A Truly Great Rumor

We don't mean "great" as in fantastic either. We mean "great" as in the construction of the rumor. First, we present "the rumor:"

• Word is that a year after the secret grand jury held in Milwaukee concluded hearing the corruption allegations in Organized Crime Division / Prostitution section. The Feds will be handing down Christmas Indictments to some PRESENT AND FORMER OCD assigned police officers.
  
  Allegations are suppose to include some very sticky fingers in the inventorying of the high end call girls & johns money and allegations some married men johns paid big money not to be arrested while engaged in male on male prostitution stings.
  
  This may get ugly. Wasn't Debra Kirby at OCD while this was allegedly happening? Wouldn't look good that the Head of IAD was the boss where it was happening.

This thing is brilliantly put together. First up, it takes some of the stories that appeared here almost a year ago - that something was brewing on another floor of Homan Square and not just the third floor where SOS was housed. Then it includes a "secret" Grand Jury from out of state. Finally, it drags in someone who would have quite a bit of explaining to do should it become reality.

Here's the problem:

• It could be entirely true

A "secret" grand jury is not uncommon. Federal grand juries usually hear only from Federal agents according to the University of Dayton website, and usually look into cases of massive local corruption. Chicago fits that bill.

A grand jury in Milwaukee would make perfect sense as it falls within the boundaries of the 7th US Circuit (Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana); it's close enough to Chicago to facilitate the transport of witnesses, agents and others to be questioned; it's far enough away to be outside of the political reaches of the Chicago Machine to operate in relative security from leaks and eavesdroppers.

The stories of problems at OCD aren't new. We've been hearing for over a year now that the FBI planted a number of "johns" in the Chicago area with specific amounts of money in their pockets to be arrested and processed through on various misdemeanor charges. When they bonded out, they were shorted money, usually on the order of a few hundred bucks. These rumors were and continue to be pervasive. Unfortunately, making the leap to possible blackmail incidents isn't all that far fetched given recent events. And given that these types of events don't just pop up overnight, going back over a list of OCD exempts reveals some interesting names and connections that would be highly embarrassing to the command structure of the Department. You get one dirty blackmailer red handed and a whole bunch of other shit is going to come to the surface.

It would also explain why the mayor looks like a complete basket case lately if this is about to break.