Okay - so who got the emails? We want to know. We want to know now. And we want those people to resign immediately if they are elected officials, apologize and permanently remove themselves from the political scene in this state! A lengthy stay in club fed would be nice too.

"The information was sent to at least two different email accounts"

Good morning prosbus!
Have any political-operative efforts perpetrated by this Lane Bajardi fellow have led to any FBI interest in him and/or Elizabeth Mason? Has Mr. Bajardi been interviewed by any FBI agents? Have his activities been the subject of any FBI interviews? Is it true that Mr. Bajardi and his wife Kim sought to parlay their support for Elizabeth Mason and Peter Cammarano into City Hall employment? Have either of them collected any monetary compensation for any of their political-operative efforts?

Thank you very much, prosbus.

The charge has to include info about who the emails were leaked to. My guess is that Claire has declined to print this info, though she has it, so she can include the response of those people in her story. Of course, this will simply result in allowing other media outlets to "scoop" her.

Wow, who could Ricciardi have been forwarding those e-mails to???

I wonder.......

I am sure he did not provide this "service" for free. Cannot wait for the names to come out.

Funny, this story isn't up on Hoboken 411 yet. Guess they missed the email. Strange.

Yes, nearly an hour after this story posts and 411 hasn't managed to produce a follow, or at least a teaser that something's coming. I mean, his "nothing to see here" reaction to Kurt's ballot-booth surge was cute and funny, but this is big stuff. Maybe they're just, you know, busy. Preoccupied. Presently indisposed. In Newark.

No what was Lame trying to sell, some crap story about the FBI investigating the Mayor? ROTFLMAO. What a Ba-Douche. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Everyone involved in this caper needs to be removed from office. If they even knew one of their cronies had access to the mayor's email, they should immediately step down. If they themselves were the recipients of the forwarded emails, well I hope they go down hard. Let the dominoes fall hard, fast and repeatedly!

This development certainly raises many questions. Which leads me to wonder, where oh where is the Hoboken Questioner? Dear Hoboken Questioner, your efforts are in demand. Please show yourself (or your friends prosbus, MadisonMonroe or Enough) and ask the Questions we know your insatiable curiosity demands!

Such as:
"The information was sent to at least two different email accounts"

Have any political-operative efforts perpetrated by this Lane Bajardi fellow have led to any FBI interest in him and/or Elizabeth Mason? Has Mr. Bajardi been interviewed by any FBI agents? Have his activities been the subject of any FBI interviews? Is it true that Mr. Bajardi and his wife Kim sought to parlay their support for Elizabeth Mason and Peter Cammarano into City Hall employment? Have either of them collected any monetary compensation for any of their political-operative efforts?

Thank you very much, Hoboken Questioner!

Agreed, the people on the receiving end of these emails were complicit in the illegal activity and should be arrested and charged as well.

I hope is the reason the receivers of the intel have not been named yet is because the Feds are building a real strong case and do not want to show their hand yet.

Or there is plea being worked out. How many people are going to be thrown under the bus?

Complaint is posted!
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nj/news.html

The investigation has also revealed that many of the elected and appointed officials in the
City retain strong ties to the previous administration or are otherwise politically opposed to the
Mayor, and have sparred with the current Mayor on a variety of municipal issues, large and
small. These officials include several members of the City Council, as well as high-ranking
employees of different City municipal agencies, such as Public Safety Department, the Fire
Department, and the OEM.

What the hell is wrong with these people?
.
Anthony Russo - sent to prison for extorsion and bribery
.
Mike Russo - Agreed to a bribe on FBI tape
.
John Correa - Arrested for conspiring with mafia to steal a million dollars
.
Peter Cammarano - sent to prision for accepting bribes
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Patrick Ricciardi - surrenders to FBI for wiretapping city hall emails
.
Is there something in the water?

20. The Security Audit also revealed that e-mails stored in the Archive File had been
forwarded to at least two different accounts:
a. One recipient e-mail account belonged to Individual 1, a City municipal official
(the "Individual 1 E-Mail Account").
b. A second recipient e-mail account belonged to Individual 2, a former City
municipal official (the "Individual 2 E-Mail Account").

The Security Audit also revealed that e-mails stored in the Archive File had been
forwarded to at least two different accounts:
a. One recipient e-mail accountbelongedtoIndividuall.aCity municipal official
(the "Individual 1 E-Mail Account").
b. A second recipient e-mail account belonged to Individual 2, a former City
municipal official (the "Individual 2 E-Mail Account

Hey prosbus, the Hoboken Questioner, today is Patrick R's day. When is it your turn?

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2011/11/fbi-arrest-leads-to-mason.html

Patrick was earning $200K, had a cheap apartment in Applied, and recently purchased a condo at Metrostop at half price, courtesy of the city's "workforce housing" agreement with the developer. Point is, this guy had it good, but that wasn't enough. The Hoboken Syndicate wants back in. As Castellano says, what a shame.

Defendant RICCIARDI forwarded certain Intercepted E-Mails to Individual 1 and
Individual 2 at the request of Individual 1 and Individual 2

Anyone who thinks this won't cut deep should note that Riccardi's confession was in May. The fact that he ran around for nearly 6 months after means they must have been gathering some other information.

1 p.m., still no story on Beth Mason's favorite "news outlet." Perhaps the Hoboken Questioner is still out asking a lot of Questions to put a submission together. He seems to be a very thorough Questioner indeed.

"Ricciardi is charged with accessing a computer without authorization, interception of wire and electronic communications, and disclosure of intercepted wire and electronic communications."

Is it also a crime to receive those intecepted communications? Is it a crime to facilitate the intercepted communications through payment or by asking for them for some sort of favor/payback?

so who's gonna rat out who? or who ratted already? will beth mason turn state's evidence? will lane get thrown under a bus? russo narrowly escaped on the dwek tapes, will he be implicated here? and what did terry and tim know?

we patiently await the perspectives of cassandra, HQ, probus, blooddiamonds, theyalltalk, etc.

It certainly seems like a lovely day for a stroll through Hoboken's parks. I recall outofcontrol earlier stated she was making the trip to Hoboken to enjoy our parks. Outofcontrol, you certainly picked a good day to come into Hoboken! I hope you are enjoying the show. It's kind of like a Rolling Stones concert with Mr. Raia, except, you know, even better. Enjoy your time in Hoboken, Outofcontrol! Please stick around for a while before catching the train home, you never know what might happen next! Have a wonderful day, outofcontrol!

So lets see, the loyal opposition needs to frame this to their benefit. They need to weave a narrative that makes the mayor look bad. They have some spinning to do.

We are not going to hear from them for a little while. :)

"Oh what a tangled web we weave. When first we practice to deceive." Sir Walter Scott

prosbus, GA's got some excerpt's from the complaint that might interest you! Hey, where ARE you?

Is HQ in the house?

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2011/11/excerpts-from-complaint.html

follow the money. all the way to upper hudson street.

Hey, OOC how do you rate Riccardi and his prospective inmates? Is this the type of good government you envision?
How does this fare on your transparency-o-meter?

Oh yeah, OOC- you were saying something about the county having nothing but smiles on their faces today (or some such statement). How do you think they are feeling about your Hoboken officials today?

Let me guess, hmmmmm....Not another go* Damn scr^$w up- AGAIN!!!

You guys must be working toward the Guiness World book record for most arrested Officials in a City.

Kudos!!!

Wow- Where is Probus, OOC, Hoboken Questioner, etc? They were having such a good time on this thread earlier? Did the rats scurry to their safe houses or did they jet off to Argentina. Things that make you go hmmm. Note to Minions: Must assemble meeting at Beth Russo Civic Association and get their talking points straight perhaps.

Where is that Klaussen fluffer guy and his breaking story? He used to get all the great scoops and be the first to print before his friend Patrick got busted. Is he retreating to upstate NY to watch Glen beck re-runs and hunker down in his survivalist bunker? Note Klaussen: you better not wear shorts in Upstate NY. Your legs might turn blue.

H411, May 2011:

Beware: False info from Mayor’s office via internet operatives
Contrary to the moronic musings of certain Zimmer-worshiping online minions, the FBI couldn’t care less about who releases public documents to members of the credentialed media. The press has a legal right and responsibility to inform the public about the government’s operations. Anybody who says otherwise isn’t familiar with The Pentagon Papers.

The FBI doesn’t care that Zimmer and her henchmen have issued a “Gag Order” to city employees, or whether someone may have violated Zimmer’s Big Brother communications policy. It’s more likely that a far stronger parallel rumor is true – that Zimmer brought in private Information Technology experts to scour the city’s hard drives for evidence employees were whistle blowing to the media. As the rumor goes, this IT crew is purportedly somehow connected to (or recommended by) the New York political campaign team that ran Zimmer’s council elections.

H411, May 2011:

Rumors and theories as to how and why the Federal Bureau of Investigation might have found itself rummaging through Hoboken hard drives have been fast and furious. The latest development involves word of a return trip by investigators who came back to City Hall with a subpoena for the hard drive of a computer in the City Clerk’s office. There is also word that taxpayer-paid Mayoral Spokesman Juan Melli is now referring reporter inquiries to his personal attorney. The focus for some remains on the question of whether the Zimmer Administration aided and abetted the destruction of public documents on city computers to avoid an embarrassing investigation, while others say the inquiry may also involve questionable procedures for the awarding of public contracts.

how long until john keim starts defending beth mason's role?

H411, June 2011

So much for Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s efforts to hide the emails of political aides Juan Melli and Dan Bryan. Zimmer and her taxpayer-paid lawyers have been claiming the release of the emails (which are public documents) would “compromise the ongoing investigation by the FBI.”

Council President Beth Mason contacted the FBI agents on the case who had a different view than Zimmer’s party line. Turns out the Feds have no interest in being used by Zimmer as a political weapon to protect Melli and Bryan.

Remember the 411 story that it was the Mayor being investigated?
http://hoboken411.com/archives/64703
"Beware: False info from Mayor’s office via internet operatives:
Contrary to the moronic musings of certain Zimmer-worshiping online minions, the FBI couldn’t care less about who releases public documents to members of the credentialed media. The press has a legal right and responsibility to inform the public about the government’s operations. Anybody who says otherwise isn’t familiar with The Pentagon Papers."
No wonder there is the sound of silence by Perry and the Minion.
Curiously Beth Mason wanted to investigate the emails. What did she know and when did she know it?

Much ado, much ado. C'mon people, settle down. I've worked in IT for years. This kind of thing happens all the time. You accidentally create a filter that captures specific internal emails and routes them out to separate external accounts. What, you've never done that before?

I'm sure this is just a case of fat-fingering. Probably didn't even know it was happening. Nothing to see here, move along. No wonder 411 isn't reporting it.

Hey, where are prosbus and HQ... I wanted to show them something!

Look at the JAIL TIME and FINES for violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2S1I(I)(a) and (4)(a)...

Where's Monty Hall?

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-time-for.html

did anyone notice the statement by beth mason today? boy she seems to be a little annoyed by the arrest....i wonder what she is so worried about...things that make you go hmmm....maybe we won't need to start a recall petition after all....
Here is Mason's statement:
"As you may be aware, the US Attorney’s Office announced that Hoboken’s former IT Official surrendered to FBI Agents after admitting to intercepting and leaking City information.
"Also, included in the indictment are three unidentified individuals who are simply described as (1) a City municipal official, (2) a former City municipal official, and (3) a City municipal employee. The names of these individuals should be released immediately. The people of Hoboken have a right to know how their trust was violated.
"Open public records laws allow for individuals to obtain information in a legal manner and any dishonest tactics used to circumvent this process is inexcusable. This is a sad day for the people of Hoboken."

on a side note, if there are any 2nd ward residents interested in volunteering their time next June/July relating to a recall petition on ms mason please e-mail with your contact information at the address below. thanks

recallbethmasonfromhoboken@gmail.com

Unbelievable! If anyone holding public office or otherwise employed by the City of Hoboken sought receipt of these emails, they should step down from their position immediately. This is unacceptable, particularly in a city that has weathered the criminal scandals ours has over the past decade.

I'll have to ask my colleagues Mr. Outofcontrol, because I haven't attended a professional football game since the Giants lost to the Patriots during the 2008 regular season. I do know that someone has tried to insinuate that I attended a football game with Frank Raia on certain online forums. If that was you, please identify your true self so that I can have an attorney contact you about a libel lawsuit. I haven't attended a football game in years.

Also, please don't try to deflect attention away from people being taken in hand and ankle cuffs into the custody of federal officials. This email communications breach is beyond pathetic, and anyone City official involved in it should step down immediately.

For once I agree with you, councilman. If any current City officials are involved in this email mess, they should resign immediately.Obviously "individual 1" and "individual 2" know who they are and if one of them is currently employed by the city, either in an elected or appointed position, he or she should step down immediately.

What a day... and it gets BETTER. Hoboken411 is for sale!

http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2011/11/hoboken411-for-sale.html

Anyone thinking there will be some non-billable hours on the books at Wachtell, Lipton, Rozen and Katz ? ;-)

I see OOC deleted her comments. LMAO

Wow this is turning into a bad version of mission impossible. I remember patrick way back when he used to work at flash tech and helped me with my computers. Was always the nicest guy, I would've never guessed he was living large. This is a shame. Hoboken is quickly becoming an embarrassing place to admit one lives in.

Ricciardi lived in one of the half priced units in Metrostop? Didn't Mason and Russo vote for that workforce housing about a year or two ago? Makes you wonder why a guy who could easily afford one of those apartments at full price would need to be provided with a heavily discounted unit. Almost like a bribe but without having to hand over cash.

Patrick Ricciardi is not "victim" he has been involved in many illegal activities in the workplace in his past. Primarily theft, fraud, etc. It's the first time he has gotten caught. He even did something illegal for Anthony Ricciardi, who is City Hall employee! There has been a bench warrant for him in NYC from JF Larzartique on Madison Avenue NYC. Employers need to do their research before hiring someone!!

I wasn't a fan of the housing discount from the start, after all, a job with the city doesn't mean that it's for life (at least it shouldn't be). I was kind of OK with it, thinking it would be someone making a moderate income with a family perhaps, but NOT some guy making 200k! Jeez, what the hell is that about? He doesn't even need the discount, you can easily afford a nice apartment in Hoboken on that kind of salary!! Something is fishy there, and when you consider when it happened and how long he was likely collecting Zimmer's emails, it all adds up as far as I am concerned.

Here's a walk down memory lane: Riccardi fired over missing/edited video at the Hoboken Board of Education in 2009. Grafix Avenger was on the money with this story from May:
http://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2011/05/another-mystery.html

I believe he was the highest paid employee in City Hall. The missing BOE time was when the auditor was going over past violations that the previous (Frank Raia led) board failed to rectify.

The Hoboken Reporter online looks into just how Patrick Riccardi was given a $500K luxury condo in Metro Stop for $250K ?

Questions asked lead to even more questions unanswered.

Another Hoboken bad guy gets ready to go to jail thanks to the FBI who did he give the e-mails ?

Hoboken crook parade.