David Cay Johnston has published a riveting non-tax piece, Daryl Gates' Real Legacy, in response to Friday's death of former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates (at age 83):
David Cay Johnston covered the LAPD for the Los Angeles Times during the Gates era, and later won a Pulitzer Prize for the New York Times. In a visiting blogger piece for LA Observed, he tells about his investigations into Gates' secret intelligence unit, an account that includes spying on Los Angeles leaders, sex, suspicious burglaries, and attempts by Gates to intimidate Johnston.
(Hat Tip: Dorothy Brown.)
