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WNYC’s Hennelly and Cruz on New Jersey arrests

July 23, 2009 • Jon
WNYC’s Bob Hennelly and David Cruz have excellent coverage of the unfolding New Jersey scandal. Read/Listen to: Massive Corruption Arrests in NJ.
Federal officials have just announced further details of a major investigation into corruption and money laundering in New Jersey and Brooklyn. WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly and reporter David Cruz, former editor-in-chief of The Hudson Reporter in Hoboken, discuss the latest in the criminal probe. Also: a complete list of defendants and the criminal complaints in the case.
Our read on this is that what we’ve seen so far is just the beginning.
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2 Responses

  1. Arnold

    I wonder how this scandal may affect the growing tide of antisemitism. Should we be angrier that our political leaders or our spiritual ones misused our trust. I found an interesting discussion of the matter at pandalous: It’s here: http://www.pandalous.com/topic/how_to_deal_with

    On July 25, 2009 at 1:10 am
  2. Jon

    Arnold, in this case – I see your point – but this is such a multi-ethnic scandal – it doesn’t seem the best vehicle for fanning the flames of anti-semitism. It may reinforce the the image of New Jersey as widely and deeply corrupt – but that’s a stereotype, alas, with a basis in fact.

    On July 26, 2009 at 4:07 am

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