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Interesting NY Times article about a NJ paralegal who is suing the FBI for information on a mobster's past. Angela Clemente, who has been researching corruption with government informants (she worked with the Brooklyn DA on the Lindsey DeVecchio case), wants all FBI details about Scarpa, "especially those related to Carlos Marcello, a New Orleans don suspected by some of having played a role in the Kennedy assassination on Nov. 22, 1963."

Over a week ago, prosecutors were forced to drop charges against ex-FBI agent R. Lindley DeVecchio after their star witness's credibility came into question. DeVecchio's trial was as high-profile as they come, as the Brooklyn DA's office charged him with tipping off mobster-turned-FBI information Gregory "The Grim Reaper" Scarpa Jr. with information that led to four murders, and their case hinged on the testimony of Scarpa's mistress, Linda Schiro. In late October, Schiro had testified...