{"product_id":"9780692979730","title":"Target: The Senator: A Story About Power And Abuse Of Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs “the Senator,” Vincent J. Fumo reigned for nearly a generation, cutting deals and red tape, and bringing in billions of dollars for Philadelphia. He personified a bare-knuckles, take-no-prisoners style of politics that’s no longer socially acceptable, or as prosecutors successfully argued, legal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince he was convicted in 2009 of 137 counts of corruption, he served his time and kept a low profile. Until now, when he finally tells his story with characteristic candor, and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly now, thanks to formerly confidential grand jury transcripts and FBI files, can we see through the distortions that surrounded the frenzied pursuit -- by prosecutors and the media -- of the “Vince of Darkness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly now can we paint the full portrait of a brilliant but flawed and deeply complicated man -- how he gained power, how he wielded power, and how he lost it in spectacular fashion. It’s a tale of excess, by both the hunted and the hunters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph Cipriano uses \"truth as a weapon against raw governmental abuse of power and news media gullibility. [He] deserves our thanks for peeling back the curtain on the epic destruction of Fumo . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the foreword by Harvey A. Silverglate, author, \u003cem\u003eThree Feloneis A Day; How the Feds Target The Innocent\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lila's Rose, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49997266419952,"sku":"9780692979730","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692979730_p0.jpg?v=1784240650","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692979730","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}