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Source: BBC Radio 4 "The FBI at 100"

Roundup

3-11-08

The Mafia and the Mob on Wheels [audio 15min]

With Hoover gone, the FBI finally takes on the Mafia and confronts another mob, the Hell's Angels in Part 7 of Tom Mangold's 10-part series looking at the first 100 years of the FBI. Mangold is an award-winning investigative journalist and author. See March 3rd 2008 posting for more details on this series.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "The FBI at 100"