Two-way cell phones are not for public consumption and cannot be purchased. These phones are used by secret agents similar to the character (Jinx) Halle Berry portrayed in the James Bond film, "Die Another Die." These phones are also used by a few intelligence agencies and by very well connected and sophisticated crime syndicates (same frequency). These phones don't keep records of calls (untraceable) and the company that provides the service for two-way cell phones can't be identified and they can't be traced via satellite.
"SECRET SOCIETY OF ASSASSINS" (GIGOLO-ASSASSIN)
Rewind:
We've told you about Porfirio "Rubi" Rubirosa (above black and white photo) before. He was a gigolo/assassin. A rich heiress paid him $66,000 per day for his sexual services (13 inch endowment) and he dated numerous Hollywood starlets including Jayne Mansfield, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Earth Kitt, Empress Soraya, etc. He was also married to two of the richest women in the world. His divorce settlements included a coffee plantation, a private plane and polo ponies.
Ian Fleming based James Bond on Rubi. It's long been rumored that Rubi was a political assassin.
Rubi was also a chef, professional boxer, polo player, diplomat and a professional race car driver. He counted Kings, Presidents (including JFK), Dictators and Mobsters among his friends.
Rubi was a mix of James Bond and Hugh Hefner. He died after crashing his Ferrari into a tree in Paris in 1965.
Fast Forward:
A new book, "Chasing Rubi,' reveals that Rubi may have also been a secret agent.
Director John Malkovich bought the rights to "The Last Playboy." Another book based on Rubirosa. Antonio Banderas wants to play the lead.
"REMOTE CONTROL SNIPER RIFLE"
The film "Vantage Point," featured a "remote control sniper rifle." If this type of rifle ever becomes available to sharp shooters and assassins, it will become the weapon of choice for hit men, contract killers, and wet work mechanics because it can by operated by remote control via a cell phone.
This set up allows the killer to be out of the vicinity of the rifle. The killer can aim and shoot the rifle via a cell phone at a distance, allowing for a quick getaway.
"SECRET AGENT"
Not long ago, the film "The President's Man,' starring Chuck Norris detailed the adventures of the President's "special/black ops" soldier who is the equivalent of a sweeper/3-Charley operative. The man selected for this job is well versed in the art of espionage and hand-to-hand combat, etc. The only "identifiable" man to fit this description in real life is Frank Dux (1st photo). The film "Blood Sport," was based on his life.
At age 13, Frank Dux was a tenth-degree black belt. He also became the first person to break bulletproof glass with his bare hand. Dux would also master the ‘death touch.’ This technique enables you to hit the human body and cause death without leaving a bruise.
Dux could also snatch a coin out of an open palm and replace it with a penny without the switch being noticed. His reflexes were extremely quick. At 6'2 and 225 lbs, Dux was considered the most dangerous man in the world. Former CIA director William Casey personally recruited him. Dux traveled the world on secret assignments. He operated in the most dangerous areas of intelligence and always got the job done. The CIA utilized his skills as he worked both sides of the Iron Curtain and he established contacts all over the world.
Several years ago, authors (Norman Polmar & Thomas B. Allen) of the book, "Spy Book," revealed that the NSA (the ultimate spy agency) has a monthly "classified" newsletter not available to the public. This was the model & inspiration for our "classified" monthly PR/ and irregular Sky Villa newsletters although we have never viewed a NSA newsletter. Only difference, we exclusively report on "classified" entertainment news.
In Related News: President Harry Truman established the NSA on October 24, 1952. The NSA is exempt from certain restrictions applied to other spy agencies and they have gone to extreme lengths to keep itself invisible. For years, employees were ordered to say nothing more than "federal government" or "Department Of Defense," in reply to questions about where they worked.
Source: "Spy Book," by Norman Polmar & Thomas B. Allen
"FEMALE SPYMASTER"
At one time, in the mid 90's, the head of M15 (the equivalent of the CIA overseas) was headed by a woman, Stella Rimington. In the James Bond films, Dame Judi Dench portrayed a character referred to as "M." In real life, Rimington was referred to "C." After leaving M15, Rimington has become a successful espionage writer, often writing about female secret agents.
The "Hollywood Star," was an idiosyncratic gossip tabloid published on an erratic schedule in Hollywood, California by William Kern, who wrote much of the magazine under the pseudonym "Bill Dakota." Published in a newspaper format (and sold in news racks), it appeared in 1976, and had stopped publishing by 1981. In 1979, it adopted a smaller magazine format which lasted just two issues, as Hollywood "Confidential" Star Magazine.
Inspired by Confidential and other gossip magazines of the 1950's, The Hollywood Star had a homosexual subtext (Kern's other mid-70s paper was called Gayboy) and printed nude photos and sexually-oriented gossip with a frankness that had never been seen in gossip magazines. In addition to naming stars who were gay or bisexual, for example, the magazine published lists of male celebrities based on whether they were circumcised. One issue had a red-letter headline reading "Walt Disney was Homosexual: Editor Reveals Facts!," the cover story included an affidavit from Dakota, attesting that he had been paid to perform a sex act with Disney.
Charles Manson went on record with Dakota about various celebrities that he had been involved with, leading Frank Sinatra to threaten Dakota (one of Sinatra's daughters had been named by Manson). Sinatra's threats were published in full.
(CIA AGENTS/WRITERS)
Author Charles McCarry's adept writing about espionage is based on his career in the CIA. He considers himself a novelist, not a spy novelist. After leaving the CIA, McCarry served for several years as a senior editor on National Geographic magazine. Later, he dedicated his time to writing espionage novels.
His authentic fictional hero, Paul Christopher, works for a CIA-like agency and uses the cover of "magazine writer/blogger."
Another former CIA officer who became a writer is-William F. Buckley. He's a conservative writer putting his character Blackford Oakes, somewhere between an American James Bond and a realistic hero.
SPYCRAFT: "POLITICAL DECOY'S/LOOKALIKES & A FIXER"
A political decoy is a person employed to impersonate a politician, in order to draw attention away from the real person or to take risks on their behalf. This can also apply to military figures, or civilians impersonated for political/espionage purposes.
The political decoy is an individual who has been selected because of their strong physical resemblance to the person they are impersonating. This resemblance can be strengthened by plastic surgery. Often, such decoys are trained to speak and behave like their "target."
The (CIA) had planned to bring down Indonesia's first president Sukarno by portraying him in a pornographic film in the late 1950's. The agency put together a pornographic film starring a Sukarno lookalike in bed with a blonde playing a Soviet agent. The humiliation caused by circulating the film was supposed to drive Sukarno from office but the plan was unsuccessful.
Allegedly, actor Errol Flynn was brought up on charges for lewd behavior by a young woman, to confuse the woman in court, a fixer hired a Flynn decoy/lookalike who was the same height and type as Flynn. The woman couldn't make a positive identification and the case was dismissed.
In 2003, a German television network ZDF broadcast claimed that Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein was frequently replaced with doubles for TV appearances.
Adolf Hitler is known to have employed at least one double and it has been alleged that he employed as many as six. One of these unfortunate men was later knowingly executed by guards as part of a disinformation strategy and his corpse was found by Allied forces who initially believed it to be Hitler, but it wasn't.
It has been widely rumored that Presidential decoys have been in use since Ronald Reagan's first term. But these allegations are unsubstantiated. It's also rumored that political decoys receive a very lucrative sum for their services.
(THE RISE OR DECLINE OF A BLACK FBI AGENT)
According to former black FBI agent Tyrone Powers, during his tenure with the FBI: The FBI harassed Black Mayors Coleman Young (Detroit), Harold Washington (Chicago) and Marion Barry (Washington, DC).
Powers also claims that White agents urinated on photographs of President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore. And, a white agent gave a fundraiser for a white cop accused of murdering a Black Detroit motorist.
Powers also reveals in his book: White agents pasted the picture of an ape over the photo of an African American agent's child and sheet-clad classmates pretended to be Klansmen at the FBI Academy.
Powers says there was also a mysterious explosion of a "troublesome" Black agent's FBI-issued vehicle.
SPYCRAFT "ARCHIVES" PRESENTS: “BLACK BLOOD BATH"
Introduction:
We are all familiar with the following atrocities/black blood baths that took place in Rosewood, Florida in 1923 and Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 (Black Wall Street) but the following is based on a true story by author Carroll Case who alleges he was threatened while during research for his book, "The Slaughter: An American Atrocity." Allegedly, the threats ceased somewhat when Case decided to write a fictional account based on a "true" event. Case also enclosed official documents in his book to support his claims.
"BLACK BLOOD BATH"
The 364th Infantry (an all black squadron) was originally stationed in Phoenix Arizona. In 1942, over 3,000 men belonged to the 364th Infantry. They were a proud and dignified bunch; considered uppity by whites.
The soldiers refused to accept blatant racism and the harsh punishment and unequal treatment dished out by the military. At one point, the soldiers refused to obey orders from their commanding officer.
On Thanksgiving night in 1942, 100 of the men took part in a shootout; there were 15 deaths. 16 men belonging to the 364th were tried by court martial; each received 50 years of hard labor.
The army faced big problems with the 364th. The disobedience may influence other black soldiers to disobey. Solution: Send the 364th to the Deep South to be straightened out. Destination: Mississippi.
As soon as the 364th hit town (on May 28th, 1943) they demanded equal treatment. Mississippi answered quickly when the Sheriff killed one of the soldiers because a button on his uniform was missing.
A race riot ensued between the soldiers and the townspeople. The army’s plan was backfiring.
Between May 30th -June 25th, over 3,000 people participated in the riot and 25 black soldiers were killed.
In the fall of 1943, while the soldiers were doing maneuvers, someone went into the barracks and removed the firing pins from their weapons.
Later that evening, the Military Police were called in as well as riot control. Each soldier was awaken by superior officers and instructed to go line up in formation, outside.
Over 1200 members of the 364th were lined up.
Allegedly, the MP’s and the riot squad opened fire and shot everything that moved. The entire area was sealed off; the men were trapped. They yelled, screamed and begged for their lives as the shooting continued.
When it was over, blood was everywhere. 1200 soldiers of the 364th were massacred. Their bodies were loaded in boxcars and shipped to the South gate of the base where they were covered with lime and buried in long trenches dug by bulldozers.
The army allegedly notified the next-of-kin, saying, the soldiers were killed in combat.
The remaining 1800 members of the 364th were threatened with death if they ever spoke of the massacre. They were all shipped out to Alaska where they remained until the war was over.
Source: "The Slaughter: An American Atrocity," by Carroll Case
"POLITICAL FIXERS?"
Vernon Jordan was allegedly the fixer (damage control expert) for former President Bill Clinton, if true, this would make him the most powerful fixer in U.S. history. Unconfirmed rumors indicate that Tim Griffin (2nd photo) is the current GOP operative. Allegedly, rumors persist, that Griffin is currently working for Presidential nominee, John McCain, if true, and McCain wins the election, expect Griffin to be elevated to Presidential fixer.
(ABDUCTION RINGS)
Johnny Gosch (directly above) was abducted delivering newspapers on the morning of Sept. 5, 1982, his mother said.
Following Gosch's abduction, Eugene Martin (directly above) another paper boy vanished as he was about to deliver copies of The Des Moines Register.
On Fox News, 26 years after her son -Johnny's kidnapping, Johnny's mother (Noreen Gosch) said someone left the above photo of her son at her doorstep. "The Brand" shown in the photo above is common on those who are forced into prostitution against their will. The symbol (circled in red) is used in some pedophile circles, and points to an organized group that's taking part in the kidnapping.
In the words of Noreen Gosch: On my birthday... I received a package with the following pictures inside. The first photo (above this photo) is of my son Johnny, shortly after he was kidnapped on Sept. 5th, 1982. He was still wearing the clothing he had on the day he was taken. He is bound and gagged. The second photo (directly above) is three boys all bound and gagged... the boy on the far right is my son, Johnny. We do not have the identity of the other two boys. We are currently working with the police and the National Center for Missing Children in hopes of learning the identity of the other two boys. There are two families who would probably like to have news of their children. If anyone viewing the second photo knows who these boys are, please contact me.
"ABDUCTION RINGS (PART II)"
We reported last week on allegations that former Black Republican Lawrence E. King (1st photo) allegedly lured foster kids into pedophile rings.
Additional Information: Allegedly, King was considered the "finder" of young boys and some girls who were considered prime candidates for exploitation, mainly neglected kids. These kids were allegedly transported across the country by airplane to provide sexual favors.
According to Paul Bonacci (4th photo), he was involved in this ring between the ages of 6-17. Bonacci was so brainwashed, from an early age, he admitted to participating in Johnny Gosch's (5th photo) kidnapping. He also revealed details of the who, what, when, why and how of the case. Bonacci has also appeared on news programs including "America's Most Wanted," to talk about the kidnapping and the organized groups of pedophiles that prey on children.
Bonacci also won a default judgment of $800,000 in compensatory damages and $200,000 in punitive damages in a civil action against Lawrence King in which the petition alleged kidnapping, mind control, satanic ritual abuse, and sexual abuse, and alleged various personal injuries, both physical and psychological. The judge did not rule on these allegations, but merely ruled on the motion for default judgment.
Unconfirmed rumors indicate that a "snuff film" was allegedly made (for clients) and one of the missing kids (in the ring) who had appeared on a milk carton may have died during the making of this movie. This allegation has never been proven.
Lawrence E. King was chauffeured around Nebraska in a limousine until his arrest. He was convicted of embezzling $38 million dollars as manager of the Franklin Community Credit Union in Nebraska.
On July 23, 1990, the country grand jury threw out all allegations concerning sexual child abuse, labeling the charges a "hoax."
Various conspiracy theories regarding a cover up of the original allegations persist to the present day.
Lawrence E. King was released from prison on April 10, 2001 after serving 15 years. There hasn't been one public sighting of King since his release from prison.
The third largest moneymaker for organized crime in the United States, after drugs and weapons is: The sale of human beings. 15,000 kids per year are trafficked to the United States, mainly from Thailand and Africa. These children are victims of white slavery and child labor and put to work in illegal sweatshops. Some of the children end up in Europe, working as underage domestics. Others are sexually exploited. Family members have also been known to sell their children to smugglers.
In Related News: In the southern Dang district, rural Tharu farming families trapped in extreme poverty-earning less than a dollar a day-were making horrible sacrifices: selling their daughters as domestic slaves to wealthy Kathmandu families for $35 to $75. The girls are 7, 8, 9, and 10. Tharu village fathers often sell their daughters at the annual Maghe Sakranti Festival.
"HOLLYWOOD DAMAGE CONTROL & BILLIONAIRE FIXER?" UNSOLVED MYSTERY! WAS HOWARD HUGHES BI-SEXUAL & WAS A MURDER COVERED UP?
Howard Hughes instructed an aide to begin the search for an unknown to play the title role (Billy The Kid) in his film, "Outlaw." Allegedly, Hughes added, "I want him to look like he's carrying a ten-inch d**k between his legs when he walks, and we're talking soft."
A few weeks later, the rep informed Hughes that he found a perfect physical specimen by the name of David Bacon (2nd photo) to play the role.
At the time, Bacon was in a lavender marriage with a woman named Greta Keller. They had an understanding, David could carry on his affairs with men while she indulged her passion for girls. Greta Keller was also linked to Greta Garbo. In lesbian circles they were known at the time as "the two Greta's."
According to Greta, her husband (David Bacon) allegedly had an homosexual affair with Howard Hughes. She says, "They rented a bungalow in the Hollywood Hills were he and my husband spent days at a time. I estimate that the affair lasted three months."
Hughes allegedly gifted David with a maroon-colored expensive British made sports car as well.
A few months later, David complained that his contract with Hughes was too binding and it forbade him to look for work with another studio without the approval of Hughes.
Furious, David came up with a blackmail scheme. He began to record, in writing, the details of his affair with Hughes.
Greta says, "I warned David he was playing with dynamite, if he made threats to a man as powerful as Howard Hughes.
"But, he sat at a typewriter and pounded out almost ten pages a day. I saw some of it. It was very pornographic."
Three days later, David said he had to meet someone at Santa Monica Beach. I often knew he met his boyfriends there. According to Greta, "He didn't say for certain, but I believe he was meeting Hughes."
Later that day, Bacon was seen driving a car erratically in Santa Monica before running off the road and into the curb. Several witnesses saw him climb out of the car and stagger briefly before collapsing. As they approached he asked them to help him, but died before he could say anything more. A small knife was found in his back – the blade had punctured his lung and caused his death.
Bacon was wearing only a swimsuit, and a wallet and camera were found in his car. The film from the camera was developed and found to contain only one image, that of Bacon, nude and smiling on a beach. Police theorized that the photograph had been taken shortly before his death by his killer. The case attracted publicity for a time and officially remained unsolved.
Before she died in 1977, Greta Keller was quoted as saying: "I can't prove it but Howard Hughes murdered my David or he had someone else do it," (possibly a fixer?).
David Bacon's manuscript disappeared shortly after his death.
Source: "Hollywood Babylon: It's Back."
HOLLLYWOOD DAMAGE CONTROL/FIXERS:
According to the new book, "Hollywood Babylon: It's Back," allegedly, movie tough guy James Cagney had a secret gay streak and allegedly offered to help World War II hero Audie Murphy (2nd photo) pursue his dream of acting-if Murphy agreed to move in with him.
Murphy eventually moved out and slept in a gym at night. Fixer Eddie Mannix kept a tight lid on this.
"HIP-HOP SURVEILLANCE, CRIME FAMILIES & NFL/NBA SECURITY"
If you are a professional athlete, a rapper or the head of a crime family. This is the time to keep a low profile. We reported in a past edition that BMF erected billboards across the Atlanta skyline claiming "the world is ours." They also had "BMF" party videos on youtube as well as DVD's, detailing their lifestyle.
Big mistake! These tapes provided the authorities with inner circle identities and habits.
Former Philadelphia crime boss Nicky "Little Nicky" Scarfo, third photo, loved the limelight and it would prove to be his downfall. Scarfo was often described as a cold-hearted boss who enjoyed going out with his soldiers to kill people. Numerous informants claimed Scarfo was quite narcissistic and often scanned the newspapers to see if he had been mentioned in any crime reports. This ran against the tradition of Mob Bosses as being shy of media attention. Scarfo is currently serving a life term in a supermax prison.
If you are a pro athlete and your homeboys have criminal records, beware. NFL/NBA security is set up similar to an elite spy agency with a fully staffed command center.
Security personnel has dossiers of you and your homeboys and they are keeping a close tab on you. If you have an outdoor pool party, they are discreetly taking pictures and jotting down license plate numbers which is then entered into a database.
If you have a picnic with family and friends. They are nearby, snapping photos.
Rappers are also under a microscope, if they step out wearing six or seven figures worth of bling, flossing in exotic cars and living in a fly crib. This information is documented to compare against tax return income for a possible audit.
Recently, at Pimp C's funeral. The authorities were out in the open, snapping photos. Look at the Don Juan photo above, the authorities are in a gray car, taking pictures. It's not the paparazzi because Pimp C was not known to the mainstream.
Celebrities and sports figures are no longer invincible to law enforcement.
A special task force has been assembled.
SECRET GAY SEX LIVES: (RAYMOND BURR & DRAG QUEEN LOVER)
The upcoming book, "The Secret Life Of Raymond Burr," by Michael Seth Starr reveals that Burr (Perry Mason) had at least two sexual encounters with female impersonator Libby Reynolds, 2nd photo. Reynolds also confirms this information. She met Burr in a Greenwich Village Bar and the two had a few flings at the Plaza Hotel. Afterwards, Reynolds told "Confidential Magazine," that Burr was a "closet queen."
During his career, Burr even invented two wives and a son for his official biography. He later said he was married three times, and that all of his wives and his child died. There are no records of the women or the child.
Burr was linked to actress Natalie Wood for a short time to cover up his sexuality and when he died, he left his entire $32 million dollar estate to his male companion Robert Benevides.
EXPOSED: MERV GRIFFIN'S SECRET GAY LIFESTYLE
Late billionaire talk show host Merv Griffin was allegedly linked to Rock Hudson (3rd photo) and Montgomery Clift (4th photo). According to sources, the true love of his life was actor Gardner McKay (2nd photo) who played Captain Adam Troy in the 60's TV hit, "Adventures In Paradise." Merv reportedly saw Gardner on the cover of a magazine and had to meet him according to Griffin pal, John Cohan.
Brent Plott, a former lover who sued Griffin for palimony said that during the time they were together, he saw Griffin have sex with as many as 40 other men.
Griffin's secret survived outside of Hollywood until his death at age 82, last year.
Author Darwin Porter (Hollywood Babylon: It's Back) makes explosive allegations regarding Marilyn Monroe. According to Porter, John F. Kennedy was not the only president Monroe was involved with. Monroe was allegedly involved with future U.S. President Ronald Reagan as well. Porter also claims that Monroe was bi-sexual and had sexual flings with actresses Joan Crawford and Barbara Stanwyck. And, she was involved with gangster Bugsy Siegel. The studio fixers went to great lengths to cover up this information.
We revealed last month (above) that the FBI was allegedly out in full force, openly taking photographs at Pimp C's funeral and jotting down license plate numbers. Similar to a Mob surveillance.
An exciting behind the scenes DVD (Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop And The Cops) dealing with this subject was just released.
This DVD looks into the world of hip hop moguls and their struggles with law enforcement. This documentary uncovers an alleged nationwide coordinated effort by the police and FBI to monitor the most personal details among hip hop superstars with the exception of Eminem.
Included: Never before seen surveillance footage allegedly gathered by the FBI.
"HALLE BERRY'S FIXER"
Vincent Cirrincione (1st photo) is Halle Berry's manager/fixer in Hollywood. He operates out of a multi-floor office with one entire floor reserved for Halle's career. Cirrincione continues to make a career out of representing African-American women.
He once repped former" Bay Watch," actress Traci Bingham (third photo) and he currently represents black British actress Jane Wall (4th floor) who recently appeared on an episode of "The Ghost Whisperer." A few years ago, rumors circulated that he was interested in signing Elan Carter (fifth photo) but that was just a rumor.
With Halle's talent and Cirrincione's managerial skills, Berry has a story book career. She and Cirrincione are successful producers of "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge," and "Lackawana Blues," and Berry has won every major acting award: The Oscar, Emmy and a Golden Globe.
Cirrincione is not only a good manager with an Academy Award winning client but he is also a good damage control expert. Speculation indicates that he was responsible or somewhat responsible for Eric Benet not receiving anything (alimony or property) in Halle Berry's divorce settlement (which is unheard of in Hollywood) and Cirrincione played a key role in making sure that a mug shot never materialized in print media or on the internet when Halle was involved in a hit and run accident several years ago.
(SPOOF CARDS)
Spoof cards give you the ability to display any number on a caller I.D. Despite what number you use, the call will never be traced back to you.
Users can also change their voice from male to female.
Spoof "phone cards," are priced at $10 per hour.
"HOLLYWOOD DAMAGE CONTROL/FIXERS"
According to a new book, "Hollywood Babylon: It's Back," screen siren Ava Gardner (1st photo) was quick to jump in bed with men or women and Gardner allegedly picked up hookers on Santa Monica Boulevard and would bring them back to her place for a night of lesbian passion.
According to the book, one time, her then husband Frank Sinatra allegedly caught her in bed with actress Lana Turner (2nd photo) and the betrayal drove him to the brink of suicide.
Of course, this information was covered up by fixers Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling.
According to the book, "Hollywood Babylon: It's Back," co-author Darwin Porter makes disturbing claims about actors James Dean (1st photo) and Errol Flynn (2nd photo).
According to Porter, James Dean offered himself up for gay sex to get through the lean times before his meteoric flash of stardom. Porter also reveals, Dean also had a long affair with a boy who was only 12 years old when it began. Porter tracked down the boy-a man now in his 70's.
Porter says, Errol Flynn was such a sex maniac he even went on kinky outings with his son, Sean. The boy was not even 15 when Flynn started taking him into brothels and they'd allegedly have sex with the same woman at the same time.
Fixer Eddie Mannix worked overtime to cover-up these disturbing allegations.
Marine issued pepper spray and tear gas is so potent, it's not available for purchase. One burst of this pepper spray or tear
gas will leave you permanently blind.
Ian Fleming's James Bond-Agent 007-burst into spy fiction in "Casino Royale," in 1953, the first of 11 Bond novels portraying the spy as a superhero. President John F. Kennedy, who said that Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, was one of his favorite authors, helped put the James Bond books and films on the map. In Related News: When the late Princess Diana publicly stated that rock band Duran/Duran was her favorite group, their sales quadrupled the very next day.
"THE CIA'S GREAT GATSBY," by Edward Jay Epstein
Edward P. Wilson (above) was anything but inconspicuous. To many, he was Washington's answer to the Great Gatsby. His 2500-acre farm, bordering on the estate of Sen. John Warner in the hunting country of Virginia, was the site of weekend barbecues that attracted senators, congressmen, admirals, generals, CIA officers and other high government officials. Wilson's three private planes were usually available to ferry VIPs wherever they wanted to go. He also had properties scattered around the world, an apartment in Geneva, a hunting lodge in England. a seaside villa in Libya and real estate in North Carolina, Lebanon and Mexico.
A few years later, three witnesses in an investigation died. Rafael Villaverde. a Cuban refugee, disappeared at sea after his speedboat exploded off the coast of Florida; Kevin Mulcahy. an electronics expert, was found dead in an isolated motel in the Shenandoah Valley-apparently a victim of exposure; and Waldo Dubberstein, an archaeologist and expert on the Middle East, died of a shotgun blast to his head-a presumed suicide.
All three had worked for the CIA and, in the mid 1970s.and became involved in mysterious conspiracies plotted by a former CIA agent named Edwin P. Wilson. A series of investigations by various federal agencies, begun in 1976 led to Wilson's indictment in 1980 and disclosed the following pieces of a murderous puzzle.
Villaverde, who had served the CIA as a saboteur in Cuba, was recruited by Wilson as a hired gun and promised a million dollars for an assassination in Egypt. Mulcahy, a CIA specialist in secret communications technology. was hired to supervise the smuggling of electronic and military equipment.
Assassin, smuggler and spy: Why had these men accepted such nefarious assignments?
The answer each gave was that he had been recruited by Wilson under the pretense that he was still a CIA executive. In the espionage world, misrepresenting one's side or organization in order to get an opponent to cooperate is called a "false flag- recruitment. When the recruit realizes he has been duped, he was too far compromised to easily withdraw his cooperation.
Wilson, who had been fired from the CIA in 1971, artfully used the false flag trick for eight years to penetrate deep inside the U.S. intelligence establishment. In addition to Villaverde, Mulcahy and Dubberstein, Wilson attracted to his false flag no fewer than three dozen intelligence and weapons specialists, including CIA officers on active duty. senior military officers and civilian weapons designers with top-secret clearances. Through these connections, he obtained secret CIA cables from the Far East, NSA computer procedures for detecting submarines and missile, assassination devices from CIA suppliers and exotic secret weapons from the Navy and CIA testing base at China Lake in California. Wilson also clandestinely exported to Libya all the components (including technicians and specially developed exploding plastics from the CIA) for manufacturing terrorist bombs disguised as ashtrays and other innocent looking objects. Even worse, the explosive in the ashtrays had distinctive characteristics and a 'signature' that could he traced back to, the CIA.
According to IRS data released in July 1983, Wilson made at least $21.8 million from servicing Libya alone, Libya funneled this huge sum of money into Wilson's account in return for special equipment and personnel that could be used to implicate the CIA in Qaddafi's assassination plots and other conspiracies.
Wilson was finally arrested, in his defense, Wilson's attorneys argued that Wilson had in fact been working all along for the CIA. The U.S. Attorney E. Lawrence Barcella, however, tore this defense to shreds by showing that Wilson was unable to provide any details of his relations with the agency, not even the obligatory cryptonym of his operation or the name of his case officer.
A federal court in Virginia convicted Wilson of exporting firearms to Libya without permission and sentence him to 10 years in 1983. He was then convicted in Texas of exporting explosives to Libya and sentenced to 17 years and, in New York, he was convicted him of attempted murder, criminal solicitation, obstruction of justice, tampering with witnesses, and retaliating against witnesses, and sentenced him to 25 years, to run consecutively with his Virginia and Texas sentence.
He spent the next 20 years in prison and was recently released.
Source: Edward Jay Epstein
"HOLLYWOOD DAMAGE CONTROL/FIXERS"
According to author Darwin Porter (Hollywood Babylon: It's Back): Allegedly, the beloved Lucille Ball survived early on in Hollywood by selling her body before hitting the big time in movies and the iconic sitcom, "I Love Lucy."
Porter says, "She was far from the wholesome star everyone remembers from TV, says Porter. "When she was struggling to break into show business, she relied on stage door Johnnies to feed her in exchange for sex."
This information was allegedly suppressed by a fixer.
Source: "Hollywood Babylon: It's Back," by Darwin Porter
Our political source informs us, Barack Obama was in a "battle" with Hillary Clinton to secure the democratic nomination but he will be in a "war" with John McCain for the White House. Pat Buchanan was overheard saying, "The Republicans are going to get something on Barack Obama!"
We are receiving word that John McCain is either in the process or has already dispatched a powerful 'political fixer,' to Chicago to look into the murder of gay choir director, Donald Young (3rd photo).
Donald Young was the choir director of Trinity United Christian Church. His 47-year old body was riddled with bullets and found by his roommate when he returned to their apartment on Christmas Eve. Some presents and jewelry were missing and the apartment door was unlocked.
McCain has been informed that "Donald Young was silenced because of something he knew about Obama and Young's murder was discovered on a Sunday but didn't become public knowledge until Tuesday."
Karyn "Cookie" Kupcinet (March 6, 1941 – November 28, 1963) was a young actress who was murdered in a case that remains unsolved. It is often speculated that her death was connected to the JFK assassination.
Karyn (1st photo) starred in a handful of minor roles, including a small part in the 1961 Jerry Lewis film "The Ladies Man." She was last seen alive on the night of Wednesday, November 27, the day before Thanksgiving.
Her nude body was found on Saturday November 30 on her couch in her West Hollywood apartment by" Lost In Space," actor Mark Goddard (4th photo) and his wife, Marcia, 25.
Goddard was then playing a detective in "The Detective," a television series with actor Robert Taylor. The couple visited Kupcinet's apartment because she promised to call them but had not. Earlier, she had dinner with the Goddards at their residence.
She was due there at 6:30 p.m., but arrived an hour late. Goddard said Karyn only toyed with her food during their meal.
The coroner concluded that she had been dead about three days. Due to a broken hyoid bone in her throat, the cause of death was officially listed as strangulation.
The connection to the JFK assassination was first made by author Penn Jones, Jr. An Associated Press story reported that an operator overheard a female caller from the area of Oxnard, California say "The President is going to be killed" about 20 minutes before the assassination and the call was allegedly traced to Kupcinet 's phone.
Kupcinet's name appeared on a 1992 Today Show broadcast on a list of "mysterious deaths" connected to the JFK
assassination.
(CELEBRITIES LINKED TO MURDER CASES)
Actress Bette Davis told three different stories on how her second husband fatally cracked his skull and the only one that coincided with the coroner's report would make her a murderer!
In 1943, Davis' husband, Arthur Farnsworth (2nd photo) was walking on Hollywood Bouleveard when he suddenly collapsed. He went into a coma and died two days later but the coroner declared that the fall wasn't what killed him-the deadly blow had come as much as two weeks earlier.
It was later revealed that the couple often argued in public and were on the verge of divorce. Allegedly, a star struck jury let Bette Davis walk and fixers Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling were instrumental in persuading media outlets to proclaim that Davis' was innocent in print.
Many years later, Davis was having drinks with playwright Tennessee Williams and some others, allegedly, she confessed that she had bashed Farnsworth in the head with a wrought-iron lamp after catching him in bed with another woman. He died 10 days later.
Jean Spangler (pictured above) was a well-known extra and party girl in many films who vanished one night without a trace after leaving for a date.
On October 7, 1949, Spangler left her home in Los Angeles around 5 p.m., leaving her daughter with her sister-in-law and telling her that she was going to meet her former husband to talk about his child support payment that had been due a week before, then on to work on a movie set. The last person to see her was a clerk in a store near her home, who said she appeared to be waiting for someone. She has not been seen again.
Two days later on October 9, Spangler's purse was found near the entrance gate to Griffith Park in Los Angeles with both of the straps on one side torn loose as if it had been ripped from her arm. Sixty police officers and over one hundred volunteers searched the 4,107 acre natural terrain park, but no other clues were found. There was no money in the purse (her sister-in-law said that she had no money when she left her house the evening of her disappearance) so the police ruled out robbery as a motive. There was an unfinished note in the purse addressed to a "Kirk," which read, "Can't wait any longer, Going to see Dr. Scott. It will work best this way while mother is away."
The note ended with a comma as if it hadn't been finished.
Neither "Kirk" or "Dr. Scott" could be located, and neither Spangler's family nor her friends knew anyone by those names. Spangler's mother, Florence, returned to Los Angeles and told police that someone named Kirk had picked up Jean at her house twice, but he stayed in his car and didn't come in. Police searched for Kirk and questioned every doctor with the last name Scott in Los Angeles, but none of them had a patient with the last name Spangler or Benner, Jean Spangler's former married name. Spangler had once been involved with a person she called Scotty, who had beaten her, threatening to kill her if she broke the relationship off, but her lawyer said she had not seen him since 1945.
Spangler had completed a bit part in the then unfinished film "Young Man with a Horn," starring the actor Kirk Douglas. Douglas was vacationing in Palm Springs and heard about the disappearance. He called the police and told them he was not the Kirk mentioned in the note before police knew there was any connection. Douglas was interviewed by the head of the investigating team and stated that he had heard the name and that Spangler had been an extra in his new film, but he didn't know her personally. We recently found out that fixers (were involved in this situation) and made sure Douglas' name would never be brought up again in the investigation.
Friends of Spangler told police that she was three months pregnant when she disappeared and that she had talked about having an abortion, which was illegal at that time. The police talked with several people who frequented the same nightclubs and bars that Spangler did, who told them they had heard that there was a former medical student known as "Doc," who had said that he would perform abortions for money. Police searched for "Doc" with the idea that Spangler had gone to him to have an abortion and died as a result, but they not could locate him or anyone who would say that they had actually met him.
The Los Angeles Police department continued the search and circulated Spangler's picture for several years in an unsuccessful attempt to find her and any reliable information. There was a nationwide search for Spangler, but no further clues have ever turned up.
Sources: "Hollywood Babylon: It's Back," by Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince & "More Of Hollywood's Unsolved Mysteries," by John Austin.
Super rich families domestically and overseas who experience the ordeal of kidnap often bypass the FBI, instead, hiring a "kidnap specialist," like the one depicted in the series "Kidnapped."
Kidnap specialists are former mercenaries or former intelligence agents. A few have a wet work (assassination) background in hot zones as well as private military company backgrounds.
They also come with a full staff. They take up residence in the family's home and set up shop with a sophisticated command center that can rival any law enforcement agency in the world.
They negotiate with the kidnapper(s) and sometimes they locate the victim without any ransom exchanging hands.
By dealing with a specialist, this insures the family confidentiality without media coverage.
(HOLLYWOOD DAMAGE CONTROL/FIXERS)
MGM fixer Howard Stricking had his work cut out for him in the 1930's. His concern was MGM's biggest actor, William Haines (first photo). Haines was a homosexual. Haines and actor Ramon Novarro were regulars at an L.A. gay brothel and when Haines was picked up in a vice sweep, Strickling went to work, keeping the scandal out of the paper.
The public was unaware that Haines' nickname was "Lavender Lips," due to his professional fellatio talents.
Haines had never been linked to a single woman and he was popular enough that he could ignore orders from MGM. He made no attempt to hide his decidedly feminine persona and was openly living with a man named Jimmy Shields.
Strickling and MGM tried to force Haines to marry Joan Crawford (2nd photo) but he refused.
Haines got in trouble again and was arrested in the spring of 1931 at the Hollywood YMCA after reportedly being found having sex with a sailor. Strickling was called, Haines was released, no charges were ever filed and no record of the arrest exists anywhere.
The studio would eventually drop Haines.
Meanwhile, Haines' close friend, silent director, F.W. Murnau (3rd photo) was killed on March 11, 1931. The 42-year-old Murnau was killed in in a bizarre car accident south of Santa Barbara when his Packard convertible plunged 30 feet over a cliff onto the beach. Also dead was his 14-year old Filipino houseboy, Garcia Stevenson, who was driving. The position of the bodies and their state of undress indicated that homosexual Murnau was engaging in a sex act with the boy when the car went off the road. Strickling worked overtime to keep this scandal out of the paper.
Just 11 friends showed up to Murnau's funeral, including the reclusive Greta Gabro (4th photo).
Actor Gary Cooper's (5th photo) bisexuality was very well known in Hollywood. He had close relationships with several men. A issue of "Photoplay," magazine even featured portraits of a very effeminate Cooper seated with his mother. When Strickling set him up with actress Clara Bow, she said of his alleged boyfriend, "The whole thing makes me sick." Cooper was linked with gay actor Anderson Lawler and Cooper lived with Lawler several times and it was known that they were lovers which was later confirmed by Lawler's brother years later.
Source: "The Fixers," by E.J. Fleming
"HOLLYWOOD DAMAGE CONTROL/FIXERS" (MORE GAY COVERUPS)
MGM fixers Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling became quite busy in the 1920's. They initiated a coverup of three leading men: Rudolph Valentino (1st photo), Ramon Novarro (2nd photo) and Antonio Moreno (3rd photo). It's hard to imagine the reaction had the public known the secret: The big three Latin lovers of the 1920's were all homosexual according to the book, "The Fixers."
Valentiono's personal life was a contradiction. He was a fixture in the gay communities in Paris, New York and Los Angeles, working as a gigolo. When actress Alla Nazimova (the woman who introduced Hollywood to orgies) found him in a New York dance hall, she convinced Metro to cast him in a film.
Valentino married Jean Acker in 1919 and Natacha Rambova in 1923, both lesbians and former lovers of his mentor Alla Nazimova. The marriages were never consummated. A friend said, "Rudy thought consummate meant make a soup."
Actor Ramon Novarro, 2nd photo, (also linked to a famous black male writer) said he spent years writing an autobiography but couldn't publish it until after he died. His life was a secret. Everyone in Hollywood knew he was a homosexual alcoholic with a penchant for young male prostitutes.
Author E.J. Fleming (Fixers) insists that Antonio Moreno was gay, despite him marrying American heiress Daisy Canfield Danziger in 1923. The couple moved to an estate known as Crestmount, now known as the Paramour Mansion. The union lasted ten years and ended shortly before Canfield Danziger was killed in an automobile accident.
Source: "The Fixers,' by E.J. Fleming
PENTAGON RIPPED OFF FOR $8.4 MILLION:
Investigators for the Department of Defense are gunning for a con artist with a knack for intrigue. Agents say Roger Charles Day, Jr. (1st photo) may have faked his own death in an attempt to escape prosecution for defrauding the Pentagon out of $8.4 million in defense contracts along with his co-conspirator, Nathan Carroll (2nd photo). Defense Criminal Investigative Service agents, in cooperation with the U.S. Marshals, are on the hunt for both men.
(ELITE HIT SQUAD PROMISES GOOD JOB BENEFITS)
In Nuevo, Laredo, Mexico, a 16-foot-wide banner is strung above one of the busiest roads, calling out to any "soldier or ex-soldier." "We're offering you a good salary, food and medical care for your families."
But, there is a catch, the employer is "Los Zetas," a notorious gulf cartel hit squad formed by elite Mexican army deserters. The ad even includes a phone number for job seekers that links to a voice mail.
A similar sign in the Gulf of Mexico city of Tampico promised "loans and life insurance."
Source: Manuel Roig-Franzia @ The Washington Post
"INT'L FEMALE MASTERMIND/GANGSTER CAPTURED" (MURDERER/TERRORIST)
Columbia's best-known female commander, Nelly Avila Morena aka Karina (above) was recently captured by the secret police.
There was a $1 million dollar bounty on her head.
Authorities said Avila was wanted for murder, terrorism, rebellion and kidnapping. According to the secret police, her attacks included an ambush that killed 13 soldiers and she is also wanted for three massacres in 1999 and 2002.
Columbian Defense Minister-Juan Manuel Santos said, "Avila had the guts to do any type of operation and managed to occupy one of the highest posts a woman has ever reached in the ranks of terrorism."
Source: Toby Muse @ AP
"NELSON MANDELA'S NAME IS ON U.S. TERROR WATCH LIST"
Mimi Hall, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the situation "embarrassing," and some members of Congress vow to fix it.
Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., chairman of the House International Relations Committee, is pushing a bill that would remove current and former ANC leaders from the watch lists. Supporters hope to get it passed before Mandela's 90th birthday July 18.
"What an indignity," Berman said. "The ANC set an important example: It successfully made the change from armed struggle to peace. We should celebrate the transformation."
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says "common sense" suggests Mandela should be removed. He says the issue "raises a troubling and difficult debate about what groups are considered terrorists and which are not."
When ANC members apply for visas to the USA, they are flagged for questioning and need a waiver to be allowed in the country. In 2002, former ANC chairman Tokyo Sexwale was denied a visa. In 2007, Barbara Masekela, South Africa's ambassador to the United States from 2002 to 2006, was denied a visa to visit her ailing cousin and didn't get a waiver until after the cousin had died, Berman's legislation says.
(POLITICAL FIXER)
Antoin "Tony" Rezko was a powerful political fixer who worked both sides of the aisle as an hired gun (not in the literal sense) for the Democrats and the Republicans until 2006, when he got indicted. He had the ability to make problems go away, and scandals disappear. He also had the ability to deliver key votes in key states. He was the go-to man for many politicians.
Political fixer services go to the highest bidder regardless of political affiliation. Some political fixers have no political affiliation so they can work both sides and others are independent.
His political clients included: Comptroller Dan Hynes, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama, Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn, former Chicago Mayors Daley and Washington, former Cook County Board President John Stroger, and Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, former Illinois Governors Jim Edgar and George Ryan, the late Rosemont Mayor Don Stephens and he co-chaired a megamillion-dollar fund-raiser for President George W. Bush in 2003.
Rezko made a fortune investing in real estate and fast-food restaurants—including the first Subway in Chicago. Many of his real estate properties were in lower-income African American neighborhoods. After meeting Jabir Herbert Muhammad, former manager of heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and son of the late Nation of Islam leader, Elijah Muhammad, he was asked in 1983 to support the successful mayoral candidacy of Harold Washington.
In October 2006, Rezko was indicted along with Republican fundraiser and businessman Stuart Levine on charges of wire fraud, bribery, money laundering, and attempted extortion. The charges are part of the federal investigation known as "Operation Board Games."
The indictment of Rezko on federal charges has drawn attention to his relationship with Illinois Senator Barack Obama, though Obama has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
On Trail Of Most-Wanted Nazi's:
"$485,000 reward offered for doctor described as 'the most horrible' at Mauthausen camp"
Karl Lotter, a prisoner who worked in the hospital at Mauthausen concentration camp, had no trouble remembering the first time he watched SS Dr. Aribert Heim kill a man.
It was 1941, and an 18-year-old Jew had been sent to the clinic with a foot inflammation. Heim asked him about himself and why he was he so fit. The young man said he had been a soccer player and swimmer.
Then, instead of treating the prisoner's foot, Heim anesthetized him, cut him open, castrated him, took apart one kidney and removed the second, Lotter said. The victim's head was removed and the flesh boiled off so that Heim could keep it on display.
"He needed the head because of its perfect teeth," Lotter, a non-Jewish political prisoner, recalled eight years later in testimony that was included in an Austrian warrant for Heim's arrest uncovered by the Associated Press. "Of all the camp doctors in Mauthausen, Dr. Heim was the most horrible."
But Heim managed to avoid prosecution, his American-held file in Germany mysteriously omitting his time at Mauthausen, and today he is the most-wanted Nazi war criminal suspect on a list of hundreds estimated to still be free by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Heim would be 93 today, and "we have good reason to believe he is still alive," said Efraim Zuroff, the center's top Nazi hunter.
Former Nazi Hit Man On The Run:
Heinrich Boere (above), was a hit man for Waffen-SS and is accused of killing three Dutch civilians. Sentenced to death in absentia in 1949 in the Netherlands, later commuted to life in prison. Boere is still a fugitive on the run.
"Odessa" (Secret Nazi Society)
People are speculating that "Odessa," may be aiding these fugitives with new identities and finances. A few people have speculated that "Odessa" no longer exists; others disagree.
"Odessa” is a secret society and a international Nazi network set-up towards the end of World War II by a group of SS officers to facilitate secret escape routes for hunted war criminals.
According to late Nazi hunter Simon Wisenthal, “Odessa” was set up in 1946 to aid fugitive Nazi’s. Through this network, the Nazi’s were given new identities, passports, birth certificates and currency to start their new lives in different countries.
Source: David Rising @ Associated Press
"HIGH-TECH MONEY LAUNDERING"
Money laundering for the rich has gone high tech, as follows: The majority of offshore internet banks require a legal "go-between" to open a illegal account for credit cards and big ticket items. The go-between is called an "introducer," who acts as a online fence for rich criminals. This way, wealthy people can insulate themselves from dirty money and funnel dummy credit card charges from dummy websites. After the money is cleaned through stolen charges and purchases, it's then sent to a online internet bank.
In the 1950's, George Jacobs, (first photo with Frank Sinatra) states in his book "Mr. S., My Life With Frank Sinatra," that he didn't have high paying employment opportunities until Frank Sinatra hired him as a butler and chef. Chris Tucker will portray George Jacobs in an upcoming movie based on the book. Jacobs details the following celebrity encounters in his book.
Sam Giancana & Phyllis McGuire:
"One night Sinatra hosted a party. Throughout the day one mob boss after another showed up at the house. Johnny Rosselli and Sam Giancana (pictured above with Phyllis McGuire) were also in attendance. I prepared eggplant and clams for dinner while they talked about dividing up territory in Las Vegas and Havana."
"That weekend, I would drive Sam Giancana around Palm Springs to meet more of his visiting mobsters, each of whom was staying in some gated mansion. Sam complimented me on my driving, which I learned, was a big deal for him because he had begun his mob career as a wheel man for the successors of Al Capone."
"One day Sam said, "You know, I like Blacks. When I was in prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, in the 40's, one inmate was a black guy who went on to become the king of the numbers racket in Chicago and a multimillionaire. It was one of the few ways a black man could get rich in America. I became his partner although my bosses didn't want me to do business with Blacks. I was ordered to kill him, instead, I sent him down to a villa in Mexico, where he is living like a king."
"Later that evening, in front of Sinatra, Sam asked me, "You ought to come to Chicago and work for me." Sinatra spoke up and said, "He works for me, forget about it."
Throughout the years, it has also been rumored that Giancana set then girlfriend Phyllis McGuire (singer with the McGuire Sisters) up with investment tips that made her very wealthy. Allegedly, he urged her to invest in the Flamingo Hotel when Bugsy Siegel first opened the casino, McGuire allegedly never sold her shares. Those shares generate millions annually.
Ava Gardner:
"It was hard to believe that Ava Gardner had such a devastating effect on Frank Sinatra because he was no stranger to beautiful women. Then, after I met her, I was blown away. If I were to slit my wrists over a woman, this would be the one. Now, I understood what Sinatra was going through. Despite how hard he tried, and he tried hard, Ava was never going back to him. He was too possessive of her and she was too jealous of him. Neither trusted the other. I guess it was a case of loving each other too much, so much that they would have killed themselves. Love and death. Sinatra came up empty handed, yet, he still wanted Ava back in his life, whatever the circumstances."
"I picked Ava Gardner up from the airport. She was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. She could stop planes, not just traffic. There was no movie star nonsense with her, no entourage, no fawning press agents in tow. She was pushing her own bags on a cart trying to lie low in dark glasses and a tatty raincoat. But once I had her in the Cadillac and she took off the coat and shades, I could barely steer straight. The first thing to hit me were those cats' eyes of hers, green with flecks of gold and hypnotic as hell. She wasn't wearing an ounce of makeup and her skin was flawless."
Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and John F. Kennedy:
One night, Frank had me babysit Marilyn Monroe to make sure she wouldn't harm herself. That evening, she asked me, "Don't you think Frank and I should both throw in the towel and get married? He doesn't want any more kids. I'm perfect for him." "All I want to do is make him happy. Help me George, pretty please.. Who could say no to Marilyn Monroe and she knew the effect she had on men.
Marilyn would also tell me breathlessly about John F. Kennedy. Most of the stories involved how sexually obsessed John was with her, how many times and where they had made love, from suites at the Plaza in New York to broom closets at the Sands.
Marilyn had a habit of talking about JFK to me, so I could relay the information back to Frank, so he would get jealous.
Not only did Marilyn want Frank to marry her but Frank's mother also wanted him to marry Marilyn but it never happened.
Kobe Bryant's former bodyguard, Patrick Graber (ex-commando and intelligence officer) reveals the following in his book, "Dead Women Tell No Tales."
"I began to realize there is no depth to Kobe as an individual. This famous player was a loner consumed with basketball and sex, an impossible prima donna that lacked the requisite social skills to get along with others on every basic level."
"One day I was sitting in the living room of his suite with him. On the green couch there was a white bra and a light brown blouse. There were large golden earrings on the coffee table. There was also a small leather purse and a pair of high heels under it. Kobe had a piece of paper in his hand that he held out to me." Graber took it and saw there was an address in the Hollywood Hills written on it, and a name, Amanda."
"Be there in 30 minutes to pick her up," he ordered.
Twenty minutes later Graber arrived. The residence beyond the drive looked like a two-story mansion. On top of the flat floor roof there were groups of people. Everyone had a drink in hand and was talking in groups. Patrick was drinking in the sights when a six foot tall, very gorgeous and graceful female in a revealing leather dress approached him. When she got close enough, Graber could see that she was of mixed race, Aisan and African.
She asked, "You looking for Amanda? Graber nodded, "She'll be here in a minute." For the next ten minutes Graber enjoyed the scenery then he saw the woman in the leather dress emerge from the crowd with another lady in tow. The new woman was as beautiful as the first. They could have both been models. The new woman had the frame of a supermodel and her walk was the swaying strut of a runway model. She had to be Amanda. A minute later, another strikingly beautiful woman arrived. The leather clad one said, "This is Cathy," We're ready.
We left the Hills and headed back to Kobe in Hollywood.
When they arrived, Garber pulled his SUV up to the side of the building and brought the girls in the discreet back door. They went up in the private elevator. As always, the hotel was deserted. This had been the case before, and that must have factored into Kobe using it for his clandestine affairs. It then became clear to Graber that he was also Kobe's secret "affair" security. His regular detail would have not been trusted because they already had too much interaction with Vanessa for Kobe to trust.
As Bryant opened the door, the bodyguard heard women's laughter inside and wondered at this man's virility. Were these three not enough? Kobe thanked Graber and handed him eight hundred-dollar bills, saying that he would be in touch. As the bodyguard rode back down in the elevator, he was adding up what he made. It worked out to be about $400 dollars an hour. That wasn't bad considering the irregular hours. Then, Graber began to wonder if those girls really needed security, or if a limo would have been a better method of transportation.
Graber also began to wonder if his skills (commando) were being wasted on this type of endeavor?
In the summer of 1928, a drunken Joan Crawford was driving down Hollywood Boulevard weaving in and out of traffic and onto and off of the sidewalk. She ran a red light and hit a woman in the crosswalk, tried to bribe the motorcycle policeman at the scene and then drove away.
Arrested later near her Brentwood home, she called MGM fixer Howard Strickling (1st photo, bottom image). Strickling reportedly went to the young girl's hospital room with $10,000 in new $100 bills (about $300,000 today). The problem disappeared. No media coverage and the police report vanished.
Fixer Eddie Mannix (1st photo, 1st image) helped Garbo and her lesbian lovers on numerous occasions and did so graciously. He prevented any press coverage of Garbo's lifestyle and he went to great lengths to do so. Mannix even became close friend's with one of Garbo's girlfriends. Whenever she called him, he would always answer, "What can I do for my favorite redhead today?"
The founder of the "National Enquirer," was a man named Generoso "Gene" Pope, Jr. Before launching the tabloid, Pope worked as a former CIA intelligence agent.
Pope had two rules at the Enquirer: 'No negative stories about actress Sophia Loren or the mob.'
The tabloid would expand by launching a second weekly, "The Star."
Many people think "The Enquirer" and "The Star" are newsstand competitors, but they are owned by the same company.
Gene Pope died of a heart attack in 1988.
"FEMALE MOB COURIER"
Janice Drake:
Janice Drake was in the car that mobster Anthony Carfano, above, was driving when they were both shot to death by two men of the Genovese Crime Family. Vito Genovese ordered Carfano's murder because Carfano refused to meet with him after he took control of the Family in 1957. After Janice's murder investigation, some curious facts began to emerge about the beautiful and very married Janice Drake. The wife of comedian Alan Drake, Janice moved in some very unusual circles and had a very open marriage. Janice had been Albert Anastasia's (mob boss) dinner companion the night before he was whacked in the Park Sheraton barber shop, and prior to that had figured in the investigation of the death of a garment district powerbroker named Nat Nelson, with whom she dined the night he died. The Queens district attorney called her a "top flight" courier, and said she was frequently used as a go-between for gangland leaders.
Janice's duties with the mob probably didn't extend much beyond being a courier and passing along meeting times and places among her male friends. But she might have known too much — doubtless she knew the identities of Anthony's assassins — and her time had run out.
Anthony Carfano:
Anthony Carfano was a stone-cold killer who had been there at the beginning of the syndicate and was tight with Vito Genovese, Frank Costello and Lucky Luciano. He was a lieutenant in Don Vito's organization, although he and Genovese didn't get along too well. Carfano, more commonly known by his nickname Li'l Augie Pisano, was also a lady's man. He was married several times, including once to the sister of a Florida cop.
(IDENTITY THEFT)
Fierce competition among identity thieves has driven the prices for stolen data down to bargain basement levels, which has forced crooks to adopt mainstream business tactics to lure customers.
Stolen credit card numbers were selling for as little as 40 cents each and access to a bank account was going for $10 in the second half of 2007.
Data is usually sold through instant message groups or Web forums that exist for only a few days or a few hours. In some cases, stolen credit card numbers were sold in batches of 500 for a total of $200. That's 40 cent each, less than half the price observed during the first half of 2007, when they were down $1 apiece in batches of 100.
Full identities (Happy Meal Of Identity Theft) including a functioning credit card number, social security number or equivalent and a person's name, address and date of birth are going for as little as $100 for 50, or $2 apiece.
Source: Jordan Robertson/AP
During the New York State Police Troop C scandal of 1993, Craig D. Harvey a New York State Police trooper was charged with fabricating evidence. Harvey admitted he and another trooper lifted fingerprints from items the suspect, John Spencer, touched while in Troop C headquarters during booking. He attached the fingerprints to evidence cards and later claimed that he had pulled the fingerprints from the scene of the murder. The forged evidence was used during trial and John Spencer was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison. He would later be released.
In another case, a black maid was convicted of killing an entire white family by starting a house fire intentionally. She proclaimed her innocence but her fingerprints were found on a gas can. Later, it was discovered that her fingerprints had been applied on the can by corrupt cops. She was later released.
In Related News:
A few crime syndicates have been known to sever the hands of their murder victims. They would later sell the dead man's fingerprints to other criminals to plant at the scene of murders to throw authorities off.
Joanne Herring, 78, (first photo) is the widow of one of the richest men in Texas and divorced from two other multi-millionaires.
This socialite millionairess teamed with the government and a congressman (Charlie Wilson) to smuggle arms.
Joanne along with her wealthy husband Bob Herring, head of Houston's Natural Gas-which later became Enron entertained politicians and powerbrokers like arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi in their 22-room mansion.
She often slipped into countries overseas wearing a sable fur coat, while on assignment.
Actress Julia Roberts portrays her in the film, "Charlie Wilson's War."
Source: National Examiner
THE "BLACK PESO EXCHANGE" LAUNDERS $5 BILLION DOLLARS OF DRUG MONEY A YEAR FOR COLUMBIAN TRAFFICKERS.
"The Black Market Peso Exchange is perhaps the largest, most insidious money laundering system in the Western Hemisphere," says Raymond Kelly, Commissioner of the US Customs Service. "It's the ultimate nexus between crime and commerce, using global trade to mask global money laundering."
What the drug traffickers did is transform the black market into their own illegitimate international banking system. "The money side is like a completely separate business from the drugs," says David, who worked within the system for decades. "We never got involved in the drug side of the business, only receiving the money, processing it, selling it and making a profit."
David is a money broker, just like any other money broker around the world, except the dollars he buys in America come from drug sales on the streets. Another benefit of the Black Market system is that David takes all the risk away from the drug traffickers. Once he picks up the drug money, it is his responsibility to get the pesos back to the traffickers in Colombia. If the money gets seized or something else goes wrong - he is responsible and could pay with his life if the money is not paid off.
The system is fairly simple. David gets a phone call from a Colombian trafficker or their US counterparts. They negotiate an exchange rate of Colombian pesos for US dollars, usually 40% below the official exchange rate. Once they agree on a price, the drug trafficker arranges to have his drug dollars dropped off at David's office or at some less conspicuous location.
"The money could be in boxes, shopping bags, suitcases, a car," David says. "Sometimes the money would be in the truck of a car and the traffickers would just give you the keys to the whole car." At that point, the trafficker's side of the deal is complete and he simply waits for pesos to be delivered into his Colombian bank account several days or weeks later. David now has to process the cash. He maintains a large staff of runners who take the cash and deposit it into hundreds of United States bank accounts in amounts of less than $10,000 per transaction. Once the money is in a bank, it can be moved and manipulated.
David's office in Colombia meanwhile makes currency deals with legitimate Colombian businessmen who have pesos but want to buy cheap US dollars to purchase goods such as cigarettes, liquor, television sets or dishwashers in the United States. These businessmen also arrange an exchange rate of US dollars for Colombian pesos, usually 20% below the official exchange rate. They pay the pesos in Colombia to David's office.
David in turn takes the US dollars building up in his bank accounts and pays the businessman's debts in the US.
The dollars he got from the traffickers go to the legitimate businessmen and the pesos he got from them go to the drug traffickers in Colombia. David makes commissions and the difference in exchange rate, making this a very profitable business for him as well.
Even though the process is illegal, some US companies and Colombian businessmen have been happy with the arrangement because it is good for business. "This is positive for US business, there is no doubt about it," says Mike Wald, a Florida law enforcement official who traces the black peso system. "Because the Colombian businessman, if he pays less for his dollars, can buy more goods. That's a pretty obvious economic fact. But we have to realize where this money originates. It's drug money."
Rio De Janeiro is one of my favorite vacations spots. Recently, two "death squads for hire," were smashed with a series of raids in the city of Recife, police said.
Arms traffickers were among 34 people arrested and eight more are being sought. Officials linked both death squads to at least 35 killings since June.
Sophisticated criminals who purchase illegal contraband (Cuban cigars, weapons, etc.) on a 'black market website,' wire the money to the seller. After the money is received, the criminal is sent a key to the address provided and is instructed to pick up the contraband at a local storage facility.
"PROFILING A FEMALE ASSASSIN"
I have a story in my first book titled, "Female Assassin." This story is a fast paced espionage thriller and answers a lot of questions from spy-fi buffs. Lead character (Ashley Perry) was a marksmanship champion. She was recruited from an underground agency that represented hitters. The agency acted as a employment firm. After she completed a 2-year course in hand-to-hand combat and weapons, she graduated. Before graduation, recruits were also expected to assemble a gun while blindfolded. Ashley fit the profile for a assassin: A detached loner who was also extremely private and discouraged conversation among strangers. She was also paid six figures per hit. We also state that over 60 percent of the top assassins are now women.
"STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE"
Noted millionaire screenwriter Gary DeVore suddenly disappeared in the late 90's. Gary DeVore remained missing for a year until his "body" was discovered in the California Aqueduct. There has been very little written or broadcast about Gary DeVore since his body was recovered.
Gary DeVore, the 56 year old screenwriter, was a colorful character but apparently he had his share of internal demons including a hot temper, drugs, alcohol, and womanizing. He was married four times including to Nat King Cole's widow, above, second photo. He has been described as a "man's man" who liked guns, sports and horses. His credits include the following films: "Raw Deal," "Sudden Impact," "Running Scared," and many others.
A $100,000 reward, offered by DeVore's wife, attracted a horde of tips and theories. These involved everyone from psychics to a Tibetan monk.
Until the body was found there was public speculation that he'd been murdered, abducted
or even staged his disappearance. There were even accusations that people were very nervous about the classified content of DeVore's latest script.
Celebrity fixer Don Crutchfield, third photo, and his team of investigators have been called in to reopen this case.
Source: PI4stars.com
"BILLIONAIRE DRUG LORD"
Before Pablo Escobar, there was Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956 – July 3, 1997). He was a Mexican drug lord and boss of the Juárez Cartel. He was also known for laundering over $20 million via Colombia to finance his huge fleet of planes used to transport cocaine.
Fuentes grossed billions in drug profits. When the authorities began to close in on his empire. He opted to have plastic surgery, to give himself a new face and identity.
He died on the operating table during the procedure.
Interpol rarely issues a "red notice," which means: An international wanted persons alert has been issued for former crime boss/fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger, first photo. Actor Jack Nicholson portrayed Bulger in the film, "The Departed." A red notice alerts law enforcement agencies throughout the world to be on the lookout for Bulger.
One of the infamous and notorious drug kingpins featured on this site was on the "downlow" when he headed his multi-million dollar drug empire.
Associates thought he was always traveling out of town on business but in reality, he was traveling to see one of his male lovers he had stashed on the east coast.
He also adjusted to prison life quite well because he is allegedly more comfortable in the company of males.
Despite being ruthless during his reign and being suspected of numerous murders, he was known on the underground gay circuit as a "soft bottom."
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has the most elite political "opposition research team," in the race. Her team of top experts can dig up intel or data on any individual on planet earth. They can uncover anything. They have the capability of an top of the line spy agency and staff members are on call 24/7. Hillary surrounds herself with the best, that's why many obstacles (in terms of past political scandals) fall by the wayside. The Clintons are very, very powerful and are not to be underestimated. Remember, Bill Clinton unseated the patriarch of the Bush Dynasty-when George Bush ran for re-election. Keep in mind, Bush, Sr. is a former CIA director yet Bill Clinton beat him.
Capitol Hall sources inform us that conservative networks are secretly hoping that Obama Barack beats Hillary Clinton because they assume he will be easier to beat in the presidential race and the Republicans can maintain power in the White House.
Jean Seberg, above, was an actress. She starred in 34 films in Hollywood and in France. Seberg became even more of an icon after her roles in numerous French films and the tragedy of her turbulent life.
Among her roles, she co-starred with Jean-Paul Belmondo in Jean-Luc Godard's classic work of New Wave cinema, Breathless (original French title: A bout de souffle). Seberg also appeared in the 1959 classic Peter Sellers comedy, The Mouse that Roared. In 1969, she appeared in her first and only musical film, Paint Your Wagon, based on Lerner and Loewe's stage musical, but her voice was dubbed. She was one of the many stars in the 1970 disaster film, Airport.
During the latter part of the 1960's, Seberg used her high-profile image to voice support for the NAACP. She also supported the Black Panther Party. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover considered her a threat to the American state. Her telephone was tapped and her private life was closely observed. She knew about it and felt chased. In 1970, when she was seven months pregnant, FBI created a false story to leak to the media that the child she was carrying was not fathered by her second husband, Romain Gary but by an unidentified member of the Black Panthers Party. The story was reported by Joyce Haber of the Los Angeles Times newspaper, and Newsweek magazine. She gave birth to a girl on 23 August, but the infant died two days later.In a press conference she presented the press with a picture of her fetus to demonstrate that the child did not have a father of African heritage. Seberg stated that the trauma of this event brought on premature labor and her child was stillborn. The child was named Nina Gary; the baby was actually fathered by Carlos Navarra. According to her husband, after the loss of their child she suffered from a deep depression and became suicidal. She also became dependent on alcohol and prescription drugs. She made several attempts to take her own life including throwing herself under a train on the Paris Métro.
Seberg's problems were compounded when she went through a form of marriage to an Algerian playboy, Ahmed Hasni, on May 31, 1979. The brief ceremony had no legal force because she had taken film director Dennis Charles Berry as her third husband in 1972 and the marriage was still valid In July, Hasni persuaded her to sell her opulent apartment on the Rue du Bac, and he kept the proceeds (reportedly 11 million francs in cash), announcing that he would use the money to open a Barcelona restaurant. The couple departed for Spain but she was soon back in Paris alone, and went into hiding from Hasni, who she said had grievously abused her.
In August 1979, she went missing and was found dead 11 days later in the back seat of her car in a Paris suburb. The police report stated that she had taken a massive overdose of barbiturates and alcohol. A suicide note ("Forgive me. I can no longer live with my nerves") was found in her hand, and suicide was ultimately ruled the official cause of death. However, it is often questioned how she could have driven to the address in the 16th arrondissement with that amount of alcohol in her body, and without the distance glasses she always maintained she absolutely needed for driving. She was not yet 41 years old when she died. Her second husband, Romain Gary, with whom she had a son, Alexandre Diego Gary, also committed suicide a year after her death.
(TOP DRUG CARTEL LIEUTENANT IN CHARGE OF HIT SQUADS)
Mexico's army recently that they had captured a top lieutenant in the powerful "Sinaloa," drug cartel who allegedly commanded squads of hit men and women. Alfredo Beltran Leyva (above, center) was arrested earlier this week.
Beltran commanded two groups of hit men and hit women for the cartel, whose reach extends to the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora and the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Beltran was allegedly in charge of transporting drugs, bribing officials and laundering money for the cartel, led by Mexico's most wanted alleged drug lord, Joaquin Guzman.
Beltran was captured with two suitcases containing $900,000, a Kalashnikov rifle, a luxury sport utility vehicle and 11 expensive watches, authorities said.
Guzman escaped from federal prison in 2001 by riding in a laundry cart after bribing prison guards.
"HOLLYWOOD DAMAGE CONTROL" (FIXER COVER-UPS)
Eddie Mannix (top photo on book cover) and Howard Strickling (bottom photo on book cover) were two of the most powerful men, behind the scenes in Hollywood. They were a "fixer team" for MGM studios. Below, are some of the scandals they kept out of the press.
As we reported before, actress Tallulah Bankhead, second photo, (who was the daughter of the Speaker Of the House and the niece of a U.S. Senator) was rumored to have been involved in lesbian relationships with Billie Holiday and Hattie McDaniel. Mannix and Strickling kept this information (since it involved a white actress) out of the headlines. When Bankhead wasn't with Holiday and McDaniel, allegedly she hung out with actresses Joan Crawford (first photo) and Barbara Stanwyck (Big Valley) at Harlem lesbian clubs known for live sex shows called "buffet flats" and sex between audience members. The clubs were the favorites of the Hollywood lesbian crowd. Mannix and Strickling worked overtime to put a lid on this.
Even more shocking: According the book "The Fixers," by E.J. Fleming, it is alleged that Joan Crawford was once a prostitute and was the star of a porn film. During late 1935, Mannix finally got his hands on the original negative of the porn film made by a young Joan Crawford. During the intervening years, Mannix had retrieved all copies and he was rumored to show it to his friends during their weekly card games. MGM offices around the globe had standing orders to retrieve any copies they came across and Mannix was alleged to have arranged for a payment of $100,000 ($2 million today) for the negative of the lesbian porn film which he promptly destroyed.
Source: "The Fixers," by E.J. Fleming
"FIXERS & HOLLYWOOD DAMAGE CONTROL" (GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD)
Fixers Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling had their hands full in regards to Hollywood brothel "The House Of Francis," run by Lee Francis. Francis had close ties with police and local officials and hefty payoffs kept their business open. Over 40 percent of her net was paid to police and politicians. She also offered favors to reporters that kept her out of the papers and by 1930 her large apartment building was the most famous brothel in California. She allowed the vice squad to "raid" the business but they never arrested anyone. The police burst into the lavish lobby, picked up cash and treated themselves to Russian caviar and French Champagne that she kept on hand just for them.
She was known for beautiful girls and the ability to satisfy any request. For a visiting Middle-Eastern guest who preferred blondes, 100 women dyed their body hair blonde for his weekend stay. Most of the women lived in small apartments in the large building which also had private rooms, several bars, billiard rooms and a restaurant. The lobby resembled a 5-star hotel. Most of Lee's girls had come to Hollywood to get into movies but ended up working as prostitutes. They were, however, highly paid, making $1,000 a week. A fortune in the 1930's.
Actors and actresses frequented the house. A late 1920's regular was Jean Harlow (6th photo) who hired prostitutes and asked Francis to deliver them to her home. Harlow also visited the house and took male customers home, two or three at a time. Harlow paid Francis $500 for each customer she borrowed. Prostitutes and customers often complained about Harlow's rough sexual appetite.
Actor Clark Gable was also a frequent customer but Mannix and Strickling had to warn him not to park his custom-made Dusenberg coup outside. There were only two in the world, his and actor Gary Cooper's (4th photo). Gable eventually had Francis deliver prostitutes to his dressing room. Gable would later be involved with an illicit affair with actress Joan Crawford (3rd photo).
Another weekly visitor was actor Spencer Tracey (5th photo). He was an alcoholic with an ugly temper and Mannix and Strickling were often called to retrieve him from the establishment.
MGM had a business charge account at Lee's under an assumed name.
Mannix and Strickling decided that they should have a little more control so they opened a private location (brothel) not far from the House Of Francis. They put a woman in charge named Billie Bennett who looked and spoke like Mae West. "Bennett's" was a special and unique brothel because all of the women were look-alike's of actresses from MGM and other studios. For a hefty price, customers chose between Marilyn Monroe, Carole Lombard, Marlene Dietrich, Greto Garbo, Katherine Hepburne, etc. Some of the women were surgically enhanced to ensure accuracy and each was an eerie replica of the original, versed in life, movies and interests. Clients fantasized that they were sleeping with the actual star. Studios even lent out the wardrobe of the stars the girls were impersonating. This brothel was depicted in the film "Hollywood Confidential."
Source: "The Fixers," by E.J. Fleming
In 1957, Liberace sued "Confidential," magazine (for slander) over claims they made, insisting he was gay. Incredibly, he won a $40,000 dollar judgment.
In private, Liberace gravitated towards muscular blonde young men, this was his preferred type. A few of them became part of his entourage, sometimes performing in his nightclub show.
One such blue-eyed man was Scott Thorson, whom Liberace met in 1977. Thorson was 18 and Liberace was 57. They quickly became lovers. The kept man (Thorson) even underwent plastic surgery to become a Liberace look-alike. In 1980, Liberace planned to adopt Thorson as his son. However, he never completed the legal process, concerned that his expanded good life had swelled Scott's ego.
The two drifted apart when Liberace found other playmates. He had Thorson forcibly ejected from his Beverly Hills home. In 1982, Thorson filed a $113 million dollar palimony lawsuit trying to embarrass Liberace. By then, Liberace was suffering from AIDS. He would die in 1987.
Source: "Hollywood Book Of Scandals," by James Robert Parish
Right after the Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton scandal broke, allegedly, all of Lewinsky credit card debts were mysteriously paid off, totaling $50,000.
"TRADE" (GLOBAL SEX TRAFFICKING)
Based on a New York Times Magazine story, this crime drama (Trade) starring Kevin Kline delves into a sordid world of international sex trafficking that leads from Mexico City to a New Jersey stash house. In a bid to save kidnapped 13-year-old Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) before she's sold into sexual slavery, her desperate brother (Cesar Ramos) teams with a Texas cop (Kline). Can they find her before she vanishes into a hellish underworld?
After viewing this film, I am now convinced that Natalee Holloway may have been sold into sex slavery especially after it was revealed that a sex trafficker was in Aruba the week she vanished.
Last year, Madeleine McCann's (3rd photo) parents were suspects in her disappearance but now authorities think she may have been the target of sex traffickers which is prevalent in Praia de Luz.
This film takes you into the inner workings of international sex trafficking.
Two of the most disturbing scenes in the movie: 1. The traffickers are in transit with abducted children and women in the back of a van when they decide to stop at a "pedophile rest stop" to make quick cash. They take a child outside, put her on display and a pedophile pays $80 dollars to take her into the nearby woods where numerous pedophiles are sexually assaulting children. 2. A eight-year old Thai boy is put up for auction on an encrypted password protected website and sold to a man in New Jersey for $25,000. Keep in mind, this film is based on actual events.
This movie is very disturbing but should recommended to all parents especially if you're traveling with your family overseas. This film can be rented from netflix.
Joseph Isgro headed a shadowy network of independent music promoters between 1980-1986. Top record companies allegedly paid $10 million dollars to this network in 1985 to garner airtime for their songs. Isgro was very successful at getting airtime on radio stations all over the country.
The network consisted of several promotional operatives. This powerful secret society worked as a loosely knit team. Each member had a territory and a group of stations.
Prosecutors at the time accused them of offering radio stations inducements ranging from cash to call girls to get certain artists on the air.
This network of men was responsible for nearly every song (being played on the air) between 1980-1986 and they were often given bonuses of $20,000 per success, for a job well done.
Allegedly, Isgro entertained label executives in Las Vegas, paying for their food and lodging and he often carried more than $100,000 in cash as pocket change.
Prosecutors say Isgro is a soldier in the Gambino crime family. He was indicted in 1989 on 57 counts of racketeering, conspiracy to distribute cocaine and engaging in payola, the practice of paying radio stations to play his label's songs.
According to media reports, Isgro bit the hands that fed him when he filed an antitrust suit against several major labels in 1986. The suit was dismissed but the big record companies never forgave him and he soon left the music promotion business.
Isgro is currently a film producer.
"HOLLYWOOD DAMAGE CONTROL" (FIXER TRIED TO CONCEAL ACTOR'S HOMOSEXUALITY)
In 1933, a homosexual purge took place at MGM. Actor Ramon Novarro was on the list. His popularity and his secrecy gave him an advantage for a while.
Fixer, Howard Strickling worked diligently to keep his secret. Strickling even had the publicity department send thousands of Valentine's Day cards signed by Ramon to fans and female MGM employees.
Strickling also made sure that Novarro was linked to virtually every actress at MGM but the press still dropped hints. The Philadelphia Register noted that Novarro is "never linked to any women."
After this headline appeared, Novarro allowed Strickling to invent relationships with actresses. The first was actress, Myrna Loy.
Strickling even went so far as to try and force Novarro and Loy to wed and Novarro seriously considered the request before fleeing for a nine-month trip to South America. Strickling and the studio were disappointed in Novarro and MGM fired him while he was on vacation.
Novarro eventually lost his looks to alcohol and in the 1950's was relying on young male prostitutes for sex. Two teenaged hustlers murdered him in his home in 1968.
(MORE GAY COVERUPS)
MGM Fixers Howard Strickling and Eddie Mannix had their work cut out for them regarding gay and lesbian stars. Virtually all of their time was consumed making sure this information never leaked to the paper.
Greta Garbo (4th photo) was carrying on several affairs at once with different women. MGM heard a rumor that Garbo and Marlene Dietrich (5th photo) were getting quite friendly. MGM had enough, Strickling allegedly called Greta Garbo into his office and ordered her to stay away from Dietrich. MGM didn't know, they were too late, because the two had already been lovers.
In 1925, the two appeared in the film "Joyless Street." The affair was well known but Garbo was certain Dietrich would eventually publicize their secret. Later in life, despite the film, the two pretended like they had never met and Dietrich instead, denied the affair until her death.
When Dietrich came to Hollywood, she eagerly jumped into the Hollywood lesbian scene. Her favorite club was BBB's Cellar in Hollywood. The first admittedly homosexual bar in L.A. Her club friends included Tallulah Bankhead and according to the book, "The Fixers," a "BBB" regular couple was billionaire Howard Hughes (1st photo) and actor Cary Grant (2nd photo).
Over the years, Hughes pursued hundreds of gorgeous Hollywood starlets, including Ava Gardner, Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers. Every one of these women broke off the relationship when they discovered that Hughes was barely sexual towards women behind closed doors.
According to the book, "The Fixers," actor Tyrone Power (third photo) counted among his conquests, Cesar Romero and Howard Hughes.
The book also outs actor Peter Lawford (former Kennedy brother-in-law) first photo, directly above, by revealing, he was a healthy bi-sexual despite his multiple marriages and numerous affairs with women. Actor Sal Mineo (2nd photo, directly above) admitted to a sexual affair with Lawford.
Fixers Howard Strickling and Eddie Mannix covered up all of this information during Hollywood's golden era.
Source: "The Fixers," by E. J. Fleming
"HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT FOUND GUILTY IN KILLING"
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - A former Prince George's County police officer and homeland security official who shot two furniture deliverymen in his home has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and other charges.
Former police Cpl. Keith Allen Washington (above) was deputy director of the county's homeland security department when he shot two unarmed furniture delivery men in his Accokeek home on Jan. 24, 2007.
Washington, 46, said he fired in self-defense.
One of the delivery men, 22-year-old Brandon Clark, died of his wounds nine days later.
His co-worker, Robert White, was seriously injured.
Jurors on Monday acquitted Washington of second-degree murder. But he was found guilty of other criminal charges, including involuntary manslaughter, two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of the use of a handgun in the commission of felony.
The jury deliberated for 11 hours before reaching a verdict.
Washington showed no emotion, but the gallery let out a gasp as the jury foreman announced "not guilty" to second-degree murder, the most serious charge.
He mouthed "I love you," to his wife as he was handcuffed and held without bond until his sentencing.
Brandon Clark's mother attended the trial and said she believed justice was served.
"I don't understand all those second-degree and first-degree murders. I just know my son is dead. So I just look for him to get locked up," Brandon Clark's mother said.
Washington faces up to 70 years in prison when he is sentenced on April 23.
During the trial, Washington testified that the two men were savagely beating him and that he fired blindly to get them off. White told the jury that the shootings were unprovoked.
State's Attorney for Prince George's County Glenn F. Ivey called the case "tragic in every way."
"Justice is evenhanded and we respect this jury's decision," Ivey said in a written statement. "It is important to realize that no one is above the law,"
Copyright 2008 by WTOP and The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
SPYCRAFT: (NOTORIOUS BLACK COUNTERFEITER)
Cops say Dante Karyn Sumlar is a notorious counterfeiter, wanted by the Secret Service. In 2000, Sumlar was identified as a major ringleader of a counterfeiting scheme. Investigators say he and his cohorts would recruit from the down-and-out -- immigrant laborers, drug addicts, and the homeless -- to cash fake checks through parts of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. , Sumlar's group fooled the men into doing real labor, or had them wear fake uniforms, just to add the illusion of authenticity to the scam that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars. Other times, Sumlar threatened their lives to keep them in line.
Sumlar and six other individuals were caught and arrested, spending three years in prison. It was in prison where he laid the groundwork for his next counterfeiting scheme. Investigators say he found a loophole in the way prison's credit inmate commissary accounts, which he plotted to exploit.
As soon as he was released, cops say, he started to recruit people to be arrested for small-time crimes in Florida county jails in order to deposit fake checks in their accounts. He was running this scheme until 2006, when he was caught apparently trying to cash a fake check. Authorities say he posted bail and fled before the totality of his schemes -- over $150,000 -- was revealed.
While on the run throughout the South, cops tell us Sumlar continues to run counterfeiting schemes. And in December 2006, cops say one of Dante's partners in Jacksonville, Fla. was gunned down. The last person he was supposed to be meeting with was Sumlar himself.
HIP-HOP MAYOR'S LATEST "STRIPPER" SCANDAL:
Before Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick scandalous text messages were made public involving his female chief of staff, Kilpatrick was considered the most incompetent mayor in the United States by political experts and he may be facing perjury charges.
Rewind:
After the John F. Kennedy assassination, over a dozen witnesses disappeared or turned up dead. Kilpatrick, known as the hip hop mayor, had a stripper party at the Mayor's mansion. His wife allegedly got into a physical altercation with one of the strippers. This particular stripper was murdered a few weeks later in a drive-by shooting.
Update:
Allegedly, a cop has come forward, saying he was part of the investigation, investigating the murder of the stripper killed in the drive-by. He says, he believes she was murdered by police officers. Allegedly, a second stripper who attended the party was also murdered and the remaining two left town.
According to Patrick Graber (Kobe Bryant's former bodyguard/fixer) one day, Kobe motioned for him into the hall so that he could talk to him in confidence. Kobe allegedly said, "I don't need you to take the girls (inside the penthouse), back tonight. I have something else for you to do."
Graber says Kobe had an envelope in his hand that he gave him. It was clearly bulging with money.
Kobe said, "I need you to go to this address." As Graber took the envelope he noticed there was an address written on it, with a name. Kobe continued, "After you arrive, make it clear that I want nothing more to do with her. Capisce?" With his other hand, Kobe gave Graber a roll of bills for his time and effort.
Graber asked, "You mean that you want me to scare her a little? Bryant allegedly nodded with a sinister smile.
"Be discreet, but let her know I'm serious and this is it!" The bodyguard could tell that his boss was angry. More than he felt the situation called for.
"Don't worry," Graber said, "there will be no mistake in my meaning and my discretion,"