There were two threats brewing for Don Bolles in 1970, at least in his mind. And one was coming from inside the newsroom. 

Bolles had begun to suspect that his reporting partner had Mafia ties. Despite a lack of evidence, his partner was taken off the beat. 

The Arizona Republic would go public with allegations of wiretapping. It would also publish Bolles’ 10-day seminal series, “The Menace Within.” 

But the threat from outside the newsroom continued to grow. 

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