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General News    H3'ed 9/3/09

Tony Soprano To The Rescue: Recruited to Help Admin Fight Mob

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TONY SOPRANO TO THE RESCUE: Government Fears Mob Moves On Recovery Funds, Undertakes Creative Counter Measure

By Danny Schechter,Author of "THE CRIME OF OUR TIME

THE MOB WANTS A TASTE".

"The money is flowing into familiar territory for those with a history of feeding at the public trough. Two of the largest portions of the stimulus pie in the New York City area are going to sectors of the economy " Medicaid and infrastructure projects " where the mob and Eastern European crime groups have flourished for decades, perfecting old schemes and developing new ones. (The New York Times)

Transcript Based On National Security Agency Surveillance Tapes

Sal: T?

Tony Soprano: Yea Sal, what is it?

S: We want to bring the boys back together, we have a big opportunity.

TS: Don't you know I've been busy, on Broadway, in that movie ˜In the Loop?'

S: Yeah, I seen it, very funny, maybe even a little anti-American, doncha think? But Ton, we now got a chance to make some serious money. They are coming over to the Bing to tell us about it.

TS: "THEY? Who is they?

S: You are not gonna believe it: the F Bee Eye is coming over.

TS: What do they got on us?

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