{"product_id":"witsec-inside-the-federal-witness-protection-program-mass-market-paperbound","title":"Witsec Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePete Earley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"fascinating\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) true story behind the foundation of the Federal Witness Protection Program and the mob informants, killers, white-collar con men, and ordinary people caught up in a life-and-death game of deception in the name of justice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"By turns hilarious and horrifying . . . a lively and unusual glimpse inside an operation obsessed with secrecy.\"--\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIN DEVELOPMENT AS AN HBO STREAMING SERIES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor decades no law enforcement program has been as cloaked in controversy and mystery as the Federal Witness Protection Program. Now, Gerald Shur, the man credited with the creation of WITSEC, teams with acclaimed investigative journalist Pete Earley to share the explosive inside story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the government was losing the war on organized crime in the early 1960s, Shur, then 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 far more than eradicating old identities and creating new ones. And he also discovered that all too often a protected witness would fall back into a life of crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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\u003ci\u003e--Witsec\u003c\/i\u003e is a you-are-there account of infamous witnesses, from \"Sammy the Bull\" Gravano to Joseph Valachi to \"Fat Vinnie\" Teresa, that 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. . . .\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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. \u003cbr\u003eWITSEC\u003cbr\u003eInside the Federal Witness Protection Program \u003cbr\u003eWhen 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. \u003cbr\u003eIt 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. \u003cbr\u003eIn 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 verywrong and occasionally even protected those who went on to kill again. \u003cbr\u003eHe 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. \u003cbr\u003eA 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. . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormerly a reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePete Earley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFamily of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCircumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, and Justice in a Southern Town\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Edgar Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Shur\u003c\/b\u003e was the founder and longtime head of WITSEC. He passed away in 2020.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 6.87 x 4.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51411540672818,"sku":"9780553582437","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/zCvktQEmRl9780553582437.webp?v=1782989185","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/witsec-inside-the-federal-witness-protection-program-mass-market-paperbound","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}