The cost of cleaning up the largest dump created by FBI mole JohnChristopher has ballooned to $21 million-double the initial estimate-stalling redevelopment of the site and triggering renewed demands forthe feds to pick up at least half the tab.
"While he was a mole and an agent of the U.S. Justice Department,he went about his dirty work of bribing people and contaminating cityproperty. There's no question they were aware of what he was doing,"said Ald. Thomas Murphy (18th).
At least $4.5 million of the mess at 77th and Columbus was dumpedafter Christopher was wired by the feds to snare crooked politiciansin the Operation Silver Shovel corruption probe, …
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