Bif, my reply was tongue in cheek and not meant to p*ss you off. If you don't want to judge anyone thats your concern, but don't take the high road when questioned about it especially regarding a mother/child murder. Didn't you get flamed for 'judging' an golfer a few mos back? Not to mention...
Whatever! Most of you are idiots.
And thats my opinion!
I LOVE WR said:
AGAIN SOMETHING IS WRONG IN THIS CASE. BUT THATS CALI FOR YA.
THANKS FOR THE REPLIES
ILWR hmmm good point- Maybe you have more experience in this field...
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=ANSWERMAN
Gagliano denies Mafia link
Andrew McIntosh and Paul Cherry
National Post and CanWest News Service
November 18, 2004
Former Public Works Minister Alfonso Gagliano. (CP PHOTO/Simon Hayter)
OTTAWA - Opposition Leader Stephen Harper raised fresh allegations in the Commons on Thursday that the Liberal government may have been penetrated by the Italian Mafia after a published report linked disgraced former cabinet minister Alfonso Gagliano to the powerful New York-based Bonanno crime family.
Harper pressed Prime Minister Paul Martin to say whether his government knew anything about allegations -- first reported in Thursday's New York Daily News -- that Gagliano was "a longtime soldier" in the Bonanno criminal organization.
The allegations, contained in U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation documents, were made by Frank Lino, a Mafia capo-turned FBI informer.
Gagliano denied claims about his alleged mob connections.
"I'll tell you one thing, I'm not a member of a Mafia," he said in an interview with the Montreal Gazette. "I never met these people. I never went to this so-called meeting. I really don't know what it's talking about. "I'm shocked that such things can be said. I'm mad, but there's nothing I can do right now. "I want to prove to Canadians that I'm totally innocent, and I intend to do that," he said.
"I've been fighting other things in the past, and one day, when you tell the truth, the truth will always win in the end."
According to the documents obtained by the Montreal Gazette, Gagliano, who also served as Canada's ambassador to Denmark until he was fired in February, was identified by Lino, a former captain in the Bonanno family, as someone to whom he was introduced at a dinner attended by Mafia members.
The introduction was made by Giuseppe (Joe) Lopresti, a Montrealer who was murdered in 1992. The FBI document -- prepared from statements Lino gave to investigators -- notes that during an interview, "(Lino) was shown a picture of Alfonso Gagliano. (Lino) stated he recognized Gagliano from his trip to Montreal, Canada, in the early 1990s. (Lino) advised that Gagliano was introduced to him as a soldier in the Bonanno family by Joe Lopresti, another Bonanno member in Canada. At a dinner, Lopresti bragged to the individual that the Montreal Bonannos had such extensive connections, including that of Gagliano, a politician."
Cpl. Danis Lafond, an RCMP spokesperson, said the Mounties "cannot confirm or deny the existence of an investigation."
"The RCMP treats all information regarding allegations of criminal wrongdoing very seriously. Examinations and investigations are undertaken based on criminal intelligence as it is deemed appropriate," he said.
Gagliano was first elected to the House of Commons in 1984 and held the seat in four straight subsequent elections.
Lino also told the FBI that he "socialized with Gagliano when he was hanging out with Vito Rizzutto (sic)," a Montrealer to whom the Canadian federal government has referred as "the godfather of the Italian Mafia in Montreal."