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Small irony: a theater ticket taker initially denies access to CITZENFOUR, the remarkable new documentary on Edward Snowden

Small irony: a theater ticket taker initially denies access to CITZENFOUR, the remarkable new documentary on Edward Snowden

By Peter Lance December 1st, 2014. Saturday night at The Plaza de Oro, the Metropolitan Theatre chain’s Santa Barbara “art house,” I was initially denied entry to a screening of CitizenFour, Laura Poitras’ deeply…

2014 Series Introduction

2014 Series Introduction

© 2014  By Peter Lance INTRODUCTION On New Year’s Day 2011 I was arrested for a DUI crime I didn’t commit. It took nearly a year to clear my name…

KEYT Lois Capps profile mentions Raymond Morua scandal but fails to name Dist. Director Mollie Culver, who became the focus of an FBI investigation in June

KEYT Lois Capps profile mentions Raymond Morua scandal but fails to name Dist. Director Mollie Culver, who became the focus of an FBI investigation in June

What follows is a partial script of reporter Tracy Lehr of KEYT’s profile of Congresswoman Lois Capps broadcast Oct. 22nd. In the piece she mentions the Raymond Morua scandal and the recent Tea…

Ali Mohamed: al Qaeda Master Spy & The Feds best kept secret

Ali Mohamed: al Qaeda Master Spy & The Feds best kept secret

The Spy of Many Names by Peter Lance In the years leading to the 9/11 attacks, no single agent of al Qaeda was more successful in compromising the U.S. intelligence…

Santa Barbara Police Chief’s daughter gets special treatment. Ex-KEYT anchor picked up by on-duty officer at LAX after crash

Santa Barbara Police Chief’s daughter gets special treatment. Ex-KEYT anchor picked up by on-duty officer at LAX after crash

POLICE CHIEF LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. But response after Cam Sanchez’s car was smashed raises questions. By Scott Steepleton, News-Press City Editor. October 7th, 2015 10:50 am Santa Barbara Police…

Order Signed First Editions of Peter Lance’s Best-sellers from HarperCollins & amazon.com

Order Signed First Editions of Peter Lance’s Best-sellers from HarperCollins & amazon.com

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Link to investigative series on the December 2013 manslaughter hit-and-run by a congressional aide

Link to investigative series on the December 2013 manslaughter hit-and-run by a congressional aide

June 10, 2014 – FBI looks into possible wrongdoing by Capps staff : Peter Lance’s News-Press series on Mallory Dies’ death prompts investigation May 29, 2014 – Former Capps aide…

Murder, Inc. Acknowledgments

Murder, Inc. Acknowledgments

This splendid new edition of the 1951 true crime classic by Burton B. Turkus and Sid Feder came about through a circuitous route. As noted in the Foreward, Nick Pileggi…

About the 2011 DUI Series

By PETER LANCE (c) 2012 October 3, 2012 6:23 AM What follows is the introduction I wrote in June 2011 to what became a 13-part series published on this website and…

Peter Lance interviewed by Peter B. Collins on terrorism, police corruption and organized crime

Peter Lance interviewed by Peter B. Collins on terrorism, police corruption and organized crime

Peter Lance was recently a guest on The Peter B. Collins Show. CLICK for a link to the podcast.…