV news industry. It talks about management and personnel changes as it covers all manner of news affecting news, the way it’s reported and the people behind it. One thing Shoptalk has lacked this year was good news.

For the entire year of 2008 the news has been stunning and downright depressing. Layoffs after layoffs are reported along with cutbacks that affect content and quality.

Shoptalk also reports on the rush of TV news outlets to replace the reporters, video editors and video journalists with a single person to perform all those functions like you’d see in tiny markets. More news organizations than ever are sharing video and other resources with their competition.

The sight of educated and talented people who can’t do the work they prepared so much to do is awful. There is much more work involved than simply getting an education. The average pay for journalists in Los Angeles is now substantially less than that of high school educated guards hired by the state’s prisons.

TV news staffers all begin in small markets and move from city to city as they work up to their full potential. Their families are often in turmoil as they have to uproot, find new homes and schools for their kids. Once upon a time the job paid pretty well but that’s all changed now.

I’m at a loss to figure out the next steps for out of work news workers. The Internet has been the salvation for some but the competition for audiences here is Cyberspace is vast and unlimited unlike TV, radio and print news outlets.

In kind layoffs and cutbacks are affecting every newspaper and print organization in America.

In the late 1980’s there was a TV series called Max Headroom who was a fictional animated character who anchored the news. Unfortunately Max is a timely model for the bleak future of TV news.

Unfortunately I know far too many unemployed and under employed reporters these days that will have little to celebrates this holiday season.

Worried Dems Are Building A Case of Insanity For Blago

Chicago, IL—Have you noticed how local Democratic politicians, and friendly news media outlets are trying to paint embattled Senate seat seller, and Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich as mentally unstable?

I know they’re hoping that they can get a federal judge to rule that Blago is incompetent to stand trial. They know that would stop this scandal in its tracks.

This is because they want the world to reject the evidence he is about to unleash on Chicago political corruption. They know just who Blago will fry with truthful testimony. The crooked Leftist bastards don’t know whether to slash their wrists, or snitch themselves. My advice is that confession is good for the soul…

I’m Not Weeping For Some Of Pellicano’s Wiretapped Victims

Los Angeles, CA—Anthony Pellicano, 64, sleuth for the rich and famous is awaiting sentencing on 78 criminal counts related to some really despicable privacy invasions. He faces as much as another decade behind bars beyond the five years he’s already served on another matter and current pre-trial confinement.

Pellicano existed for one reason and one reason only, people lie. People victimize others trying to enrich themselves through litigation. Wiretaps uncover conspiracies and lies every day. Now some of Pelicano’s victims are whining about their lives after Pellicano’s deeds.

One woman who was married to a billionaire hounded her ex-husband for outrageous child support after splitting the sheets. The problem was the actual father of the child was a Hollywood producer with a much smaller financial portfolio. I guess she thought her wealthy former spouse was supposed to pay for her infidelity and her paramour’s parental obligations too.

An actress from a successful TV series laments being blackballed after she got in the middle of the litigation between a powerful talent agent and her actor boyfriend on his behalf. Since the litigation both actors’ careers have tanked. That’s not about Pellicano, but the agents who are the ones that control whether actors work or not. Pissing off agents is fatal to any actor’s career.

I’m not defending Pellicano or his appalling actions, but too many of his so-called victims were liars caught in the act through Pellicano’s illegal privacy invasions.

Excuse me if I don’t weep for some of these people.

Update: 12/15/08 Pellican received a 15 year term in federal prison today. He should be getting credit for two or more years he spend in custody awaiting trial. I’m not sure just when Pellicano’s current prison term will end. In addition Pellicano was ordered to pay a $7,800 fine, along with a forfeiture amount of about $2 million to be seized from Pellicano and other defendants.

Pellicano’s lawyer vowed an appeal on the sentence he felt was overly harsh under current guidelines.

How To End Pay To Play Government Corruption

Los Angeles, CA—Political campaigns are very expensive because candidates all strive to outspend each other. The one with the most contributions always has a tremendous advantage.

Political contributions have become the modern bribe for access and special interest consideration. These bribes work really well for Senate and Governor’s races or they would not draw millions of dollars. There are too many loopholes that allow politicians to use campaign cash for their personal benefit.

Ending Pay For Play efforts will never come from our elected officials. The personal financial benefits are too great a draw for too many politicians for them to end this vile practice. It’s up to the American voters to kill this beast. The truth is businesses are tired of the extortionist demands of politicians for contributions.

In places such as California and Arizona they have voter initiated legislation. Unfortunately that is not allowed in either the federal system or Illinois where it is needed the most.

The solution is really simple. We make it a felony crime for people or businesses doing or applying to do business with the government to contribute to political campaigns. The Pay To Play process would end for good. The extortion would end and political careers will no longer be attractive to thieves and whores.

Could you just imagine a Washington D.C. lobbyist’s influence without cash handouts for the lawmakers? Why legislation would have to survive on merit alone!

Saturday Night Live And Selling Illinois Senate Seats

SNL fans like a certain retired CPD dick warned me this would be coming. Here is the clip…

Inauguration Interrupted!

Chicago, IL—With more than a month before the installation of Barack Obama as President his world may yet collapse. This as revelations from Obama confidants, convicted fundraiser Tony Rezko and Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich are being aimed at the President-elect.

I’m told other co-conspirators are now heading off their own troubles by providing information about Barack and Michelle Obama’s less than stellar corruption activities. The hemorrhaging has already begun and I don’t think there is a way to stop it now.

A reliable source from the Ogden/Roosevelt area is also telling me there is a Dead Pool on just who will turn up first in the Cook County Morgue over this desperate political mess.

Rod Blagojevich will Bring About A Political Bloodbath

Chicago, IL—Today veteran criminal lawyer Ed Genson had a sit down with a client who could unleash the Gates of Hell. Genson has been practicing criminal law for more than 40 years in Cook County. Genson knows the ropes and will do his best work for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich provided that he ponies up a huge retainer.

I know Genson and have been examined and cross-examined by him in several criminal cases while I was a cop. Everyone always underestimated his ability. He and his long time partner Sam Adam are gifted litigators from Hell.

Patrick Fitzgerald, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois can potentially make orphans out of Blagojevich’s children. Fitzgerald has the goods on the Illinois First Lady too. With both parents in prison the family damage is mindboggling.

Blagojevich and his wife have no choice but to implicate everyone they can. There is no question that Blagojevich has the goods on every major Democratic Party politician in Chicago including President-elect Barack Obama. You can’t hold any major position in the party without selling your soul to the devil.

Being slated for major office is being a, Made Man by mob standards.

Chicago’s organized crime begins and ends with the Democratic Party power brokers. Fitzgerald is in danger over this prosecution and is a likely murder target.

Blagojevich himself is in mortal danger because of the power he now holds to destroy the lives of other crooked politicians. Blagojevich will be better protected if he sings than if the criminal cabal has to speculate he might. The Illinois State police bodyguards will vanish as soon as Blagojevich is out of office.

Let’s argue and say Blagojevich can’t bring down the President-elect someone else he snitches on will. The rats are already biting each other and this cancer will spread faster and deadlier than any we’ve seen before.

Obama Fails First His First Major Honesty Test.

Chicago, Il—Being quick to distance himself from a former pal and confidant in serious criminal trouble, President-elect Barack Obama has done his best to mislead Americans. He tried to conceal the role his administration played in schemes with Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill the now vacant Illinois Senate seat.

In reality despite Obama's initial denial, Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be White House chief of staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate according to today’s Chicago Tribune. Obama later backtracked saying he'd find out who if anyone was talking to Blagojevich about the Senate seat appointment.

So far neither Obama nor Emanuel were willing to come clean with truthful information. I guess they want to wait to learn just how much Obama Administration stupidity and corruption was documented by court ordered wiretaps.

It’s no secret that Emanuel and Blagojevich have been close pals for many years. Of course Obama and Blagojevich have never failed to endorse each other in their campaigns for public office and trust.

Fasten your seat belts boys and girls we’re in for a rough ride ahead.

Stimulate The Economy, Buy A New Gun!

Mainstreet, USA—The politicians are telling us to spend money we don’t have. They are right. We must do what we are told. So take that credit card out to your local gun dealer and buy yourself a gun, accessories and some ammunition.

With any luck our economy will collapse anyway and you won’t be paying that credit card bill. You will be ready to fend off idle ghetto rats turning to home invasion to support their crack habits in a tough economy. Another upside is there will be fewer people in need of Barack Obama's redistribution of wealth programs.

This Los Angeles Freeway Shooting Was A Real Attention Getter.

Los Angeles, CA—Motorists out driving at 3:00AM noticed a brand, new silver Bentley Continental weaving on the 101 Freeway downtown. The unidentified 25 year-old male driver was critically wounded by some serious gunfire. Tonight the victim is on life support and only has a future as an organ donor.

The questions are obvious. Who was this lad and how could he afford a $200,000.00 car? What was the motive that caused his assailant to fire no less than ten shots ruining this fantastic car?

Lots of questions are waiting for answers. I will update this strange case as information becomes available.

Update: The Bently driver had died. Police have now identified him as 25-year-old Jose Luis Macias. His relationship with the vehicle and its owner is still not being released.

Update: Police have provided additional information. They said the victim, who is now being described as an East Los Angeles Latino man was not the car’s owner. They still refuse to provide his name or that of the car’s owner. They further said no drugs or weapons were found in the car in the subsequent. Search.

Chicago Corruption Fighter And Author Bob Cooley Has Blagojevich Information

Chicago, IL—Chicago cop, turned corrupt lawyer, turned Corruption fighter and author Robert Cooley talks about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich running a suburban Chicago gambling racket. Cooley brought down more than his share of rats.

Cooley wrote about his work as an FBI mole during undercover operation called Operation Gambit in his book, When Corruption Was King. As we speak Cooley’s book is being turned into a major motion picture in Hollywood.

Watch Cooley talk about Blagojevich in a 14 minute interview:


Part two 7 minutes:

Obama/Blagojevich Rift Was Nothing Personal…

Chicago, IL—Barack Obama and Rod Blagojevich were pals for years. They with convicted fundraiser Tony Rezko were cooking up crooked deals all over the place. Obama’s residence in Hyde Park is one small product of that cabal. Simply take a gander at Michelle Obama’s lucrative board appointments resume.

The problem was that Rezko was cooperating with the feds and that made the embattled Blagojevich a radioactive untouchable to be avoided. Obama needed Blagojevich but not while he and his rapidly forming administration was under the microscope. That is the only reason for the current Obama/Blagojevich rift.

Someone please tell me why Patty Blagojevich collected a huge commission on that Obama real estate deal when she was not the broker selling the property? Was that just another bribe? Reportedly the US Attorney has renewed interest in looking at that specific deal.

There is no doubt in my mind that Senate seat hopeful and Obama confidant Valerie Jarrett was tipped off and that’s precisely why she withdrew her name from consideration at the last minute. Should the wind begin to blow in the right direction look for Jarrett to be the Obama approved Senate appointment ringer after all.

I fully expect the rats at every level to begin biting each other to survive. I fully expect this case to become more far reaching and destructive than the Watergate Affair of nearly 40 years ago.

In the past the mainstream media could control just what got reported, but no more. There are hundreds of bloggers digging right now that can be counted on to expose what the Obama loving mainstream media won’t.

A Goddess Has Died, Bettie Page was 85

Los Angeles, CA—1950’s pinup queen, Bettie Page has passed away. Page was hospitalized here for pneumonia more than a month ago. She suffered a heart attack as she was about to be sent home. Paige never regained consciousness and died nine days later.

Page’s sensuous photos covered the globe in the 1950s when really tame material was considered pornography under the laws of most states. Page did not get her share of the vast financial reward for her images that were constantly being republished everywhere despite copyright laws.

Page was an original Playboy Magazine centerfold and her images were carefully hidden under the mattresses of teenage boys everywhere.

Page was really more like the girl next door rather than the hot sex kitten her picture poses demonstrated. Page seemed to be a victim of exploitation never winning the legitimate stardom she deserved.

Actress Gretchen Mol did a bang up job of playing Page in the movie, The Notorious Bette Page. If you’re a fan of Page like I am seeing that film is a must.

Update: 11/16/08—Westwood Memorial Park was the location of the memorial service and internment of the pinup legend. Present was Playboy founder Hugh Heffner, the famous stripper Tempest Storm and a legion of young women inspired by Page.

I was somewhat concerned Page would not get the prestigious resting place she deserved. I worry no more because Page has a great space yards away from Marilyn Monroe and scores of other entertainment stars who have made the world a better place. I will post pictures whenever her grave marker is completed.

When Hugh Heffner learned Page was having financial trouble and mental health problems he jumped in and rescued Page. I suspect he also contributed to her high priced final piece of real estate. Hef has demonstrated he has both heart and some real class.

Photo courtesy of the L.A. Times.

Odds Are Recovered Child Remains Are Caylee Anthony’s

Orlando, FL—Skeletal remains of a small female child were found today within blocks of missing three year-year old, Caylee Anthony. A utility worker found the remains that were wrapped in a plastic garbage bag and duct tape.

This is either a murder or a covered up accidental death. The cause of death will be a challenge to determine after six months and the advanced decomposition. Speculation will continue.

I suspect the girl’s brain may contain traces of chloroform. Police believe that chemical was involved as a tool to keep the girl asleep while her mother partied. Perhaps this will bring about the closure of part or all of the mystery. This also my only bring more questions than answers.

I don’t expect that the girl’s mother will be more willing to talk because of this. The discovery may however hasten a guilty plea of Casey Anthony who is already facing murder charges.

We can expect police to obtain yet another search warrant to look for plastic and duct tape at the Anthony home to match to the what was found with the remains.

The Ruffalo Shooting And The Beverly Hills Police Investigation

Beverly Hills, CA—It was an awful and tragic event that brought Beverly Hills police to the home of actor Mark Ruffalo’s brother Scott Ruffalo. He suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was unconscious. Ruffalo later died.

Police became aware that others were present and put out a dragnet to locate and detain them.

There is a big rub here. Witnesses or offenders are not required to talk to police. Witness can be compelled by court order to testify unless they assert their rights against self-incrimination. The primary suspect was 26 year-old Shaha Mishaal Adham. This woman did not hang around the scene nor was she required to do so. A 911 call was made and help was on the way.

The apparent evidence indicated that Ruffalo was playing Russian Roulette and that the wound was self-inflicted. Generally this can be proven by tests for gunshot residue. Positioning evidence of the gun to skin can and generally will show either contact or close to contact gun muzzle distances.

Suspect Adham entered the Beverly Hills Police Department later, and was arrested. She retained lawyer, Ronald Richards. After hours of discussion police released Adham and announced she had been cleared.

That clearance is not set in stone if other evidence can establish Probable Cause. I don’t expect that to happen.

Toxicological testing is a painfully slow process and will eventually show if and what intoxicating chemical substances Ruffalo has been using if that were the case.

Not every violent death is a murder and innocent people often leave the scene of frightening events. Leaving the scene of such an event and the failure or refusal to talk to police is no crime, but your absolute right. Talking to police without an attorney present is always a terrible idea.

Good Advice for Governor Rod Blagojevich

Start Snitching!

Arizona Reporter’s Killing To Be A Major Motion Picture

Phoenix, AZ—It was a warm June day in 1976. It was nearing lunch time when in the Central Phoenix, Clarendon Hotel parking lot there was a loud explosion. Emergency responders found a severely injured man in a mangled small white Datun agonizing in pain. A remote controlled bomb that had been attached under the driver’s seat by magnets did the job it was designed to do.

The man was transported to the nearby Str. Joseph’s Hospital where he suffered with the loss of both legs for no less than ten days before his injuries took his life.

Soon the explosion was heard in newsrooms throughout the world. The victim, reporter, Don Bolles would become a legend. What followed was some of the worst police work in Arizona history.

Reporters from throughout the country all descended on Phoenix and virtually took over the police investigation. The problem was they weren’t cops. They knew a lot about conducting the paper chase of public records but they did not understand police work or the criminal justice process.

Bolles death became known as the Arizona Project and brought about the birth of the venerable Investigative Reporters and Editors organization.

The litigation both criminal and civil went on for decades. Death sentences were handed out and later, set aside. Multiple trials were held and over many years I made a significant portion of my living off of various related investigations. Today one man, Max Dunlap remains in the Arizona State Prison Complex-Lewis Southwest of Phoenix after his second conviction for the crime.

It was believed that Bolles was blown up over his unflattering news stories about the late Arizona businessman Kemper Marley, Sr. Like any major mystery conspiracy theories were the talk of the nation’s newsrooms. Police had to rely on physical evidence, and the stories of the people rounded up as a result of the investigation. Sorting out the truth was an impossible task.

The vicious bombing death and the fallout led to a lot of changes both in Arizona law enforcement and Newsrooms. After Bolles the Phoenix Police Department made their offices off limits to reporters, who formerly had the run of the place.

Ben Affleck and Miramax Films along with producer Sean Bailey are working hard to share this compelling story to a theater near you.

News Media Shows Ignorance Of The Law Over Blagojevich Arrest.

Los Angeles, CA—I’m watching news coverage and reading major news media stories about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. A great number of reporters are talking about the "indictment" of the governor on corruption charges.

There is just one giant problem and that’s Governor Blagojevich has not been indicted. That is expected to happen soon but right now he was arrested on a criminal complaint with an attached sworn affidavit. I guess the reporters and producers just don’t understand the process and don’t research the crap they write.

Do a Google search on Blagojevich and indictment and you will see the offenders for yourself.

The US Attorney’s office made a solid press release and a copy of the criminal complaint available to everyone and anyone who wanted it. I posted the material on this blog and the word indictment or Grand Jury can’t be found anywhere.

Prosecutors now have limited time to get a Grand Jury to return an indictment. When it comes there will be more than two names and a whole gang of new charges. The hapless Governor and his Chief of Staff along with additional defendants will have to attend an arraignment after that happens.

If prosecutors are tardy with an indictment the present case will be dismissed. That’s not a problem because they are free to re-charge Blagojevich with the indictment.

In the mean time perhaps some news directors and editors need to educate their hired help.