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...wife and three bodyguards) and Borsellino (killed in a similar attack two months later), organized crime experts say the Mob is quietly developing a very different look from the one on stage at Palermo's rowdy trials. If a similar mass roundup were mounted today - unlikely since evidence and turncoat witnesses have dried up - the usual ensemble of toughs with colorful nicknames and brass knuckles would certainly be on hand. But the modern Mob is transforming itself, and two new character types are emerging: the college graduate in a tailored suit who wields nothing sharper than his felt...
There doesn't seem to be much doubt now that Yasser Esam Hamdi was born on the bayou. Or that Hamdi and alleged Taliban turncoat John Walker Lindh were among the holdouts in the Qala-i-Jangi prison riot that day, raising the possibility that the two knew each other. But they were separated immediately after capture because Lindh needed medical attention and Hamdi didn't appear to be injured. In February Hamdi was shipped off to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with other suspected al-Qaeda men. "From the very beginning, there was a possibility in everyone's mind that...
...Turncoat, hero, ingrate, revolutionary. Folks around Capitol Hill called Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords a lot of things this year, but as of May 24 there's one thing they couldn't call him: Republican. Jeffords' sudden switch to independent--he saw the G.O.P. moving too far right of his moderate viewpoint--ended the Republican Party's control of Congress. "Democrats got to set the agenda instead of reacting to a Republican President," says a senior Senate Democratic aide. "That is a huge change...
...offer them a lighter sentence or a bit of money," says an Italian judge. "This is a different phenomenon. But it?s still early. We have to give it time. You have to isolate them from their network." Others remain less optimistic. "Unfortunately, I?ve never seen a turncoat among Islamist militants," says an experienced European interrogator. "A change of heart could be transitory. People we?ve considered ?defectors? from the jihad have been re-recruited - some actually felt guilty about having given up the fight. A lot of Islamists who seem to be confessing may actually be thinking...
...received $400,000 for the film rights to the story of Frank Serpico's struggle against corruption within the New York City police department, he gave half of it to Serpico. He also chronicled the careers of Sammy ("The Bull") Gravano, the Mafia informant, and Aldrich Ames, the CIA turncoat. DIED. KIM STANLEY, 76, stage and screen actress best remembered for her portrayal of Cherie, the saucy nightclub singer in the original Broadway production of Bus Stop; in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her performances in the films Seance on a Wet Afternoon and Frances gained Oscar nominations, but despite critical...