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The FBI investigation against Shrimp Boy ensnared State Senator Leland Yee and almost San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee.

Leland Yee was nailed on multiple charges including gun running through Wilson Lim via the Philippines. Read the FBI indictments.

Just follow the money.

http://sfbay.ca/2014/08/27/dentist-in-leland-yee-case-dies-i...

Interesting story but reading closely it seems aparent that his eagness to adopt the 'normal' sf citizen image is not only a new life he wants but also his primary legal strategy for a recent bust.

His ability to sell the fact that he is now reformed and out of the game will play a sifnificant role in whether or not he rmains free..

This is an interesting article - but really long, like a lot of articles these days; what is the strategy - just skim read it ?

What % of people read these long form articles all the way through.

I don't know if this is really how it is, but I feel as though "long read" articles became more common after Instapaper and Pocket, among others, came into prominence.

This is a NYTimes Magazine article -- they have been printing these in long form for decades.

I tried to read this article, but after a few paragraphs I still didn't know why I should care about this guy, so I stopped reading.

Shrimp Boy's Day in Court