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It was, as one of the FBI agents says in the end, a career-making case.
And yet, the ripple effect of Jerry Jacobsons greed is astonishing to consider.
Factories and offices were shuttered, and hundreds of people were left jobless over one mans action.
(Though they also knew they were doing something wrong.)
The silver lining for someone like Gloria Brown is that at least the whole ordeal was over.
But an informant coming forward also seems like an inevitability.
And so a system designed like the nuclear launch codes gets gamed on the john.
Its the hangover that follows a truly epic bender.
Then, with a pause and a pause and a laugh, Except the FBI and the Justice Department.
(Braun: I could have got a real dick as a prosecutor.
Ma Colombo is the toy surprise of their Happy Meal.
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McMillionsrecallsThree Identical Strangersin that it reveals the shortness of our cultural memory.
AJ Glombs life of crime is a Netflix miniseries waiting to happen.
Good to see Devereaux poking a few holes in Chandlers babe-in-the-woods routine.
Two lessons to take away from this documentary: (1) Crime doesnt pay.
(2) Dont wear high heels to the cemetery.
