Caught in the Crossfire

9781885308016

1885308019

This gripping story of a New Orleans Investigative Reporter wrongfully indicted by Federal officials is a tangled web of FBI deception that was not uncovered until the author & his attorney realized the government had to be caught & proved to be lying! R. E. "Gus" Payne, a Louisiana Press Association award-winning journalist, is the author. "Writing this book was an act of courage," J. Charles Collins, Federal judge (retired). "Indicted for doing what the FBI told him to do," James Gill, columnist, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). Payne was indicted on Federal charges when he got unwisely involved as a newspaper reporter with an FBI investigation of organized crime. Payne's story was dramatized in the NBC-TV movie, "Caught in the Crossfire." Payne's claim that he was a confidential FBI informant working with an FBI agent from a special unit was consistently dismissed by Justice officials after Payne's indictment. Efforts to locate the FBI agent who worked with Payne were blocked by Justice officials. Order from Forest Sales & Dist. Co., 2616 Spain St., New Orleans, LA 70117 (800-347-2106, FAX 504-947-2107) or direct from publisher, SPAN, Inc., POB 640902, Kenner, LA 70064. 504-364-4488, FAX 504-943-2540.