Yes, even the mob needs some stimulus money. There are some stimulus programs like home weatherization that have helped such industries as construction and heating and cooling. But they are also ripe for corruption. The FBI has been expecting to see some corrupt practices grow out of these programs.
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
New York Times
Everybody is looking for stimulus money.
From bridge builders to food stamp recipients, from roofers to subway riders, from teachers to housing project residents, people are eager to feel some part of a tidal wave of federal dollars in their lives.
The mob is eager, too.
Federal and state investigators who track organized crime believe that some members have geared up to take advantage of the swift and enormous cash influx – if they have not already – looking, as the old Sicilian expression goes, to wet their beaks.
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- Bush Shoe Thrower to Be Released (AP)
- Fed Prosecutors Decide Against Dismissing Charges Against Ex-Alaska Lawmakers (AP)
- DHS Issues New Rules on Searches of Laptops at Ports of Entry (Federal News Radio)
- Cheney Sharply Criticizes Obama Admin. for CIA Probe (NY Times)
- Judge Finds Prosecutorial Misconduct in U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald’s Office (Wall Street Journal Law Blog)
