The Mob and Me: Wiseguys and the Witness Protection Program

Partington, John; Violet, Arlene

ISBN 10 : 1400118921 ISBN 13 : 9781400118922

Editeur : Tantor Media Inc, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Partington John Violet Arlene

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1967, U.S. Marshal John Partington was given the task of protecting the wife and young daughter of renowned mobster Joe "The Animal" Barboza, now an informant with a bounty on his head. It wasn't Partington's first time guarding underworld witnesses. But this time was different. It was at the behest of Senator Bobby Kennedy that Partington became the architect of a new high- threat program to get the bad guys to testify against the worse guys. Lifelong protection in exchange for the conviction of the upper echelon of organized crime would require a permanent identity change for every member of the witness's family, a battery of psychological tests for re-assimilation, and a total, devastating obliteration of all ties with the past. It created a logistical nightmare for Partington. He would have to make up the rules as he went along, and he did so without the luxury of knowing whom he could really trust. And so, the Witness Protection Program was born.
The account John Partington tells of the next thirty years of his life is a never-before-seen portrait of members of the underworld and law enforcement. He reveals the details of the protection provided such significant figures as Watergate players to Howard Hunt and John and Maureen Dean. Ultimately, Partington delivers the unvarnished truth of the Program, from the heavily-shielded delivery of witnesses to trial, to countless death threats, to managing an ever- rotating crew of U.S. Marshals, to the step-by-step procedure of reinventing his sometimes dangerous, sometimes terrified charges and their families as uncomplicated suburbanites.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tantor Media Inc
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1400118921
• ISBN 13: 9781400118922
• Reliure: CD
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible