Witness Protection Program – Interesting Facts You May Not Know!

Meredith Danko at Mental Floss came up with an interesting list that she simply calls 23 Facts About the Witness Protection Program.  Before you click over, here are three of my favorites with thoughts on each…

WITNESSES MAKE SOME UNUSUAL REQUESTS. (One guy wanted to take his girlfriend with him… and leave his wife behind! Ha!  I’d love to see an article about more of the unusual requests. – Craig)

THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM USED TO PROVIDE PLASTIC SURGERY FOR WITNESSES.  (This was stopped in the 1990s.  Prior to that a mobster going into the program was able to get his wife a facelift and a boob job. One mobster, and I’m not kidding, requested penis surgery to give his self-esteem a boost.  THAT was denied. – Craig)

SOME WITNESSES HAVE BROKEN WITSEC’S RULES.  (Daniel LaPolla broke rules to return to his home city to attend a funeral.  Sadly the next funeral he attended was his own — he was killed by a boobytrap set for him. – Craig)