Joe Rosanello person
also: Rosanello, former U.S. attorney, Rosanello
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Joe Rosanello pardoned
Norwin Menendez book_quoted
“It didn't take a week for Rosanello's office to reject the FBI agent's proposal. Menendez would not be prosecuted. The agents were told so long as Blanton's investigation is still underway in Los Angeles, that wasn't going to happen. Rosane…”
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had put together enough evidence to indict Menendez for running a continuing criminal enterprise, a racketeering offense that carries possible life term. That would fix both his ass and the DEA's for good. Norwin's informant days would be o…
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The same guy, Joe Rosanello, that did absolutely nothing with the Frogman case that we talked about a while back, and presented him with a list of reasons why Menendez needed to be indicted. Their prosecution memo detailed a long history of…
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It didn't take a week for Rosanello's office to reject the FBI agent's proposal. Menendez would not be prosecuted. The agents were told so long as Blanton's investigation is still underway in Los Angeles, that wasn't going to happen. Rosane…
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that CIA had no hand in canceling the trip. Everybody knew. Years later, when questioned about the case by Gary Webb, the former U.S. attorney, Rosanello, said the only reason he agreed to return the drug dealer's cash was because it would …
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There never was any evidence suggest that the Contras were involved with the drug ring, he insisted. Another bold-faced lie. But even the Justice Department Inspector General didn't buy that. After questioning Rosanello, the IG concluded th…
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The CIA considered the potential press coverage of a Contra drug link to be sufficient reason to attempt to influence the decision to return the money to Zavala. CIA cables further described Rosanello as most deferential to our interest. Th…