Date: 06-18-12 Host: George Noory Guests: Peter Lance, Eric Herm Author and investigative reporter Peter Lance presented his latest research into organized crime and the Mafia. His previous investigations into terrorism and the FBI led him into this topic. Ramzi Yousef, called the architect of the 9-11 plot, was "stung" by the FBI working with Colombo family capo Greg Scarpa Jr., who was imprisoned in the same jail in NYC as Yousef. His father, Gregory Scarpa Sr., also a capo for the Colombo crime family, had such nicknames as "The Grim Reaper" and "The Killing Machine," and ruled an area in Bensonhurst (Brooklyn) with an "iron fist." He was responsible for 25 separate homicides between 1980 and 1992, Lance detailed. Though Scarpa Sr. was a multiple murderer and racketeer, the FBI used him as a criminal informant, and intervened on his behalf, keeping him out of jail. In fact, Scarpa Sr. only served 30 days in a 42-year career of "murder & mayhem," Lance bemoaned. In an exclusive, Lance has posted an 11-page FBI debriefing memo (PDF file) outlining Scarpa Sr.'s revelations of not only the inner workings of the Mafia Commission and the organization of what Hoover later called La Cosa Nostra, but also the details of their secret induction ceremony. As to why Hoover never cracked down on the Mob, Lance conjectured that he may have been forced to keep quiet because gangsters like Meyer Lansky had a file on him about being a cross-dresser. Lance announced that he recently ...