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THE OCTOPUS, SECRET GOVERNMENT AND THE DEATH OF DANNY CASOLARO |
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by Kenn Thomas and Jim Keith Excerpts: Riconosciuto could claim a dark credibility derived from the fact that colleagues in his shadowy world continued to fall. An attorney from Philadelphia, Dennis Eisman, known as the "Fatal Vision lawyer" because of his involvement in the Jeffrey McDonald case, was in touch with Casolaro and was scheduled to travel to Washington to defend Riconosciuto, planning also to meet with a woman who had evidence of the threat to his client. In April Eisman was shot and killed in his car in Philadelphia. According to one source, just prior to Eisman's death indictments were pending against him and other attorneys for narcotics trafficking and money laundering. The indictments never appears. As soon as Michael Riconosciuto found out that Eisman was dead, he called Virginia McCullough. McCullough says that he was "absolutely panicky in jail." She says that Riconosciuto told her, "They've killed my attorney" and asked her to telephone another attorney working on his case, James Guthrie, and to warn him. McCullough did, and Guthrie told McCullough, "I'm out of here." (McCullough interview). p. 53
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