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Saluting Some Colombos On Columbus Day

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Saluting Some Colombos On Columbus Day

Who says the average hoodlum is a dim-witted moron, accomplished only at breaking legs and laws? Certainly not The Smoking Gun. On the occasion of Columbus Day, we salute the ingenuity and pioneering spirit of the gangsters named in this FBI report (though we recognize that 99.93% of Italo-Americans are law-abiding citizens). Dogged by FBI surveillance teams, these wiseguys came up with a novel way of disguising their identities as they plotted to kill rivals in the Colombo LCN (La Cosa Nostra) family. (2 pages)