A lawyer for reputed mobster Angelo Prisco communicated with then-Gov. James E. McGreevey's chief of staff, Gary B. Taffet, before Prisco's unexpected parole from prison, according to a published report. Controversy has surrounded the unusual way Prisco was paroled in 2002, although state prosecutors cleared a different senior McGreevey official of improperly intervening in the reputed mobster's early release. This is the first time Taffet's name has been publicly mentioned in the case. In a May 7, 2002, letter obtained by Gannett New Jersey, politically connected lawyer Donald Scarinci told Taffet it was "very important" that the State Parole Board...