INSLAW & DANNY CASOLARO'S MURDER
2 Documents on file
Danny Casolaro
This dossier compiles the biographical, investigative, and circumstantial record of Joseph Daniel "Danny" Casolaro (1947–1991), a freelance journalist whose pursuit of a unified conspiracy he called "the Octopus" ended with his death in a West Virginia hotel room on August 10, 1991. The document traces Casolaro's personal background, professional career, key investigative contacts, and the disputed circumstances of his death, drawing from public records, congressional testimony, and contemporaneous press accounts.
Danny Casolaro & Inslaw
The theft of PROMIS software by the U.S. Department of Justice stands as one of the most extensively documented yet officially unresolved scandals in American legal history. **Two federal judges found the DOJ "took, converted, stole" Inslaw's software through "trickery, fraud and deceit"**—findings later vacated not because they were wrong, but because the bankruptcy court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. What began as a contract dispute evolved into allegations encompassing international intelligence operations, modified surveillance software sold to foreign governments, and a trail of s