I hadn't heard of this guy, but interesting to read about him: http://reason.com/archives/2009/11/02/death-of-a-watchdog. I agree with the author of this write up that we need reporters who can right wrongs. That, as opposed to whiney ass reporters with an obvious political bias but not the talent nor the willingness to roll up their sleeves and get to the truth about something that doesn't fit their agenda. Plenty of that out there.
Read "Blood and Money" sometime. Not sure if a better real life detective story has been written. Otherwise, read one of Ellroy's books, like "The Black Dahlia" if you want to be engrossed into some real hard boiled crime stuff. Excellent read.
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Good find, Buckner.
Serpentine by Thomas Thompson is even better than Blood and Money.
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