Meltzer: WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT
THE MOB -- ORGANIZED CRIME -- HAS TAKEN ON A BRAND-NEW LOOK THAT MOST PEOPLE
WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE, AND THEY'RE HIDING IN PLACES
YOU'D NEVER BELIEVE? IN 1932, ELIOT NESS DECLARED
THE MOB "DEAD" WHEN AL CAPONE WAS CONVICTED. [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ] BUT WE ALL KNOW ORGANIZED CRIME
DIDN'T DIE. IT EVOLVED. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE GREATEST
SECRET-KEEPERS OF ALL TIME. SO WHAT DID THE MOB EVOLVE INTO? SOMETHING MORE SOPHISTICATED,
MORE DEADLY, AND MORE MERCILESS
THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. HOW DO YOU FIND THEM TODAY,
AND WHAT ARE THEY TARGETING? IT IS TIME TO DECODE THE MOB. I'M BRAD MELTZER. I'VE SPENT MY LIFE
COLLECTING STORIES -- SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND CODES
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. SOME HAVE BECOME THE BASIS
FOR MY NOVELS, BUT I'VE ONLY SCRATCHED
THE SURFACE. AND NOW HISTORY
HAS GIVEN ME THE RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE THE REST. THIS IS "DECODED." [ SIREN WAILING ] [ HORN HONKS ] McKinley:
FIND AN ADDRESS. [ GPS DINGS ] CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. Rolle: HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
TO CHICAGO? TOO LONG. I VISITED ONCE,
MANY YEARS AGO. [ RINGTONE ] HI, BRAD. MELTZER: Hey, guys. I'm guessing
you're close to Chicago -- the city where, many believe,
the American mob was born. Of course, that was
about 100 years ago, back when mobsters wore fedoras
and slung tommy guns, which is very different than what the mob looks like
these days. I THOUGHT THEY GOT
ALL THE BAD GUYS. According to sources like
the FBI and the D.E.A., the mob is up to a very
different game these days, and from what
they're telling me, one that puts us all at risk. So if it's changed,
we need to get a lock on what, exactly, the mob looks
like here in the 21st century, to find out what they're up to,
how it's changed from the past, and what they target today. Rolle:
HEY, BRAD, SHOULD WE BE WORRIED THAT, UH,
WE COULD GET "WHACKED"? [ LAUGHS ] I wouldn't be laughing so hard
if I were you. Don't forget -- you're the ones
going after the mob. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THE MOB IS ON MY LIST OF PEOPLE
NOT TO BOTHER. [ WIND BLOWING ] Binder: CHICAGO
WAS THE, UM, THE -- SORT OF THE RAISONS D'ETRE,
IF YOU WILL, OF ORGANIZED CRIME
DURING PROHIBITION. THAT'S WHY ALL THOSE MOVIES
MADE IN THE EARLY 1930s ARE NOT SO MUCH SET IN NEW YORK
OR SOMEPLACE. THEY'RE SET IN CHICAGO. WE HAD A VIRTUAL CITY-WIDE
GANG WAR HERE AT ONE TIME, WHICH YOU DIDN'T HAVE
IN MOST OTHER CITIES. YOU HAD VERY, VERY
SPECTACULAR VIOLENCE. Meltzer: WE'VE ALL SEEN NEWS
STORIES OF MOB VIOLENCE. BUT FOR SOME OF THE MOST
SPECTACULAR VIOLENCE, IT TOOK PLACE RIGHT HERE AT
CHICAGO'S BIOGRAPH THEATER, WHERE GANGSTER
JOHN DILLINGER WAS GUNNED DOWN. DILLINGER ROBBED 24 BANKS,
ESCAPED JAIL TWICE, AND HE RAIDED
FOUR POLICE STATIONS. MOST CROOKS FLEE THE COPS, BUT WHEN DILLINGER'S MEN
NEEDED SUPPLIES, HE BROUGHT THEM STRAIGHT
TO THE POLICE ARSENALS TO STEAL AMMUNITION, MACHINE
GUNS, AND BULLET-PROOF VESTS. ON JULY 22, 1934,
J. EDGAR HOOVER'S TEAM OF FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS TRACKED
DILLINGER TO THE BIOGRAPH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE WATCHED?
WHAT ELSE -- A GANGSTER MOVIE. AGENTS WERE WAITING
WHILE HE EXITED, AND ALTHOUGH THEY REPORTEDLY
CALLED FOR HIS SURRENDER, DILLINGER WANTED
TO SHOOT IT OUT. [ GUNSHOTS, PEOPLE SCREAMING ] HE WAS SHOT THREE TIMES,
AND AT 10:50 P.M., JOHN DILLINGER
WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. JOHN, LAW ENFORCEMENT CALLS
THE MOB "ORGANIZED CRIME." HOW DOES
THE ORGANIZATION WORK, AND WHAT'S THE HIERARCHY
LOOK LIKE? THE BASIC SETUP IS,
THERE'S A BOSS. THERE'S AN UNDERBOSS, WHO REPORTS DIRECTLY
TO THE BOSS, CARRIES OUT
THE BOSS' ORDERS. THEN THERE ARE STREET CREWS,
IF YOU WILL, EACH RUN BY -- THE TERM IN THESE CULTURES
WOULD BE A CAPO. AND THEN THERE'S GUYS
INSIDE THE CREWS -- EAST COAST TERMINOLOGY
IS "SOLDIER." THE GROUP THAT'S DOMINATED
ORGANIZED CRIME IN CHICAGO AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
FOR YEARS IS CHICAGO OUTFIT. ITS ROOTS GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO, BASICALLY, 1900,
BEFORE PROHIBITION. AL CAPONE GETS THEM, BECOMES THE CAPONE GANG
DURING PROHIBITION. IN 1920, THE 18th AMENDMENT
MADE THE MANUFACTURE, SALE, OR TRANSPORTATION OF
INTOXICATING LIQUORS ILLEGAL. THIS BROUGHT ON A DRAMATIC
DECREASE IN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND A DRAMATIC INCREASE
IN ORGANIZED CRIME. AND THERE WAS NO BIGGER NAME
IN ORGANIZED CRIME THAN ALPHONSE GABRIEL CAPONE. AL CAPONE WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN
AND MOVED TO CHICAGO IN HIS 20s, WHERE HE QUICKLY ROSE
TO THE TOP SPOT OF THE CITY'S
MOST NOTORIOUS GANG, THE OUTFIT, AND THE TOP SPOT ON THE FBI'S
"MOST WANTED" LIST. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ORGANIZED CRIME IN CHICAGO
DIED WITH AL CAPONE. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER
FROM THE TRUTH, ALTHOUGH PEOPLE LIKE
ELIOT NESS, ET CETERA, DECLARED IT DEAD IN 1932. BUT THEY WERE JUST
A LITTLE BIT OFF-BASE ON THAT. THEY'RE STILL AROUND TODAY,
BUT THEY'RE HARDER TO SEE. THEY'RE HARDER TO PIN DOWN. WHAT DO THEY HAVE LEFT
TO MESS WITH IF THERE'S NO PROHIBITION? GAMBLING,
SOME LABOR RACKETEERING, SOME PROSTITUTION
AND BUSINESS RACKETEERING, JUICE-LENDING,
THINGS LIKE THAT. ORGANIZED CRIME IS HERE
AND WILL ALWAYS BE HERE. AS LONG AS THERE'S
A PUBLIC DEMAND FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ILLEGAL,
SOMEONE WILL SUPPLY IT. Meltzer:
AL CAPONE IS TO ORGANIZED CRIME WHAT THOMAS JEFFERSON IS
TO AMERICAN POLITICS -- A FOUNDING FATHER. SO IF WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY WHAT THE MOB IS TODAY, WE FIRST NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE IT CAME FROM. Capone:
"WAS AL CAPONE A MOBSTER?" YES, HE WAS A MOBSTER. "WAS HE A MONSTER?"
NO, HE WAS NOT A MONSTER. WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE GREEN MILL WITH YOUR UNCLE? THE GREEN MILL
WAS PURCHASED BY MY UNCLE, SO IT REALLY TAKES ME BACK
IN TIME WHEN I COME IN HERE. THIS WAS THE BOOTH
THAT AL REPORTEDLY SAT IN EVERY TIME HE CAME IN HERE. BUT IT MAKES SENSE,
DOESN'T IT? YEAH.
HE CAN SEE THE DOOR AND HE CAN SEE MOST
OF THE PEOPLE IN HERE. SEE THE DOOR -- RIGHT THERE.
YEP. ABSOLUTELY. DEIRDRE, YOU ACTUALLY MET
AL CAPONE, AND YOU REMEMBER HIM. SURE. HE TAUGHT ME TO SWIM
IN HIS POOL IN FLORIDA, HELPED ME LEARN TO RIDE A BIKE,
TAUGHT ME THE MANDOLIN. YEAH. WE WERE A VERY,
VERY CLOSE FAMILY. WAS AL CAPONE
AN EMOTIONAL GUY? VERY. HE WASN'T JUST A HEARTLESS
KILLER THAT WE THINK OF HIM? NO. NO. HE WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. IF HE SAW A CHILD HURT
OR HUNGRY, HE WOULD CRY. IF HE SAW A -- YOU KNOW,
AN ANIMAL SUFFERING, HE WOULD CRY. Meltzer: DEIRDRE KNEW AL CAPONE,
THE LOVING FAMILY MAN, BUT AL CAPONE THE MOBSTER WAS
CUTTHROAT, DEADLY, AND RUTHLESS. WHEN A MAYOR
HE HAD PUT INTO OFFICE ANNOUNCED HE WAS GONNA
PUT CAPONE AWAY FOR GOOD, CAPONE THREW HIM DOWN THE STEPS
OF TOWN HALL. AND CAPONE WAS SAID TO HAVE
BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE OF THE BLOODIEST DAYS
IN CHICAGO -- THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY
MASSACRE. CAPONE REPORTEDLY HAD HIS MEN
DRESS UP LIKE THE CHICAGO POLICE AND THEN GUN DOWN
SEVEN OF HIS RIVALS. [ MACHINE-GUN FIRE ] BUT HE WOULD NEVER BE PROSECUTED
FOR THIS OR FOR BOOTLEGGING. SO WHAT FINALLY SENT AL CAPONE
TO ALCATRAZ? YOU KNOW THIS ONE --
TAX EVASION. HOW DID THE LEGACY OF THE OUTFIT
COME TO BE? YOU KNOW,
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO OUTLAW ALCOHOL. PEOPLE WANTED ALCOHOL. THAT'S WHAT THE CAPONE
OUTFIT DID. IF YOU TAKE THE ROCKEFELLER
FAMILY, THE KENNEDY FAMILY, AND THE CAPONE FAMILY, THE ORIGINS -- THE BEGINNINGS --
ARE ALL EXACTLY THE SAME. AL CAPONE SAID, "IF I AM
GUILTY OF BREAKING THE LAW, THEN MY CUSTOMERS
ARE AS GUILTY AS I AM." AL SAID, "WHEN I SERVE ALCOHOL,
IT'S CALLED 'BOOTLEGGING.' "BUT WHEN THE PEOPLE
ON NORTH SHORE SERVE IT, IT'S CALLED 'HOSPITALITY.'" RIGHT. IN YOUR MIND, IS THE ORGANIZED
CRIME OF TODAY SCARIER AND MORE DANGEROUS
THAN IT WAS UNDER AL CAPONE? YES. TO ME, YES,
I THINK IT IS, BECAUSE THERE'S
NO ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE'S NO HONESTY
LEFT ANYMORE. THEY CAN AFFECT A LOT MORE
PEOPLE IN A LOT BROADER AREA. THE ORGANIZED CRIME THAT, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY
WAS INVOLVED IN WAS VERY REGIONAL,
VERY SMALL, VERY COMMUNITY. THAT OLD ADAGE,
"HONOR AMONG THIEVES," REALLY FIT WITH WHAT
THE CAPONE OUTFIT WAS DOING. DEIRDRE IS CLEARLY
REMEMBERING A TIME WHEN NOT EVERYBODY
SAW GOOD FELLAS AS BAD GUYS. SO IMAGINE IT'S PROHIBITION, AND YOU WANT A FEW BOTTLES
OF WINE FOR YOUR WEDDING. OR IT'S THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AND NO BANK WILL GIVE YOU A LOAN
FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS. YOUR LOCAL WISEGUY COULD GET
THESE THINGS FOR YOU. SURE, IF YOU DIDN'T
PAY THEM BACK, IT WAS BASEBALL BATS
VERSUS KNEECAPS. BUT MANY OF THEM
KEPT THEIR WORD, AND IF YOU DIDN'T MESS WITH
THEM, THEY DIDN'T MESS WITH YOU. I WAS RAISED THAT
YOUR WORD IS YOUR BOND, AND FAMILY IS EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW
THAT ORGANIZATION RAN. THEY WERE A FAMILY. YOU KNEW
WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF YOU. IF YOU BROKE THE RULES, THERE HAD TO BE
SOME PUNISHMENT FOR IT. AND THAT'S THE WAY
THAT IT WAS. WHAT ELSE WAS INVOLVED
IN THEIR CODE? I MEAN, I'VE HEARD,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE, THAT WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ARE OFF-LIMITS, FOR EXAMPLE. ABSOLUTELY.
FAMILY IS OFF-LIMITS. YOU KNOW, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT NO INNOCENT PERSON
WAS EVER HURT WHEN THE CAPONE BOYS
RAN THINGS IN CHICAGO. DEIRDRE ISN'T JUST WAXING
NOSTALGIC ABOUT UNCLE AL. THIS WAS THE SACRED CODE BY
WHICH THE MOB LIVED AND DIED. IN 1981, L.A. MOB BOSS
JIMMY FRATIANNO ENTERED WITNESS PROTECTION AND EARNED HIS NICKNAME,
"THE WEASEL." HE SQUEALED ON THE INNER
WORKINGS OF THE MAFIOSO, INCLUDING THE SECRET
MAFIA INITIATION RITUAL. IT DATES BACK TWO CENTURIES
TO SICILY AND IS REFERRED TO
AS A SECOND BAPTISM. YOUR TRIGGER FINGER IS PRICKED AND YOUR BLOOD IS SPILLED
ONTO THE PICTURE OF A SAINT. THE PICTURE IS THEN LIT ON FIRE
WHILE YOU RECITE, "AS BURNS THIS SAINT,
SO WILL BURN MY SOUL" IF YOU BETRAY THE MAFIA. AND YOU'RE ASKED
IF YOU WOULD KILL YOUR BROTHER TO PROTECT THEIR SECRETS. IN FACT, WHEN PEOPLE
USED THE WORD "SUB-ROSA" TO MEAN "CLANDESTINE," THIS IS A REFERENCE TO
THE MAFIA'S FANATICAL SECRECY. IT MEANS "UNDER THE ROSE"
AND COMES FROM THE PRACTICE OF HANGING A ROSE OVER A DOOR WHEN SECRET MEETINGS
WERE UNDER WAY. BUT WHEN THE WEASEL SNITCHED, HE REVEALED THE MAFIA'S
THREE SECRET VOWS -- ONE, NEVER MESS WITH WOMEN
OR CHILDREN; TWO, NEVER MESS WITH DRUGS,
AND THREE, NEVER SNITCH. IF THE OUTFIT
WERE STILL OPERATING, WOULDN'T THEY BE OPERATING
IN NARCOTICS? BECAUSE THAT'S
TODAY'S PROHIBITION. MY GRANDFATHER SAW THE THINGS
CHANGING IN THE '50s, AND HE TOLD ME THAT PEOPLE
WERE LOSING HONOR. HONOR WAS DISAPPEARING. AND HE ALSO SAW
THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND WANTED NOTHING
TO DO WITH THAT. BUT I DO KNOW THAT MY FAMILY
WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH NARCOTICS AT ALL. AL CAPONE WOULD BE APPALLED AT WHAT SOME PEOPLE
ARE CALLING "GANGS" TODAY. DEIRDRE, IF WE'RE
LOOKING FURTHER INTO
ORGANIZED CRIME TODAY, WHERE WOULD YOU SUGGEST
THAT WE LOOK? I'M NOT AN EXPERT
ON WHITEY BULGER, BUT HE WAS INVOLVED
IN ORGANIZED CRIME, AND HE WAS ON -- WHAT THEY
SAY -- "ON THE LAM" FOR YEARS. WHITEY BULGER WAS THE FORMER
HEAD OF BOSTON'S IRISH MOB. AND IF IT WAS ILLEGAL, AND YOU
COULD MAKE A BUCK DOING IT, WHITEY BULGER DID IT. IF ANYONE WAS A NEXT-GENERATION
AL CAPONE, IT WAS WHITEY, WHO WAS RECENTLY ARRESTED. SO THIS IS WHO BUDDY, MAC,
AND SCOTT NEED TO LOOK INTO IF WE WANT TO FIND OUT "WHAT DOES THE MOB
REALLY LOOK LIKE TODAY?" WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE
EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN-DAY MOB, AND IT'S LED US
TO WHITEY BULGER, THE LAST GREAT IRISH MOB BOSS. WHEN AUTHORITIES FINALLY
CAUGHT UP WITH WHITEY, AT THE AGE OF 81, HE HAD COMPILED QUITE
A DISTINGUISHED RéSUMé, INCLUDING EXTORTION,
NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION, AND 19 COUNTS OF MURDER. BUDDY, MAC, AND SCOTT
ARE TALKING WITH A MAN WHO USED TO BE WHITEY'S
PRIMARY ENFORCER AND ONE OF THE MOST FEARED MEN
IN BOSTON. I GREW UP
IN SOUTH BOSTON, MASS. AND THE LOCAL IRISH MOB BOSS
WAS JAMES "WHITEY" BULGER. YOU KNOW, HE STARTED OUT
AS AN ENFORCER BY COLLECTING DRUG MONEY
AND STUFF LIKE THAT. HE KNEW I WAS A VICIOUS
STREET FIGHTER. HE KNEW I WAS GOOD IN THE RING
AND OUT OF THE RING. HE SAW ME SIDE-KICK SOME GUY
OVER A PARKED CAR ONE TIME AND BEAT THE GUY HALF TO DEATH
AND NEVER SAY A WORD ABOUT IT. AND HE LIKED THE SILENCE.
LIKE, I DIDN'T BRAG. I WASN'T ON AN EGO TRIP. I DIDN'T WANT EVERYBODY
TO THINK I WAS A TOUGH GUY. AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF MY RELATIONSHIP WITH WHITEY BULGER. EDDIE MACKENZIE WAS A FORMER
ULTIMATE-FIGHTING CHAMP BEFORE WHITEY HANDPICKED HIM TO BE HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN
AND PRIMARY ENFORCER. EDDIE SPEAKS OPENLY
ABOUT HIS TIME AS MOB MUSCLE AND THE TIME HE DID
IN A FEDERAL PENITENTIARY FOR ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED MURDER
AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT. I WON'T GO INTO SPECIFICS,
BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY, WHEN EDDIE MACKENZIE SHOWED UP
AT YOUR DOOR, IT MEANT THE TIME TO APOLOGIZE
AND NEGOTIATE WAS OVER. IT WAS TIME TO PRAY. McKinley: WELL, HOW DID
WHITEY BULGER GO SO LONG WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT? WHITEY'S BROTHER
WILLIAM BULGER WAS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE, AND A CHILDHOOD FRIEND,
JOHN CONNOLLY, WAS RUNNING THE FBI ORGANIZED-CRIME
TASK FORCE IN BOSTON. THERE'S A SAYING THAT IRISH KIDS
IN SOUTH BOSTON FIND THEIR DESTINIES
IN ONE OF THE THREE P's -- POLITICS, POLICE, OR PRISON. WHILE THE RUTHLESS WHITEY SPENT
SOME QUALITY TIME IN PRISON, HIS YOUNGER BROTHER BILLY GREW
UP TO BECOME A STATE SENATOR. ANOTHER SOUTHIE BOY,
JOHN CONNOLLY, GREW UP IN THE SAME
HOUSING PROJECT WITH THE BULGER BROTHERS. AND HE GREW UP TO BE ONE
OF THE TOP AGENTS IN THE FBI, AS WELL AS
ONE OF THE MOST CROOKED. WHEN THEY WERE KIDS, WHITEY USED TO BUY JOHN CONNOLLY
ICE CREAM BACK IN BOSTON. AND WHEN THEY ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE DRUG
AND DRUG-ENFORCEMENT WORLDS, JOHN CONTINUED TO ACCEPT FAVORS
FROM WHITEY IN THE FORM
OF HUGE CASH PAYMENTS. THEIR STORY INSPIRED THE MOVIE
"THE DEPARTED" WITH JACK NICHOLSON. IN THE END,
WHITEY SPENT 12 YEARS ON THE FBI'S MOST-WANTED LIST, AND THE REWARD FOR HIS CAPTURE
WAS $2 MILLION -- SECOND ONLY
TO USAMA BIN LADEN'S. SO HOW DID WHITEY BULGER
MEET HIS DOWNFALL? WHITEY INFORMED ON US.
WHITEY RATTED ON US IN 1990. HE SET ALL 51 OF US UP TO GET HIMSELF OUT
OF AN UPCOMING INDICTMENT. AND THAT'S WHEN
IT STARTED TO COME OUT THAT HE WAS A TOP
FBI INFORMER. AND NOW HE'S GOT TO GET
OUT OF THERE OR... YEAH. SO HE TRIED TO GIVE THEM
51 PEOPLE FROM SOUTH BOSTON -- TO, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT HE DID
SO WELL -- TO BUY HIS WAY OUT. IT DIDN'T WORK. INCLUDING YOU. YEAH, I WAS ONE OF THE 51. AND, MANY TIMES,
PEOPLE ASKED ME, "HOW DID YOU FEEL
ABOUT THAT?" AND I GOES, "WELL,
HOW DO YOU THINK CAESAR FELT WHEN HE GOT SHANKED
BY BRUTUS?" HERE'S A GUY THAT I WOULD
HAVE KILLED ANYBODY FOR, FOLLOWED TO THE GRAVE, THINKING HE WAS THIS HUGE,
HONORABLE GUY, AND THE CODE OF SILENCE AND
"DON'T RAT" AND ALL THAT -- TURNED OUT TO BE
THE BIGGEST RAT OF THEM ALL. WHITEY BULGER, IN MY OPINION, WAS THE HANNIBAL LECTER
OF SOUTH BOSTON. WHITEY WAS AS MEAN AS THEY COME, AND THERE IS NOTHING THIS GUY
WOULDN'T DO TO MAKE SOME CASH. HE EVEN WON THE LOTTERY ONCE.
THAT'S RIGHT -- LUCKY DAY. WHITEY BULGER SPLIT A POT
OF $14 MILLION WITH HIS BUDDIES. THEY JUST HAPPENED TO COME
INTO THE POSSESSION OF A WINNING TICKET THAT HAD BEEN BOUGHT AT A CORNER
STORE THAT WHO ELSE OWNED? WHITEY BULGER. SO PICTURE, FOR A MOMENT,
THE CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN WHITEY AND THE GUY
WHO BOUGHT THAT TICKET. ODDS OF WINNING
THE MASSACHUSETTS LOTTERY -- 1 IN 14 MILLION. ODDS OF YOU GIVING WHITEY BULGER
YOUR WINNING TICKET -- GUARANTEED. SO WHO IS THE NEXT
WHITEY BULGER? LIKE, WHO'S THE GUY
BENEATH HIM? THE IRISH AND THE ITALIANS
HAVE BASICALLY ALL BEEN SET UP AND CAUGHT AND BUSTED
BY THE FBI. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE JOHN GOTTI
ON ONE SIDE -- THE ITALIAN SIDE. YOU HAVE WHITEY BULGER
ON THE IRISH SIDE. TO ME, THEY'RE LIKE
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. ONCE WHITEY BULGER
GOT CAUGHT, ALL THE COWBOYS CAME IN
TRYING TO TAKE OVER, AND THERE WAS NO ORGANIZATIONAL
CHART TO THEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THE STATISTICS ON HEROIN
AND ANGEL DUST INCREASED. AND ALL THESE KIDS
WERE COMMITTING SUICIDE THROUGH OXYCONTINS
AND ALL THAT. IF WHITEY WAS THERE -- AND I'M NOT STICKING UP
FOR HIM -- YOU'D NEVER SEE THAT. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
A FIRM BELIEVER THAT IF THERE'S GONNA BE
CRIME IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT SHOULD BE
ORGANIZED CRIME. LIKE CAPONE,
BULGER OPERATED BY A CODE, AND THERE WERE LINES
HE JUST WOULDN'T CROSS. HE DIDN'T ALLOW THE SALE
OF HEROIN OR PCP ON HIS STREETS. AND DEALERS WHO SOLD TO KIDS WERE VIOLENTLY REMOVED
FROM HIS NEIGHBORHOODS. I, IN NO WAY, WANT TO SUGGEST THAT EITHER WAS A MAN
OF PRINCIPLE, BUT IF YOU KNEW THEIR CODE,
YOU COULD STAY OUT OF THEIR WAY. WITH TODAY'S MOB,
EVERYONE IS A POTENTIAL VICTIM. WHAT GROUPS WOULD YOU SINGLE OUT
AS BEING THE DANGEROUS ONES? THE DANGEROUS ONES --
THEY'RE NOT AMERICANS. THEY'RE THE RUSSIANS.
THEY'RE THE COLUMBIANS. THEY'RE, UH -- THE MEXICAN MOB'S COMING UP NOW
FROM MEXICO. ALL THESE PEOPLE
ARE WITHOUT HESITATION. THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND LIKE
COCAINE COWBOYS, WE CALL THEM, WITH SHOTGUNS, KILLING
EVERYBODY IN SIGHT AND TAKING NEIGHBORHOODS
LIKE THE SCOURGE, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM. THEY'RE VERY SCARY. OF THOSE, WHO DO YOU THINK
IS THE SCARIEST NOW? OH, THE MEXICANS.
OH, MY GOD. WITH THE ITALIANS,
THEY DON'T KILL YOUR FAMILY. THEY'LL KILL YOU. NOW, THE MEXICANS
WILL KILL YOUR FAMILY AND STUFF $100 BILLS
DOWN THEIR THROATS AND GIVE YOU A COLUMBIAN
NECKTIE, WHICH -- THEY SLIT YOUR THROAT
AND THEY PULL YOUR TONGUE OUT. THEY'RE AS VICIOUS
AS THEY COME. THERE'S NO FOOLING
AROUND WITH THEM. You guys wake up this morning with that horse head in your bed
that I sent? [ LEVY CHUCKLES ] McKinley: NOT YET. Tell me about Eddie Mackenzie.
What did he have to say? THIS GUY, BRAD,
HE WAS THE REAL ARTICLE, MAN. THE MOST INTERESTING THING
EDDIE SAID WAS THAT THE MEXICAN MAFIA WERE THE REALLY NASTY GUYS
THESE DAYS -- THAT THEY WOULD
KILL ANYBODY. HE SAID, "THEY'LL KILL
YOUR WHOLE FAMILY." Then the Mexican Mafia
is the lead we need to follow. And I have a good contact
for you. NOW YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE LOOKING
INTO THE MOB. WE JUST LEARNED THAT THE BIGGEST
MOB THREAT IN MODERN AMERICA MAY NOT COME FROM AMERICA. BUDDY AND MAC ARE TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO SPENT TIME
ON THE FRONT LINES AND HAS SEEN THE TERRIFYING
NEW FACE OF THE MOB FIRSTHAND. Longmire: BASICALLY,
ORGANIZED CRIME IN MEXICO HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY -- BEYOND ANYTHING WE EVER SAW
WITH LA COSA NOSTRA OR WITH THE RUSSIAN MOB
IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY HAVE A PRESENCE
IN OVER 270 U.S. CITIES AND THEY SUPPLY 90%,
POSSIBLY MORE, OF THE DRUGS THAT AMERICANS
CONSUME EVERY DAY. SYLVIA, WHAT DOES
THE FACE OF MEXICAN CRIME LOOK LIKE TODAY? IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR
TO AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME, ESPECIALLY BACK IN THE '30s
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW. THEIR ORIGINS WERE THE SAME,
YOU KNOW -- THE WAY THAT THEY STARTED
IN THE BUSINESS, THE WAY THAT SOME
OF THE GANGSTERS BEHAVED -- SO MANY PARALLELS
TO THE ITALIAN MAFIA, TO THE RUSSIAN MOBSTERS. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN AL CAPONE
KNEW HE HAD HIS LIMITS. THE MEXICAN MOBSTERS
IN MEXICO -- NO LIMITS WHATSOEVER
TO WHAT THEY CAN DO. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY HAVE
IS THROUGH THE ROOF COMPARED TO WHAT
THE ITALIAN MOBSTERS HAD. I MEAN, THE ITALIAN MOB,
THE RUSSIAN MOB, NEVER DID THE THINGS THAT THE MEXICAN MOBSTERS
ARE DOING NOW. THEY HAVE EVOLVED
WELL BEYOND ORGANIZED CRIME. IT SEEMS LIKE AMERICAN
LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN FIGHTING
THE SICILIAN MAFIA HERE. WHY ARE WE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN
FIGHTING THIS NEW MEXICAN MAFIA? WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING AFTER THE MONEY
LIKE WE DID WITH AL CAPONE. MOST PEOPLE THINK AL CAPONE
WAS BUSTED FOR BOOTLEGGING, WHEN IT TURNS OUT THAT HE WAS BUSTED BY THE I.R.S.
FOR TAX EVASION. OH, THAT'S WHY. SO ANTI-MONEY-LAUNDERING LAWS
IN MEXICO ARE VERY, VERY WEAK. AND THEY HAVE A DISINCENTIVE
TO STRENGTHEN THEM, BECAUSE SO MUCH MONEY COMING
FROM THE ILLICIT DRUG TRADE IS GETTING INJECTED
INTO THE MEXICAN ECONOMY. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT IT'S UP
TO 10% OR 11% OF THE GDP. OH, MY GOD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIES ME IS THE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA THAT'S BEING GROWN
IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS AND OUR NATIONAL FORESTS. TALK ABOUT DOING THINGS
UNDER OUR NOSES. Levy: RIGHT. IN RECENT YEARS, DRUG LORDS
HAVE BECOME EVEN BETTER AT CONCEALING
THEIR ILLEGAL DEALINGS BY HIDING THEM IN YOUR BACKYARD. MEXICAN CARTELS HAVE STARTED GROWING MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS OF MARIJUANA INSIDE OUR U.S.
NATIONAL FORESTS, JUST MILES AWAY
FROM CAMPERS AND HIKERS. IT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA
FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS -- FREE LAND, INSTANT PRIVACY, AND NO WAY
TO LEGALLY TRACE OWNERSHIP. THE PROBLEMS ARISE
WHEN A CAMPER OR PARK RANGER STUMBLES ONTO THE WRONG TRAIL. IN AN INSTANT, THEIR NATURE HIKE
LEADS THEM TO A MILITIA PROTECTING AN ENTIRE
NARCOTICS FACTORY. AND THE RESULTS ARE DEADLY. WILL LEGALIZATION
OF MARIJUANA, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ERADICATE THAT ELEMENT
OF ORGANIZED CRIME? YES, IT WOULD MAKE A DENT,
BECAUSE, OF THE DRUG INCOME THAT THE ORGANIZED-CRIME GROUPS
IN MEXICO HAVE, MARIJUANA MAKES UP
THE LARGEST SHARE. BUT THEY STILL HAVE OTHER
SOURCES OF INCOME TO RELY ON. MAKE THEM GO AWAY,IT'S DEFINITA SIMILAR TO WHEN PROHIBITION
WAS LIFTED IN 1933. ORGANIZED CRIME IN CHICAGO
AND NEW YORK DIDN'T GO AWAY. IT WASN'T AS VIOLENT.
IT WASN'T AS PERVASIVE. BUT THEY STUCK AROUND
FOR QUITE A BIT. AND HOW ELSE ARE THEY MAKING
MONEY BESIDES DRUG DEALING? THEIR NUMBER-TWO
MONEY-MAKING VENTURE IS KIDNAPPING AND RANSOM. IT USED TO BE THAT THE CARTELS ONLY KIDNAPPED RIVALS
TO PUNISH THEM, TO SEND A MESSAGE, TO DEMAND
THEIR DRUG MONEY BACK. BUT NOW, THEY'VE SEEN IT AS A VERY LUCRATIVE SOURCE
FOR RANSOM MONEY. SO NOT ONLY
ARE THEY KIDNAPPING RIVALS, NOW THEY'RE KIDNAPPING
INNOCENTS. AND IF THEIR RELATIVES
DON'T PAY THE RANSOM? THEY -- MOST LIKELY, THEY WILL
NEVER SEE THEIR RELATIVE AGAIN. I HAVE TO SAY,
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WAS A WIDESPREAD
KIDNAPPING RING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
RUN BY MEXICAN MAFIA. SEVERAL OF THEM --
PARTICULARLY LOS ZETAS CARTEL, WHICH IS OPERATING ALONG
THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO AND BEYOND THAT. NOT ONLY DOES THE MOB
HAVE A NEW FACE, BUT IT HAS AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT SET OF RULES. OLD LINES AND BORDERS
HAVE BECOME MEANINGLESS, AND EVERYONE IS NOW
A POTENTIAL VICTIM. SO IF THAT SOUNDS TERRIFYING
TO YOU, JUST WAIT. YOU HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD
THE SCARIEST PART YET. OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE MOB HAS LED US TO LOOK INTO MEXICAN
CARTELS AND THE LOS ZETAS. WHAT WAS FORMERLY A MINOR THREAT
SOUTH OF THE BORDER HAS BECOME A MAJOR THREAT
RIGHT HERE ON AMERICAN SOIL. THE LOS ZETAS MIGHT BE THE MOST
FRIGHTENING CARTEL OUT THERE. EARLIER THIS YEAR,
A MAN AND WOMAN WHO POSTED CRITICAL COMMENTS
ABOUT THE CARTEL ON A BLOG WERE FOUND STRUNG UP AND
MUTILATED ON A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS,
THE ZETAS STARTED OUT AS THE MILITARY WING
OF THE GULF CARTEL, AND THE TWO FACTIONS WERE MAJOR PLAYERS
IN DRUG TRAFFICKING. BUT IN 2010, THE ZETAS BEGAN TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY
OF THE GULF CARTEL, AND THAT STARTED A TURF WAR. BEYOND THE COUNTLESS TERRORIST
ATTACKS AND MASS KILLINGS THESE GUYS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
IN MEXICO, THEY ARE NOW SUPPOSEDLY
EXPANDING INTO THE U.S. SO REMEMBER THE ST. VALENTINE'S
DAY MASSACRE IN 1929? WELL, THE ZETAS TOOK A PAGE
RIGHT OUT OF CAPONE'S PLAYBOOK. ALLEGEDLY, SIX CARTEL MEMBERS
DRESSED AS POLICEMEN RIDDLED A 30-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN'S
HOME IN PHOENIX WITH OVER 100 BULLETS,
KILLING HIM WITHIN SECONDS. McKinley:
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A WAR. WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING
SOUNDS LIKE A WAR. IF THEY'RE KILLING 72 PEOPLE
AT A TIME, AND THEY'RE FINDING MASS GRAVES. YEAH. WE SEE BEHEADINGS
ALL THE TIME IN MEXICO, BUT THE FIRST BEHEADING
RELATED TO THE DRUG WAR HAPPENED IN CHANDLER,
ARIZONA, ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THAT'S A NICE TOWN. IT IS. IT IS. IT WAS. WE HAD A KIDNAPPING
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO OF A 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD
IN LAS VEGAS, BECAUSE HIS GRANDFATHER OWED OVER $1 MILLION
TO A MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL. OKAY, SO THERE'S THE DRUG
TRAFFIC, THE KIDNAPPING -- IS THERE ANOTHER AREA? I MEAN, THEY'LL CONTINUE
TO EVOLVE AND GET BETTER AND BETTER,
I ASSUME. THEY WILL. WELL, EXTORTION IS A REALLY,
REALLY BIG PROBLEM GOING ON
IN MEXICO RIGHT NOW. AND THEY ARE MAKING
TONS OF MONEY BY JUST THREATENING
BUSINESS OWNERS, ASKING FOR
THAT WEEKLY PAYMENT. AND, RECENTLY,
WE HAD A BIG, BIG ATTACK -- ONE OF THE DEADLIEST ATTACKS
IN MEXICO -- THAT HAPPENED IN MONTERREY, WHERE A CASINO WAS
BURNED TO THE GROUND IN A MATTER
OF THREE MINUTES OR LESS. AND 52 PEOPLE
WERE KILLED IN THE PROCESS. IT WAS ALLEGEDLY
BY LOS ZETAS. THEY WERE CLAIMING THAT THEY HAD BEEN EXTORTING
THE OWNER OF THE CASINO FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY
EVERY WEEK. AND HE DIDN'T PAY UP. SO THAT WAS THEIR WAY
OF SENDING A MESSAGE. WHERE ARE THEY HEADED NEXT? ONE OF THEIR NEWER MONEY-MAKERS
INVOLVES RECRUITING -- FORCIBLY,
SOMETIMES VOLUNTARILY -- HACKERS TO COME IN AND HELP
THEM WITH INFORMATION THEFT, WITH FRAUD, WITH ALL SORTS
OF CYBER CRIMES. OKAY, THIS IS BAD --
GANGSTERS WITH BANDWIDTH. AND THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION
THEY CAN OBTAIN ON TARGETS -- ON RIVALS AND CITIZENS --
IS SCARY. BECAUSE NOW THEY CAN HACK
INTO PUBLIC SECURITY SYSTEMS, SO, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SYSTEMS
THAT POLICE OFFICERS USE. SO IF THEY WANT
TO FIND A RIVAL OR FIND SOMEBODY WHO THEY WANT
TO TARGET, THEY CAN DO IT NOW. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE
WAY MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN THEY EVER WERE BEFORE. THEY'RE WAY MORE
SOPHISTICATED. THEY'RE BETTER-TRAINED.
THEY'RE BETTER-FUNDED. AND THEY ARE MORE WILLING
TO TAKE RISKS. AND THEY OPERATE
WITH IMPUNITY. THIS IS MORE
THAN I THOUGHT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW
IT WAS THIS FAR-REACHING. IT'S A VERY, VERY
SCARY SITUATION. WE JUST LEARNED THAT THE MOB HAS
TAKEN THE LEAP INTO CYBERSPACE. THIS IS NOT AL CAPONE'S MOB. WE DIDN'T GET MESSED WITH
UNLESS YOU MESSED WITH THEM. TO BECOME A VICTIM
OF CYBERCRIME, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS TURN ON
YOUR COMPUTER. I ENTERED CYBERCRIME IN 2000,
WHEN NOBODY KNEW WHAT IT WAS. BUT HOW D IN THE LAST, SAY,
10 YEARS IS AMAZING. IF I ASK YOU, "IS ORGANIZED
CRIME, YOU KNOW, DEAD, OR IS IT BIGGER
THAN IT EVER WAS?" WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ANSWER? I WOULDN'T SAY
IT'S BIGGER. I WOULD SAY IT'S MORE DIVERSE
AND MORE WIDESPREAD, MEANING THERE ARE SMALLER
NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS. THE MOBS OF THE '20s
AND THE '30s AND THE '40s -- EACH GROUP
CONTROLLED THEIR CITY. YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, LUCKY LUCIANO
AND YOU GOT AL CAPONE. YOU GOT GUYS -- THEY EACH
CONTROL THEIR AREAS, ALL RIGHT? NOW ONE GUY CONTROLS
PIECES OF THE WORLD. THE MOB
IS MORE SOPHISTICATED. AND I'M NOT SAYING
THAT THESE GUYS KNOW HOW TO HACK INTO SYSTEMS
AND SO ON -- THEY DON'T. THEY KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S
BEING MADE, AND THEY WILL SUPPORT
AND PROCESS AND PROVIDE THE NETWORK FOR THEM
TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS. THIS IS THE MOB'S WORLD. THEY ARE CON MEN
FROM DAY ONE. AND THE VICTIMS NOWADAYS
ARE EVERYBODY, AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
YOU'RE FALLING FOR IT. CAN YOU TELL ME
HOW IT WORKS? OKAY. YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
OR A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THE PRODUCERS,
FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. THEY HACK. THEY STEAL. THEY GRAB THE INFORMATION,
ALL RIGHT? THIS COULD BE
CREDIT-CARD DATABASES. THIS COULD BE
YOUR SOCIAL-MEDIA ACCOUNT -- YOUR FACEBOOK, YOUR TWITTER,
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THEN THAT INFORMATION IS
TRANSFERRED TO THE FRAUDSTER -- THE CARDER, ALL RIGHT? AND THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GONNA TURN THIS
INTO PROFIT. SO I GET YOUR CREDIT-CARD
INFORMATION. THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS
I COULD UTILIZE IT. I CAN TRY TO BUY CERTAIN THINGS
IN DIFFERENT PLACES. I CAN USE IT
FOR PURE IDENTITY THEFT. I STEAL YOUR IDENTITY. I CAN OPEN LOANS
IN YOUR NAME. I CAN BUY CARS
IN YOUR NAME. AND I'M TAKING LITTLE BITS
OF MONEY HERE AND THERE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. BUT IT'S SMALL AMOUNTS --
$5 HERE, $10 HERE. IT'S CHRISTMASTIME. WHO LOOKS AT THEIR CARD AND GOES, "$10 --
I COULD HAVE DONE THAT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT."
AND THEY JUST LET IT GO ON BY. WELL, $10 ON 60,000 CARDS --
WE JUST MADE $600,000. HALF A MILLION BUCKS.
RIGHT. YOU KNOW? WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED
RESEMBLES THE NETWORK WHEN WE THOUGHT OF THE MOB.THATF ORGANIZED CRIME
IS THE EXACT SAME WAY, AND THE METHODOLOGY WITH
WHICH HACKERS AND CARDERS ARE EXTRACTING MONEY FOLLOWS
THAT EXACT SAME FORMAT. AND THEN THE MONEY JUST FLOWS
ITS WAY UP TO THE TOP. YOU THINK YOUR COMPUTER'S
PRETTY SECURE? BARACK OBAMA AND SARAH PALIN HAVE BOTH BEEN VICTIMS
OF CYBERCRIME. AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM NASA
TO THE C.I.A. HAVE BEEN HACKED NUMEROUS TIMES. THAT'S WHY McKINLEY AND SCOTT
ARE, RIGHT NOW, TALKING TO PERHAPS THE MOST NOTORIOUS
COMPUTER HACKER IN ALL OF AMERICAN HISTORY. IF THE MOB IS COMMITTING
CRIME ONLINE, THEY'RE PROBABLY USING METHODS
THAT HE INVENTED. Mitnick:
YEARS AGO, I WAS KIND OF, UH, DOING THINGS
THAT WERE AGAINST THE LAW. NOWADAYS, COMPANIES
ACTUALLY HIRE ME TO BREAK INTO THEIR SYSTEMS TO FIND THEIR SECURITY PROBLEMS
BEFORE THE REAL BAD GUYS DO. SO, KEVIN, HOW DO YOU
FIGURE THIS STUFF OUT? I MEAN, DOES IT --
DOES SOMEBODY SHOW YOU OR DOES YOUR BRAIN
JUST WORK THAT WAY WHERE YOU FIGURE THIS OUT? IT'S KIND OF SELF-TAUGHT. I WAS FASCINATED
WITH TECHNOLOGY. THIS WAS 1978, 1979. SO I STARTED HACKING
BEFORE IT WAS ACTUALLY ILLEGAL. MITNICK DIDN'T HACK
FOR THE MONEY. HE HACKED FOR THE CHALLENGE.
AND NO CHALLENGE WAS TOO BIG. MITNICK LED THE FBI ON A
YEARS-LONG GAME OF CAT-AND-MOUSE WHILE HACKING INTO MCI,
PACIFIC BELL, THE FBI, AND EVEN THE PENTAGON. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HIS ALIAS WAS
WHEN HE WAS HIDING FROM THE FBI? ERIK WEISZ -- THE REAL NAME
OF HARRY HOUDINI. WHEN THE FBI FINALLY CAUGHT HIM,
HE SERVED FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING EIGHT MONTHS
IN SOLITARY. BECAUSE A JUDGE WAS CONVINCED THAT MITNICK WAS SO DANGEROUS
WITH A COMPUTER, HE COULD -- AND THIS IS A DIRECT QUOTE --
"START A NUCLEAR WAR BY WHISTLING INTO A PAY PHONE." I FEEL LIKE
I'M RELATIVELY SAFE, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CAREFUL ABOUT HOW MY WEBSITE
IS REGISTERED. I TAKE OFF ANYTHING
THAT HAS MY ADDRESS. SO, AM I SAFE? NOT NECESSARILY. LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A WEBSITE --
YOUR OWN PERSONAL WEBSITE. AND I'M ABLE TO COMPROMISE IT. WHAT I DO IS, I LOAD THIS CODE
ONTO YOUR PERSONAL WEBSITE, SO WHEN YOU VISIT IT, IT GIVES ME COMPLETE ACCESS
TO YOUR COMPUTER. SO THAT'S ONE METHOD. RIGHT. WITH COMPUTERS, THE MAFIA
HAS THREE WAYS TO HACK YOU. THE FIRST IS PHYSICAL -- PHYSICALLY GOING THROUGH
YOUR TRASH, WALLET, OR NOTES TO FIND A PASSWORD. THE SECOND IS TECHNICAL. THIS IS HOLLYWOOD'S VERSION
OF HACKING, AND IT'S DONE ENTIRELY
ON COMPUTERS. THIS USES SOFTWARE
AND BACK DOORS TO TRICK YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM
INTO LETTING THEM IN SO THEY CAN TAKE OVER. THE THIRD IS SOCIAL ENGINEERING. RATHER THAN TRICK YOUR COMPUTER,
THEY TRICK YOU. THIS IS EVERYTHING
FROM PHONY PHISHING SCAMS ASKING FOR
YOUR BANK-ACCOUNT NUMBER TO THE NIGERIAN PRINCE ASKING YOU TO WIRE HIM
LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO THE MALE ENHANCEMENT PRODUCTS THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN
IN MY INBOX. BUT DO YOU KNOW WHY YOUR E-MAIL GETS FLOODED WITH HUNDREDS
OF SPAM E-MAILS? BECAUSE THEY WORK
THOUSANDS OF TIMES A DAY. WHAT CAN YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ME
ON THE INTERNET? EVERYTHING. Rolle:
CAN YOU SHOW US SOMETHING? YEAH, I COULD SHOW YOU
SOMETHING. SO YOU'RE REALLY CAREFUL
ABOUT YOUR DATE OF BIRTH... YEAH. ...WHERE YOU LIVE,
YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. YOU'RE REALLY CAREFUL? LET ME SEE WHAT COMES UP HERE. OH, HERE'S ONE THAT WAS
IN PORTLAND BEFORE. [ GASPS ] AND ALSO THE SAME PERSON WITH
THE SOCIAL IS IN LOS ANGELES. [ GASPS ] SO HERE'S A PERSON WITH
YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME THAT WAS IN PORTLAND BEFORE
AND L.A. NOW. COULD THIS BE YOU? YEP. YEAH. THAT'S HER. SO THIS IS ALL YOUR ADDRESSES. DO YOU RECOGNIZE
THESE PHONE NUMBERS HERE? THAT'S AN OLD
WORK NUMBER. SEE? YEAH, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS
STOLE YOUR INFORMATION. OH, MY GOD. AND, KEVIN, THIS IS SOMEBODY'S
"TRYING TO BE CAREFUL." I MEAN, SHE THINKS SHE'S BEING
SECURE ON THE INTERNET. THIS IS WHERE I WENT
TO COLLEGE. IF YOU'RE A U.S. CITIZEN,
EVERYTHING IS AVAILABLE. SO, OBVIOUSLY, I CAN SEE HOW YOU COULD TURN THIS INTO
A VERY LUCRATIVE ENTERPRISE. I MEAN, ONCE YOU GET
THIS INFORMATION, THOUGH, WHAT IS THE TREND TODAY? WHAT ARE CYBER-CRIMINALS
DOING OUT THERE, AND HOW MUCH MONEY
ARE THEY MAKING? WELL, THERE'S THE DARK --
THE UNDERGROUND MARKETPLACE. WHERE HACKERS
BREAK INTO CORPORATIONS LIKE E-COMMERCE SITES
THROUGH MALICIOUS CODE. THEY STEAL ALL
THEIR CREDIT-CARD NUMBERS. THEY CALL THEM "DUMPS" --
THAT'S THE NAME OF IT. AND THEY SELL IT
ON THE UNDERGROUND MARKET, BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING MILLIONS
AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO I SEE THAT'S KIND OF WHERE
ORGANIZED CRIME IS GOING, YOU KNOW --
SIMPLY TO THE MONEY. EVEN THE GUYS
THAT ARE DOING THIS -- THEY ONLY KNOW ONE PIECE,
ONE STEP IN THE CHAIN. THE HEADS THAT
ARE BEHIND THIS -- THAT ARE RUNNING THIS,
ALL RIGHT? -- ARE DIRECTING IT
ALL THE WAY DOWN. IN THE OLD DAYS, THE FOOT SOLDIERS KNEW
WHO THE BOSS WAS. DO TODAY'S CYBER-CRIMINAL
FOOT SOLDIERS KNOW WHO THE BOSS IS? NO. AND THAT'S A PROBLEM,
RIGHT? THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM,
'CAUSE HOW DO YOU STOP THEM? THE ANONYMITY OF THE INTERNET
HELPS THAT. SO WHEN YOU ASK WHO THE HEAD OF THESE
ORGANIZED CRIME UNITS ARE, IT COULD BE ANYBODY. AND THAT'S WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. SO THE AL CAPONES AND
THE LUCKY LUCIANOS OF TODAY ARE SOMEWHAT ANONYMOUS. ABSOLUTELY. WHERE IS IT HAPPENING,
MOSTLY? CYBERCRIME IS HAPPENING HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS
THE PRIMARY LOCATION. WHY? BECAUSE
WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT. WE KNOW HOW TO MANIPULATE
THE SYSTEMS. WE KNOW
HOW EVERYTHING'S DONE. THESE PEOPLE ARE REALIZING THEY CAN MAKE A TON
OF MONEY ANONYMOUSLY? YEAH. ABSOLUTELY.
AND THINK ABOUT IT. THEY'RE NOT HURTING ANYBODY
IN THEIR MIND. I DON'T KNOW YOU.
I DON'T SEE YOU. I'M JUST TAKING
YOUR CREDIT CARD -- 16 LITTLE DIGITS -- THAT I'M NOW GONNA USE ONLINE
AND MAKE PURCHASES. SO IT APPEARS TO BE
A VICTIMLESS CRIME. BUT BY NO WAY
IS IT A VICTIMLESS CRIME. EXACTLY. YOU'RE CHIPPING AWAY --
BLEEDING ME DRY -- LIKE 5 BUCKS AT A TIME. YEAH. OR BLEEDING AMERICA DRY --
OR THE WORLD. RIGHT. EXACTLY. LAST YEAR, $4.5 BILLION WAS
STOLEN THROUGH CYBERCRIME. THE MOB
HAS ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AND WHATEVER LAW --
WHATEVER NEW TREND. I MEAN, THIS IS CONS.
THIS IS MATCHSTICK MEN. THIS IS THE EPITOME OF MANIPULATING INDIVIDUALS
TO GET MONEY OUT OF THEM. AND THIS
IS WHAT THE MOB DOES. THEY ALWAYS HAVE. SOMETIMES IT'S THROUGH
INTIMIDATION, AND SOMETIMES IT'S THROUGH
STRAIGHT TRICKERY. AND, IN FACT, I'M CERTAIN
THE MOB BOSSES OF TODAY -- IF YOU WANT TO SAY
THEY'RE SITTING IN VEGAS OR IN JERSEY OR WHATEVER --
ARE INVOLVED IN THIS. SO IF AL CAPONE
WERE ALIVE TODAY, WHERE WOULD HE FIT
INTO THIS CYBERCRIME SCHEME? IF AL CAPONE
WERE ALIVE TODAY, HE'D BE RUNNING
A TECH COMPANY. WE'RE INVESTIGATING
THE STATE OF THE MOB TODAY. AND WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT
TWO TERRIFYING FORCES -- MEXICAN CARTELS,
WHO ARE STARTING TO BRING THEIR VICIOUS METHODS
INTO AMERICAN TERRITORY, AND THE CYBER MAFIA, WHO JUST
NEED A WI-FI CONNECTION TO ROB YOU FROM ANYWHERE
IN THE WORLD. Levy: WE'VE HEARD
ABOUT THE MEXICAN CARTELS. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT CYBERCRIME. WHICH ONE'S WORSE? WELL, IT'S INTERESTING
YOU ASK THAT, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT UNIQUE,
SEPARATE, AND DIFFERENT ANYMORE. MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS
DO HAVE A CYBER PRESENCE. THEY ARE USING CYBERSPACE
TO CONDUCT THEIR ACTS. THEY'RE GOING TO SHIFT
THEIR METHOD OF OPERATION TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT IS MAKING THEM THE MONEY
THE FASTEST WAY POSSIBLE WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT
OF RISK. DOESN'T CYBERCRIME
REQUIRE SKILLED LABORERS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW,
COMPUTER EXPERTS? CORRECT. SO WHERE DO THEY GET THEM? MEXICO ALSO HAS A TREMENDOUS
DATABASE OF SKILLED LABOR. A LOT OF IT
IS TECHNOLOGICAL. AND THESE --
WE'RE TEACHING THESE GUYS. SO SOMEONE GETS THIS REALLY
COOL, COMPUTER-SAVVY SKILL, AND NOW THEIR OPTIONS
ARE OPEN. AND, UNFORTUNATELY,
CARTELS HAVE SO MUCH MONEY, SO THEY CAN GO GET
THE BEST INTELLIGENCE AND THE BEST-CAPABLE MINDS. AND NOW THIS ENTIRE NIGHTMARE
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT JUST DRUG-TRAFFICKING
OR HUMAN-TRAFFICKING. IT'S NOW TURNED INTO
CYBER-TERRORISM. HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE --
LIKE, US AND OUR CHILDREN? THEIR ABILITY TO CO-OPT
AND STEAL YOUR IDENTITY, FOR THEM TO KNOW
WHERE YOU ARE AND GEOTAG YOU BASED ON WHERE YOUR COMPUTER
OR SMARTPHONE IS -- THEY CAN FIND YOU
AND THEY CAN FOLLOW YOU. AND IF THEY WANT TO GET YOU, THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN, WITHOUT
EVEN LEAVING THEIR DESK. THEY CAN DO IT WITH A POINT
AND A CLICK. SO ARE YOU SAYING
WHEN MY PHONE SAYS, "CAN I USE YOUR CURRENT
LOCATION?" I SHOULD HIT "NO"? YOU SHOULD HIT "NO." YEAH. I ALWAYS HIT "NO." LOOK AT THESE JOURNALISTS
IN MEXICO THAT WERE JUST MURDERED
BY THE CARTELS. Meltzer: THE INTERNATIONAL
HACKING COMMUNITY "ANONYMOUS" THREATENED TO EXPOSE THE ZETAS AFTER THE CARTEL REPORTEDLY
KIDNAPPED ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY,
WE HAVE A GANG WAR BEING FOUGHT, NOT ON THE STREETS,
BUT IN CYBERSPACE. THE CARTEL RETALIATED BY MURDERING TWO
WELL-RESPECTED MEXICAN BLOGGERS AND HANGING THEM FROM A BRIDGE, LEAVING A WARNING SIGN
WITH A TELL-TALE "Z." BUT HERE'S THE SCARIEST PART. THE ZETAS
HUNTED DOWN THE BLOGGERS USING SOPHISTICATED COMPUTER
TRACKING TECHNIQUES SIMILAR TO THOSE USED
BY ANONYMOUS. THAT'S RIGHT -- THE CARTELS ARE ALMOST
AS SKILLED AT CYBERCRIME AS THE HACKERS. WHEN WE THINK
OF ORGANIZED CRIME, WE ALWAYS THINK
OF OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS -- ITALIANS, IRISH, RUSSIANS --
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HOW DID THE MEXICANS
GET THIS EXPERIENCED AND WHY ARE THEY MAKING
SO MUCH MONEY DOING THIS? IN ESSENCE, THIS ISSUE
IN MEXICO IS NOT NEW. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR
GENERATION AFTER GENERATION. BUT THEN, WHEN ONE OF THE MORE SOPHISTICATED,
DOMINANT LEADERS WAS CAPTURED
ON A JOINT OPERATION BETWEEN THE U.S. COAST GUARD
AND D.E.A. -- THEN YOU LOST THE KINGPIN. AND THAT WAS PABLO ESCOBAR. AND NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW IS AN ABSOLUTE DARWINIAN
NATURAL SELECTION BETWEEN THE CARTELS ON WHO IS GOING TO CONTROL
THAT SOUTHWEST-BORDER REGION. AND THAT IS THE PEOPLE
WHO MAKE THE PRODUCT AND TRANSPORT THE PRODUCT INTO AN ALMOST INSATIABLE
APPETITE OF AMERICANS THAT WANT MARIJUANA
AND COCAINE, ECSTASY,
AND CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE. AND NOW THE NEW RULE OF THE DAY
IS THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING. AND THEY COMPETE FINANCIALLY WITH SOME
OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, LEGITIMATE CORPORATIONS
GLOBALLY. WHEN YOU HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY, AND YOU'RE IN CONTROL OF THIS
MUCH SUPPLY-AND-DEMAND, YOU HAVE SO MUCH LIQUID CASH THAT YOU CAN USE
TO DEFEND YOUR ENTERPRISE. TAKING HIGH-RANKING
FBI AGENT OR A HIGH-RANKING
BORDER-PATROL AGENT OR EVEN A HIGH-RANKING
MEXICAN OFFICIAL -- EVERYBODY HAS THEIR PRICE. AND THAT IS PRECISELY WHY
IT'S UNRESOLVED TODAY. THIS IS A TRANSNATIONAL,
GLOBAL ENTERPRISE, SO YOU HAVE FACTIONS
IN OTHER COUNTRIES. YOU'VE GOT BOOTS
ON THE GROUND. YOU'VE GOT LOGISTICS
AND SUPPLY CHAIN. YOU'VE GOT
TRANS-BORDER COMMERCE OF DRUGS, PEOPLE, AND MONEY. AND THEN YOU LOOK
AT THE WEAPONS THEY USE -- MP5s, M4s, FRAGMENTATION
GRENADES, BARRETT .50s. THEY L-- IT IS A WAR. WHERE DO THEY BUY
THIS MILITARY EQUIPMENT? THESE GUNS YOU'RE DESCRIBING
ARE MILITARY. WHOSE MILITARY
SELLS IT TO THEM? WELL, NO MILITARY
IS SELLING THEM TO THEM. BUT THE CARTELS
HAVE CO-OPTED THE GANGS, AND THE GANG MEMBERS HAVE
CO-OPTED THE MILITARY. A LOT OF THESE KIDS, THEY ARE CARD-CARRYING,
TATTED GANGBANGERS. AND THEY WILL JOIN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
FOR ONE REASON, AND THAT'S TO LEARN
HOW TO FIGHT. AND THEN, WHEN THEY FINISH
THEIR TRAINING, THEY'RE BACK TO THE STREET. AND WE ARE UP AGAINST
AN ADVERSARY THAT IS WELL-TRAINED. YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE ARE
TRAINING THE VERY PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GO DO HARM
AGAINST US LATER. AND HAVE BEEN FOR SOME TIME. Rolle: AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN
THROUGH BASIC TRAINING, I FOUND THE IDEA OF CRIMINALS BEING SCHOOLED
IN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, MARKSMANSHIP, AND SABOTAGE
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. SO LAW ENFORCEMENT -- YOU NEED A PRETTY ELITE
SWAT OPERATOR TO HAVE THE SAME TRAINING
AS SOME OF THESE GUYS THAT THESE GANGS
ARE CHURNING OUT. AND, UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW
THESE GUYS HAVE THE TRAINING THAT IS NOT AFFORDED
TO U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT, IN THE END,
THE ORGANIZED CRIME WINS. ORGANIZED CRIME
USUALLY DOES. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO
THE MODERN STATE OF THE MOB. AND WHAT WE'VE FOUND
IS FRIGHTENING. CRIMINALS TODAY HAVE ABANDONED
THE TRADITIONAL CODE OF SILENCE IN ORDER TO SECURE AS MUCH
FINANCIAL GAIN AS POSSIBLE. AND WITH MORE PLAYERS WANTING
THEIR PIECE OF THE ACTION, COMPETITION IS FIERCE. AND THAT MEANS BAD THINGS FOR
NORMAL PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME. SO WHERE IS ORGANIZED CRIME
TODAY, AND WHO IS LIKELY TO BECOME
THEIR NEXT VICTIM? SO DO YOU GUYS FEEL UNSAFE AFTER HAVING LOOKED
INTO ALL THIS STUFF? YEAH. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE
MY MONEY IS UNSAFE. MY MORTGAGE IS UNSAFE. THE THINGS THAT THEY
CAN GET TO ONLINE CERTAINLY ARE UNSAFE. YEAH. I MEAN, I STARTED
THIS INVESTIGATION THINKING ABOUT THE MOB IN A REALLY, I GUESS,
ANTIQUATED, NOSTALGIC WAY. THERE WERE --
THERE WERE GANG HEADS. THERE WERE LEADERS.
THERE WERE BOSSES. BUT YOU KNEW
WHO COULD KILL YOU. AND, FOR ME, WHAT'S TROUBLING
ABOUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY -- I THINK IT'S GOTTEN WAY WORSE
THAN IT EVER WAS. IT IS NAMELESS AND FACELESS AND IT IS NETWORKED OUT THERE
GLOBALLY. AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE WHO ARE RUNNING
THE NETWORKS OF CRIME. THE GANGS OF YESTERYEAR -- THE ORGANIZED CRIME,
THE MOB THAT WE THOUGHT OF -- WORKED IN PRETTY CONTAINED WAYS,
RIGHT? IT WAS ALCOHOL, PROSTITUTION, AND RACKETEERING AND NUMBERS,
RIGHT? OKAY. SO LET'S LOOK
HOW IT'S CHANGED. THERE ARE MANY MORE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN MAKE MONEY
IN ORGANIZED CRIME THAN THERE EVER WERE. NO QUESTION. AND I THINK
THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET. THERE'S PIRATING DVDs. THERE'S ACTUALLY TAKING, YOU
KNOW, BEAUTY PRODUCTS ONLINE AND HALF-UNFILLING
THE BOTTLES AND FILLING THEM
WITH CHEAP STUFF. I MEAN, THERE'S EVERYTHING
YOU CAN THINK OF. THERE'S COUNTERFEITING.
THERE'S CREDIT-CARD FRAUD. I MEAN,
IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING
ABOUT FAR MORE MONEY TODAY THAN THEY COULD HAVE EVER
DREAMED ABOUT BACK IN THE HEYDAY
OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE MOB. AND WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING
IS, I MEAN, BACK IN THE DAY, THE MOB WAS REALLY CONCENTRATED
IN NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT WITH THE WORLD WIDE WEB
AND THE INTERNET, NOW IT LITERALLY
IS WORLDWIDE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY CONTROL
NOW IS LIKE A CONTINENT, RIGHT? SOMEBODY FROM INDIA
CAN STEAL FROM YOU, WHERE, BEFORE,
IT MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN SOMEBODY DOWN THE STREET. BUT, OKAY. I HAVE TO SAY,
I'M A LITTLE RELIEVED. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS STRANGE,
BUT I'M RELIEVED THEY CAN DO IT
FROM THEIR COMPUTER RATHER THAN SHOOT ME
IN THE HEAD. NO, I AGREE WITH YOU
ON THAT COMPLETELY. IT'S SANITIZED ROBBERY. MM-HMM. EXACTLY. YEAH, BUT THAT, TO ME, DOESN'T MAKE THE ORGANIZED CRIME
ANY LESS DEVASTATING. THEY CAN STRIKE AT ANY TIME. THEY CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN A MINUTE. BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE,
WITH WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU CAN DO -- THAT YOU CAN CHANGE
YOUR PASSWORDS, THAT YOU CAN USE CASH? I FEEL LIKE THOSE SAFEGUARDS ARE BASICALLY A BAND-AID
ON A COMPOUND FRACTURE. AND THE MINUTE THAT I CHANGE
MY PASSWORDS... WHAT I LEARNED FROM E.J. HILBE
IS, YOU KNOW, THAT ORGANIZED CRIME -- THE HACKERS, THE COMPUTER
CYBER-CRIMINALS -- ARE ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND THEY'RE MANY, MANY STEPS
AHEAD OF US. THE WORST PART, FOR ME,
AND EVERYONE WE'VE TALKED TO, IS THAT I FEEL REALLY
EXPOSED NOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
OF THIS ONLINE PROBLEM. I'M NOT GONNA USE E-MAIL
OR SOCIAL NETWORKING AGAIN WITHOUT SORT OF LOOKING
OVER MY SHOULDER NOW. I'M THINKING,
"WHO IS WATCHING?" AND THAT WAS NEVER -- I NEVER
EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. ABSOLUTELY. THE MOB, THE MAFIA,
THE OUTFIT, ORGANIZED CRIME, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT -- I THINK IT'S BIGGER, BADDER,
SCARIER THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN. AND I THINK IT'S JUST CHANGED,
MORPHED, EVOLVED INTO SOMETHING
THAT IS OUT OF CONTROL. I AGREE WITH YOU GUYS
100%. ORGANIZED CRIME DEFINITELY
STILL EXISTS TODAY. I THINK, IN SOME SENSE,
WITH THE CARTELS, IT MAY BE MORE VIOLENT. WITH CYBERCRIME,
IT MIGHT BE LESS VIOLENT. BUT IT IS DEFINITELY
MORE POWERFUL. WHEN YOU CAN REACH OUT
TO THE ENTIRE WORLD AND USE THEM AS VICTIMS
OF YOUR ORGANIZATION VERSUS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
IT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER. AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO LOOK THEM
IN THE EYE. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND WHAT I REALLY
CAME AWAY FROM THIS WITH IS, IF WE'RE ONLINE,
WE'RE VULNERABLE. AND WE'RE ALL ONLINE
ALL THE TIME. WILL THIS CHANGE
YOUR BEHAVIOR? ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET
MUCH MORE VIGILANT ABOUT PROTECTING MY IDENTITY. WELL, DO YOU THINK
IT'S TIME TO GO CHANGE OUR PASSWORDS,
YOU GUYS? YEAH. YES. ALL OF THEM. BY THE WAY, WE SHOULD CHECK
UNDER THE LINCOLN BEFORE WE START IT UP. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. [ Laughing ]
CHECK UNDER THE LINCOLN. OH, MAN. Meltzer: OUR INVESTIGATION HAS BROUGHT US FROM THE DAYS
OF AL CAPONE'S CHICAGO OUTFIT TO ITS LATE-20th-CENTURY
EVOLUTION INTO BOSTON'S IRISH MOBS. BUT WHY DO WE LOOK BACK
TO THE PAST? TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW FAR
THE MOB HAS COME TODAY. CARTELS SOUTH OF THE BORDER
ARE NO LONGER AFRAID TO FLEX THEIR MUSCLE
ON AMERICAN TURF. AND, AS YOU'VE SEEN,
THEY'RE ONLINE. AND EVEN OUR OWN MILITARY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROTECT US
NOW THAT THE MOB IS ENLISTING. BUT FOR MANY, THE SCARIEST
ELEMENT OF TODAY'S MOB IS NOT THEIR NEW TECHNOLOGY. IT'S THEIR WILLINGNESS
TO GO AFTER ANYONE. AND YOU KNOW
WHY THIS MATTERS TO ME? WHEN I WAS GROWING UP
IN BROOKLYN, I WATCHED AS MY FATHER GOT
INTIMIDATED BY A MOBSTER -- A REAL ONE. I KNEW WHO HE WAS,
HEARD WHAT HE DID. BUT THE WORST PART WAS THAT HE
WASN'T INTRODUCED AS A MOBSTER. HE WAS INTRODUCED AS A FRIEND, COMING INTO OUR HOUSE
WITH A HUGE SMILE ON HIS FACE. I STILL REMEMBER THAT TERROR. AND THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT THE MOB LOOKS LIKE TODAY -- TO KNOW YOUR ENEMY. IN THE WORDS OF ONE OF MY
HEROES, WINSTON CHURCHILL -- "YOU HAVE ENEMIES? GOOD. "THAT MEANS YOU'VE STOOD UP
FOR SOMETHING, SOMETIME IN YOUR LIFE."
