January 23, 2013 at 12:20 P.M. Does Terry Tuchin have a criminal record? Did he have such a record in November, 1988? Was Mr. Tuchin among the persons who had sexual contact with Marilyn Straus while she was under hypnosis? ("An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")
January 21, 2013 numerous drone weapons were used in Yemen killing scores of persons -- for reasons not disclosed -- adding to the thousands killed without trial or charges, often dismissed as "collateral damage," in countries with which we are not at war.
These killings are crimes under international law and offensive to our Constitutional system. The drone policy and tortures at Guantanamo continue to go unpunished. I greatly fear that retaliation for such killings will create terrorists in these countries -- like Yemen -- and may result in the tragic loss of American lives in the not-too-distant future. Let us hope that such tragedies can be avoided.
International Socialist Review (ISR) is the only publication pursuing the full truth about American drone/torture policies and fiercely critical of Israeli policies in Gaza. http://www.isr.org
William K. Rashbaum & Joseph Goldstein, "Extortion Charges for 29 Tied to Trash-Hauling Industry," in The New York Times, January 17, 2013, at p. A23.
Peter J. Sampson, "30 Arrested in Trash-Hauling Sting: Lead Defendant is Ramsey Man Linked to Mob," in The Record, January 17, 2013, at p. L-1.
"CARMINE FRANCO, [a.k.a. "Papa Smurf,"] the aging Bergen County trash-collection baron [and reputed Godfather to Mr. Molinelli, Bergen's Prosecutor,] who has been banned from the industry in N.J., was arrested Wednesday along with 29 others[,] reputed mobsters and associates in the latest crackdown on mafia control over waste-hauling in New York and New Jersey." (Record, p. L-1.)
It cannot be confirmed at this time that the name of "Diana Lisa Riccioli" of Clifton and Paramus, New Jersey has been linked to some of these underworld figures in F.B.I. materials, including tapes. ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" then "More Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
As with most things in New Jersey -- including the courts -- Mr. Franco, 77, who is described in a federal indictment, wisely brought in Manhattan as a "Genovese crime family associate," operates through "buffers" in various organizations and government agencies, including the OAE in Trenton, allegedly.
Is this sort of association an example of New Jersey's legal ethics? ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
A great deal of commentary focuses on the fact that New Jersey's state and federal prosecutors -- notably, U.S. Attorney, Paul Fishman -- were kept "out-of-the-loop." Apparently, nobody trusts any police or prosecutor from New Jersey. I wonder why people are so skeptical about New Jersey's legal system? ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Organized Crime Group in New Jersey's State Police" then "New Jersey's KKK Police Shocker" and "Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?")
Unlike New York, where many watchdog agencies have been put in place to regulate waste-disposal, industry supervision is non-existent or corrupt in N.J. and, thus, easily made meaningless by mafia influence in the legal profession, judiciary, police, prosecutors and among politicians as well as ordinary government personnel. ("Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
"The case seems to highlight the effectiveness of [N.Y.'s] experienced, well-financed and aggressive regulatory agency in keeping organized crime out of the carting industry." (Times, p. A23.)
Significantly, N.J. law enforcement has been largely or entirely excluded from plans to implement future comparable controls, at a federal level, to protect the public from dangerous and illegal medical waste-disposal by organized crime in the Garden State that already accounts for contaminated needles and worse in Jersey shore communities. ("More Medical Waste in New Jersey.")
It is especially noteworthy that New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner and Angelo "The Horn" Prisco continue to be "linked" in law enforcement circles, allegedly. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "What did you know, Mr. Rabner, and when did you know it?" then, again, "Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?" and "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner" and "Chief Justice Rabner and the Decline of the New Jersey Supreme Court.")
A list of sources of continued corruption and incompetence in New Jersey prosecutorial circles, law enforcement, judiciary and elsewhere in government will be attached to this essay in the days ahead provided that I am able to continue writing despite the cybercrime and harassment I struggle against every day.
Sources:
New York & the World:
"Evidence of Rape Ignored," (Editorial) in The New York Times, January 21, 2013, at p. A21. (Nothing is worse than condoning by failing to prosecute rape. "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")
Alissa J. Rubin, "Anti-Torture Efforts in Afghanistan Failed, U.N. Says," in The New York Times, January 21, 2013, at p. A6. (Torture cannot be contained when it becomes U.S. policy. Terrorist bombing of a police station took place at the same time as this anouncement.)
Michael Wilson, "Carmine (Papa Smurf) Franco?: Long Line of Reputed Mobsters Dragging Nicknames Through Mud," in The New York Times, January 18, 2013, at p. A19. (Vincent -- "Vinny Gorgeous" -- Basciano; Earl -- "Squint" -- Caralluzzo; Thomas -- "Tough Thommy" -- Contaldo; and many others call, or have called, New Jersey home and may be involved in Garden State politics.)
Wendy Ruderman & Christopher Maag, "7-Year-Old Takes Gun to School," in The New York Times, January 18, 2013, at p. A19. (The 7-year-old child claims to be a member of the National Rifle Association and to enjoy hunting.)
Marc Santora & Wendy Ruderman, "Mother Admits She Put a Pistol in 7-Year-Old's Bag, Police Say," in The New York Times, January 19, 2013, at p. A15. (Child likes the gun, but hated the peanutbutter sandwich in his lunch box.)
D. Adnan, "Bombings in Iraq Kill More Than 20 and Are Seen as Political," in The New York Times, January 17, 2013, at p. A9. (Americans are dying in Iraq and will continue to do so despite our fortress/embassy that cost $6 BILLION. The only lasting solution in Iraq will be peaceful unification of divided factions. Iran may not be entirely innocent in these matters.)
Declan Walsh, "Internal Forces Besiege Pakistan Ahead of Voting," in The New York Times, January 16, 2013, at p. A1. (Dissent and steady attacks in Pakistan. Fury at U.S. is growing in the region.)
Scott Shane, "Senator Seeks to View Files On Killings of Americans," in The New York Times, January 15, 2013, at p. A13. (Secret legal opinions -- a contradiction in terms -- will not be revealed, even to members of the U.S. Senate, to explain America's killings of U.S. citizens without due process of law in any meaningful or traditional sense of this concept. Will Asata Shakur be targeted in Cuba?)
Nicholas D. Kristoff, "In Defense of Hagel For Defense," (Op-Ed) in The New York Times, January 10, 2013, at p. A23. (Will Israel's Prime Minister be given approval of the U.S. Secretary of Defense?)
Noam Cohen, "A Data Crusader, A Defendant and Now a Cause," in The New York Times, January 14, 2013, at p. A1. (Aaron Schwartz, 26, a brilliant young scientist and heroic crusader for freedom of information and speech among members of the intellectual community throughout the world was driven to suicide by what can only be described as psychological torture at the hands of out-of-control federal prosecutors violating the young man's civil and Constitutional rights, allegedly, because he did the equivalent of "borrowing too many books from the library," except that the library was on-line. The malice in this incident suggests undisclosed reasons for this criminal cruelty. I hope to write more about this matter.)
New Jersey's Moral Devastation:
John C. Ensslin & Jeff Pilletts, "Bergen Switches Insurance Broker: New Firm Led by Big Political Player," in The Record, January 19, 2013, at p. A-1. ("Bergen County has switched insurance brokers ... to a company headed by South Jersey political boss George E. Norcross, III." The company has been subjected to "investigation for its role in a fee sharing arrangement that was potentially wasteful of public funds.")
John Reitmeyer, "New Jersey's Debt Rises to $38.8 BILLION, and Its Slated to Go Higher," in The Record, January 19, 2013, at p. A-3. (N.J.'s economy continues to be a basket case because of decades of corruption and unethical politics in Trenton that has resulted in theft, waste, incompetence.)
AP, "Indicted Trenton Mayor in D.C. Despite Travel Limits," in The Record, January 19, 2013, at p. A-3. (Tony Mack of Trenton was not about to miss President Obama's inauguration. Who provided the indicted mayor with tickets? "Papa Smurf" supports Romney, allegedly, although he contributes to Democrats in New Jersey, also allegedly. For the first time in history, to my recollection, the losing presidential candidate, Mr. Romney, refused to attend this ceremony.)
Kibret Marcos, "Man Gets 171/2 years for String of Rapes: DNA Evidence Ties Him to 4 Attacks," in The Record, January 19, 2013, at p. L-1. (New Jersey may be the nation's rape and child molestation capitol.)
Chris Harris, "Ridgewood Teacher Takes Court Deal: Accused of $75 Grocery Theft," in The Record, January 19, 2013, at p. L-3. (Teachers living in Ridgewood -- even if they work in Leonia or Lodi -- sometimes "steal" a great deal more than $75 in groceries. "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")
Zach Patberg, "5 Women Arrested in Hotel Sex Sting," in The Record, January 18, 2013, at p. L-1. (Political protection for prostitution ring did not help this time?)
Kim Lueddeke, "Cops Sued in Garfield Man's Shooting," in The Record, January 18, 2013, at p. L-3. (More police murders of African-American and other poor young men.)
Peter J. Sampson, "30 Arrested in Trash-Hauling Scheme: Lead Defendant is Ramsey Man," in The Record, January 17, 2013, at p. L-1. (I am aware of citing this article earlier, but I am asking the reader to compare this item with the first item listed for New Jersey sources today. Corruption is about "pay-to-play," whether kickbacks come from waste disposal contract beneficiaries or insurance beneficiaries of government "booty," is irrelevant. "Cement is Gold.")
Michael Linhorst, "Rutgers Merger Cost May be Rising: Schools Expect State to Help With $60 Million -- $75 Million Tab," in The Record, December 14, 2012, at p. A-1. (See what I mean? This is more of a burden for a state running on empty.)
John Reitmeyer, "Report Sees Dire Budget Ahead: Faults Gimmicks, Borrowing," in The Record, December 14, 2012, at p. A-3. (Projecting non-existent or unlikely-to-be-received funds to cover a gap in the budget resulting from theft, corruption, incompetence will not provide a long-term solution. Is this New Jersey's "ethics," Mr. Rabner? Mr. Christie?)
