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KNOW ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.
IT'S REALLY QUITE MYSTERIOUS BY
NATURE.
>> "GOOD FELLAS" AND THE
OCCASIONAL GOOD GUY WHO HAPPENED
TO SEE A BAD THING.
>> I'M ALL RIGHT NOW.
I'M TRUSTED.
I'M CLEAN.
ON MY KIDS, I'M CLEAN.
>> THE WITNESS PROTECTION
PROGRAM HAS LOOMED LARGE IN THE
PUBLIC IMAGINATION.
>> HI, JIMMY, HOW ARE YOU?
>> USUALLY DEPICTED AS A HAVEN
FOR TURN COAT MOB CENTERS.
WHO REALLY LIVES WITHIN THE
PROTECTED REALM OF THE WITNESS
PROTECTION PROGRAM?
WELL, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW
FOR SURE.
THAT'S SORT OF THE POINT.
HERE IS WHAT WE DO KNOW,
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. MARSHALS
WHO RUN THE PROGRAM, MORE THAN
18,000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
HAVE BEEN IN WITNESS PROTECTION.
THE MARSHALS LIKE TO BRAG THAT
NOT ONE OF THEM HAS EVER BEEN
HARMED.
THE MARSHALS ALSO SAY THE
PROTECTION PROGRAM PROVIDES 24
SDSH HOUR PROTECTION TO ALL
WITNESSES WHILE THEY'RE IN A
HIGH-THREAT ENVIRONMENT.
WITNESSES RECEIVE FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING, BASIC
LIVING EXPENSES AND MEDICAL
CARE.
THE PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR JOB
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
ASSISTANCE.
>> THE SUBSISTENCE MAY BE MAIN
MALL.
IT STILL ADDS UP TO MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS A YEAR.
>> GERALD CHER FOUNDED THE
WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM.
>> WE MAY HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM A
LITTLE LONGER.
THEIR LANGUAGE MAY PREVENT THEM
FROM GETTING JOBS.
WE MAY HAVE TO FUR THESH
TRANSLATORS WHEN THEY GO TO SEE
A DOCTOR.
>> DEPUTY MARSHALS DECIDE ON A
NEW LOCATION FOR THE WITNESSES
AND THEIR FAMILIES AND MOVE
THEM.
>> THIS IS A LARGE COUNTRY.
BORDER TO BORDER WE CAN FIND
PLENTY OF PLACE TO HIDE PEOPLE.
>> THEY DIDN'T TELL US WE WERE
GOING UNTIL WE GOT TO THE
AIRPORT.
>> HENRY HILL, THE INSPIRATION
FOR "GOOD FELLAS" WAS PART OF
THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM.
HE WAS CONVICTED FOR OTHER
CRIMES WHILE IN THE PROGRAM AND
KICKED OUT OF IT.
EVEN IF YOU'RE GIVEN A WHOLE NEW
IDENTITY, IT'S STILL YOU.
>> OF COURSE, IT'S NO DOUBT A