Rahm in the Middle

Wannane Al Capone-- "We were in the middle of a corruption crime spree, and we wanted to stop it," said Fitzgerald, who dubbed the accusations against the two-term governor "a truly new low." On a series of wiretaps, the 51-year-old Democrat who earned nearly $180,000 a year as governor was recorded talking in Al Capone-like displays. At one point, he says bluntly that his family is hurting financially and adds, "I want to make money."-- He discussed with an adviser that he wanted someone to approach an unidentified adviser to Obama - widely speculated to be incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel - about having the president-elect help get a nonprofit foundation set up for Blagojevich to run.