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To: jeremy_atticus who wrote (9916)	1/29/2002 4:21:16 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104202

i missed that one jer, but perhaps now that 60 minutes ran with it, exposed it, a different outcome may be effected - the fifth estate is afterall pretty powerful. r

To: jeremy_atticus who wrote (9916)	1/29/2002 4:45:39 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104202

atticus- i SAW that (60 minutes). our president doesn't believe further investigation into this, by looking at additional FBI documents would serve the national interest... so DROP it DUDE!! <G> here's something on it from yesterday's boston herald: bostonherald.com Probe into FBI misconduct continues over Bush objection by Tom Farmer Monday, January 28, 2002 The chairman of a congressional committee investigating FBI misconduct that led to the jailing of a Boston man for a murder he didn't commit will move forward with the probe over the objections of President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft. Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) said on CBS' ``60 Minutes'' last night that the case involving Joseph Salvati is one the biggest miscarriages of justice he has ever seen. He said he wants former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's name removed from the agency's headquarters because of evidence Hoover knew Salvati was innocent. ``I always thought J. Edgar Hoover walked on water when I was a kid,'' said Burton, who heads the House Committee on Government Reform. ``But when I found out Mr. Salvati had been put in prison for a crime he didn't commit and they knew it - the FBI for 32 years - and there was no remorse because of it, I said, `Something has to be done.' '' Salvati, Peter Limone, Louis Greco and Henry Tameleo were convicted for the murder nearly 37 years ago of Edward ``Teddy'' Deegan, despite knowledge by the FBI that the killing was done by others, including Vincent ``Jimmy the Bear'' Flemmi, one of their top informants. The four innocent men, two of whom died in prison, were implicated by another top FBI mob informant, Joseph ``The Animal'' Barboza, whom the FBI knew to be a vicious hit man. Burton believes there are other instances of FBI wrongdoing and subpoenaed additional FBI documents, but Ashcroft refused to supply them. President Bush then backed Ashcroft with an order of executive privilege, arguing a release of the documents ``would be contrary to the national interest.'' Burton vowed to defy the order by calling witnesses to scheduled hearings to testify about FBI misdeeds. Salvati has also sent a letter to President Bush requesting a face-to-face meeting with the hope of convincing the president to change his mind. ``Let me tell you, he got a life sentence and we got a life sentence with him,'' Salvati's wife, Marie, told ``60 Minutes'' correspondent Mike Wallace. ``They booked me (for the murder) and that was the beginning of a nightmare,'' Salvati said. ``I was bitter but you can't let that eat you up.'' Burton will reconvene hearings next week.