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...there is a related story about a female writer sitting in the Harris County Jail for several months with-holding notes from the FBI.

This guy Angleton was a protected informant for the Houston Police, they allowed him to run his gambling racket for years and had millions stashed. I wonder how much he paid the police for his protection??

This guy was a well known bookie to the elite River Oaks crowd. No one knew he was an informant for the police. I used to see him all the time by the pool at the Briar Club, talking on two cell phones taking bets in broad daylight, and I used to wonder how he could be so open about things. Now I see how. If I remember correctly his trial turned on the tape. An expert switched sides and testified for the defence. No doubt he is guilty. Also this guy had more balls than I have ever seen. Two weeks after he walked he went to the PTO meeting at Lamar High school with both of his daughters. His a$$ needs to fry.

story about a female writer sitting in the Harris County Jail for several months

This is an example of the arrogance of the Federal "law enforcement" agencies and shows the vindictive nature of this prosecution. They wanted her research but we don't know why because they are hiding behind the grand jury secrecy.

They could be trying to dig out corruption in local law enforcement. I think that it would have been hard for the locals to cover up the corruption without help from some federal agencies. There very well could have been a joint corruption effort in the earlier cover ups of the gambling operation. My understanding, from news articles, is that Angleton used his informant position to put his competitors out of business and increase his share of the market. He was allowed to keep the "profits" from his illegal activities (at least those he didn't share with the people who protected his business).