SHERIFF’S SUMMIT SNUB
Where’s the help???
Scoopsville: Sneed is told Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart coughed up zilch in the way of security for the NATO summit, according to a ticked off top security source who asked not to be identified.
The upshot: “They’ve giving us nothing,” said the source. “The sheriff ’s office was asked for personnel, and all they gave up were eight vans to transport prisoners.”
The buckshot? “It’s a political thing,” said a source close to the sheriff ’s office. “It goes back to a sort of blood feud between Dart and Mayor Emanuel.”
The flipside: “I’m told we were not asked for anything except for help if it’s needed,” said Sheriff ’s spokesman Frank Bilecki. “And we are prepared to do that.”
Sex, crime & NATO . . .
The diplomatic muckety mucks coming to NATO may have to worry about protesters, but do we have to worry about the diplomats?
Explanation: Top diplomats have diplomatic immunity preventing them from being arrested, searched, and detained. They also can’t be prosecuted, no matter how serious the offense, without a waiver from their home country.
Backshot: The only reason former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique StraussKahn, who initially invoked diplomatic immunity after allegedly molesting a hotel cleaning lady in New York last year, was arrested and detained was because he was not on diplomatic business in the Big Apple.
Futureshot? Imagine a diplomat getting a DUI in Chicago. Pity the poor cop.
Nail ’em & jail ’em . . .
Rahm’s smart, but maybe not that smart?
To wit: Is a Dumber-than-aBox-of-rocks award going to be given to the city for continuing to tear up the streets outside Cook County Jail — where criminal protesters will be taken during the NATO Summit?
Drive ’em . . .
. . . not Incite ’em: Sneed already tipped “uniformed” Illinois National Guard troops won’t be used for crowd control during the NATO Summit, but Sneed is also told non-uniformed National Guard personnel will be used to drive dignitaries.
Royal rantings . . .
Well, I’ll be gobsmacked! TV stellar Katie Couric snagged an exclusive interview with Princess Diana’s boys ( Princes William and Harry) to be aired soon, and was even given a tour of a secret passageway hidden behind a large piece of Buckingham Palace furniture.
Well, possums, (as Dame Edna Everedge would say) will Couric be accepted as Queen Elizabeth’s friend on Facebook? Stay tuned.
The Dimon Exchange . . .
$$$$$$: Buckshot: Do buddies make good bankers?
To wit: President Barack Obama keeps a bigbucks account with JP Morgan Chase, the embattled bank headed by his good buddy Jamie Dimon, which is worth between $500,000 and $1 million.
Backshot: It’s also the bank where former U.S. Commerce Secretary Bill Daley worked under Dimon before he became Obama’s White House chief of staff.
The abacus game . . .
$$$$: The average contribution from President Obama’s 437,323 April donors was $50.23. You do the math.
Cruise control . . .
The latest celebrity to claim his voicemail messages might have been intercepted by journalists working for Rupert Murdoch’s now defunct News of The World: actor Tom Cruise. Stay tuned.
Sneedlings . . .
Thursday’s birthdays: Bob Saget, 56; Robert Feder, 56, and Sugar Ray Leonard, 56.