The sheriff, Joseph Spicuzzo, said he did not tell his brother Robert about the impending raid.
In exchange, police provided protection and tips regarding impending federal raids and helped keep criminals free by refusing to extradite them elsewhere.
Mr. Fitzgerald contends that the reporters alerted the charities to impending raids.
Today, more than 100 supporters guarded the state electoral commission offices against what was rumored to be an impending raid by federal troops.
The talk at supper had been all about the impending raid.
Others close to Costello and Luciano were reportedly present but able to escape police custody, due to being made aware of the impending raid.
Upon receiving the signal on Tuesday afternoon of the impending raid, hostages spread the word to lie down on the floor as if they were napping.
The information about the impending raid was given to Miller by a confidential source.
The Pakistani authorities had somehow managed to inform the children of the impending raid.
The government has contended that calls from reporters tipped off the charities to impending federal raids and asset seizures.