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  Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles

  by Paul Lieberman

  The real events behind the highly-anticipated film starring Sean Penn and Ryan Gosling—A secret police force wages an all-out street war to drive gangs from Los Angeles after WWII   Award-winning journalist Paul Lieberman’s 7-part 2008 Los Angeles Times newspaper series on the Squad was optioned by Warner Bros. for feature film.  The $60 million production is scheduled for US release on Oct. 19, 2012, backed by... (more)