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- ISBN
- 9780553582437
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0553582437
ISBN-13
9780553582437
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2372956
Product Key Features
Book Title
Witsec : inside the Federal Witness Protection Program
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Intergovernmental Organizations, History & Theory, Witnesses, Criminology
Genre
Law, Political Science, Social Science
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Item Length
6.6 in
Item Width
4.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"The best book written so far on the fascinating and shadowy world of federal witnesses." --Nelson DeMille "Fascinating . . . by turns hilarious and horrifying . . . a lively and unusual glimpse inside an operation obsessed with secrecy." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Riveting . . . powerful . . . a movie in just about every chapter." -- The Indianapolis Star "Fascinating . . . a welcome addition to the literature on organized crime." -- The Washington Post "Eye-opening . . . a fast-paced, exciting text that rings with the authenticity to which other crime books aspire." -- Kirkus Reviews "A thoughtful, well-reasoned assessment of [the WITSEC program]." -- The New York Post "Plenty of drama and action to satisfy true-crime fans." -- Publishers Weekly "The story of a program that has changed the face of the modern American justice system, WITSEC is a compelling history of the program and of Shur's role in it." -- BookPage "A fascinating story of a controversial and mysterious part of our justice system." -- Book Magazine "For all true-crime collections." -- Library Journal
Synopsis
For decades no law enforcement program has been as cloaked in controversy and mystery as the Federal Witness Protection Program. Now, for the first time, Gerald Shur, the man credited with the creation of WITSEC, teams with acclaimed investigative journalist Pete Earley to tell the inside story of turncoats, crime-fighters, killers, and ordinary human beings caught up in a life-and-death game of deception in the name of justice. WITSEC Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program When the government was losing the war on organized crime in the early 1960s, Gerald Shur, a young attorney in the Justice Department's Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, urged the department to entice mobsters into breaking their code of silence with promises of protection and relocation. But as high-ranking mob figures came into the program, Shur discovered that keeping his witnesses alive in the face of death threats involved more than eradicating old identities and creating new ones. It also meant cutting off families from their pasts and giving new identities to wives and children, as well as to mob girlfriends and mistresses. It meant getting late-night phone calls from protected witnesses unable to cope with their new lives. It meant arranging funerals, providing financial support, and in one instance even helping a mobster's wife get breast implants. And all too often it meant odds that a protected witness would return to what he knew best-crime. In this book Shur gives a you-are-there account of infamous witnesses, from Joseph Valachi to "Sammy the Bull" Gravano to "Fat Vinnie" Teresa, of the lengths the program goes to to keep its charges safe, and of cases that went very wrong and occasionally even protected those who went on to kill again. He describes the agony endured by innocent people who found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time and ended up in a program tailored to criminals. And along with Shur's war stories, WITSEC draws on the haunting words of one mob wife, who vividly describes her life of lies, secrecy, and loss inside the program. A powerful true story of the inner workings of one of the most effective and controversial weapons in the war against organized crime and the inner workings of organized crime itself-and more recently against Colombian drug dealers, outlaw motorcycle gang members, white-collar con men, and international terrorists-this book takes us into a tense, dangerous twilight world carefully hidden in plain sight: where the family living next door might not be who they say they are. . .
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- p***r (480)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseItem as described by seller. Packaged neat in a white bubble Manila envelope for size with a small cardboard insert for protection. Delivered relatively quick and near expected date. Book is in good condition without any underlying or highlighting and is in easy to read shape. Overall satisfaction is 97%.
- c***r (578)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseSO HAPPY with my purchase. My order arrived lightning fast, was packed with care and everything was in perfect condition. The price was unbeatable, and the shipping cost was amazingly low. INCREDIBLE SELLER!
- i***c (87)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThis order arrived in advance of the time originally stated . I am very pleased with my purchase. The books were well packed and even marked as to the order I should read them in. I will definitely buy from this seller again. Books are as described, and excellent value for money.Freida McFadden lot Complete Housemaid Series 1-3 Secret/Watching Paperbacks (#396833944823)