Mark Rossini, FBI Agent, Ruins His Career To Romance Hollywood Star

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As Mark T. Rossini sat at the defendant's table in the D.C. federal courthouse in May awaiting his fate, you couldn't help but wonder, if only for a moment, if he saw himself as a tragic figure in a fabled Hollywood film:

Dapper, veteran FBI agent romances pretty actress and foolishly risks career and prestige -- not to mention a $140,000-a-year job -- to sneak the actress a secret FBI document.

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Comments

[WorldGoneWild]

01:25 PM on 09/15/2009

Rossini was not wooed by love. He was looking to remake the fence scene Linda Fiorentino did in The Last Seduction with Peter Berg.

[Harrier]

10:26 AM on 09/15/2009

For confidential information, no question this is another slam against O'Neil supporters who were trying to do he right thing. What the Agent did was wrong, but the FBI is still stove piped and will not change. Some fools are in charge promoting their friends over ability and intelligence in trying to keep their power.

[WindySailor]

08:02 AM on 09/15/2009

I think maybe Chris Noth should play him in the movie.

[AlwaysRightLeftist]

06:30 AM on 09/15/2009

Thanks for the link to the terribly written article.

[Arbereshe]

09:05 AM on 09/15/2009

That article was so poorly written. And it took 2 people to write it no less. The subject of the article seemed compelling but a quarter of the way into the article, I was completely confused.

[mathme]

09:11 AM on 09/15/2009

Good. Yeah, I had to reread some paragraphs because it was nearly impossible to discern what the author was saying happened. I thought it was because I just woke up and the radio is on-- but after a few re-reads, I got the sense that the author had a stroke or something in the middle of the assignment.

[LeeLoosMultiPass]

05:10 AM on 09/15/2009

Why wasn't Fiorentino also prosecuted? I read the story - she passed the info to Pelicano - she asked for the info search, she got the confidential info, she passed it to Pelicano. Why wasn't she prosecuted? I guess I am just too dense to understand. Can anyone help me out here?

[Fudgefase]

08:13 AM on 09/15/2009

Actually you're right. She handled secret information and passed it on. I think that's a crime too.

[HoneyLouise]

03:08 PM on 09/15/2009

He took the fall for her. Part of his plea deal.

[duxguts]

03:45 AM on 09/15/2009

Looks like the only person he could romance is himself.

[Chalkeater]

10:47 PM on 09/14/2009

Wonder what Fiorentino saw in a weasel looking lowlife like Pellicano?

[Peacein09]

10:13 PM on 09/14/2009

So when are they going to arrest the agents that illegally released information about Spitzer to the press? Also, when he indicated that the CIA failed to communicate to the FBI information that might have prevented 9/11 was he a member of the lunatic fringe or a discredited as a law-abiding officer? Compared to tasering a grandmother to the ground for traffic violation, releasing information to someone who might be a victim of injustice during the Bush years doesn't seem horrible. But releasing information that you gained in the course of your job as a federal official to destroy someone's career or because the person refused to cease activities that threatened a privileged person or group-- now that should be punished by mandatory 25 years.

[filo]

09:14 PM on 09/14/2009

Didn't they already do this on Law & Order?? Mr. Big figured it out and busted the FBI guy.

[HekmabaJuzimax]

08:52 PM on 09/14/2009

Andthe chase IS ON!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TOW_4TXJ2Q

[filo]

09:12 PM on 09/14/2009

That was nice !

[AnalyzeIT]

08:37 PM on 09/14/2009

Rossini, got used by woman "acting." Some men at just not that smart. Case in point little miss 'spread 'em" is now gone.

[repugnicansfearme]

07:43 PM on 09/14/2009

They paid this weasel $140,000 a year? You have got to be kidding me.

[duxguts]

03:46 AM on 09/15/2009

For his good looks apparently.

[larry278]

07:19 PM on 09/14/2009

Urban legend-don't help the FBI since they'll take the collar & the publicity from your department or agency. Is there a Hollywood version of, "There's a broken heart for every light on Broadway.",?

[Morganster]

06:14 PM on 09/14/2009

As a general group, many of these Agents love the ambiance, but in reality are very poor at their work. Just look at all the high profile cases the Bureau has handled (e.g. Waco, Ruby Ridge, Miami Bank Robbery, etc.) and how they blew cases, which many small law enforcement agencies could easily handle.

Then to ensure they keep a power base, they are none too keen to share intelligence they've gathered with other security and law enforcement agencies-- just read the 9/11 Commission Reports and the testimony provided by their own agents. Mr. Rossini himself, appeared on a PBS documentary called Spy Factory, in which he admits he had information on the hijackers but did not pass it on.

Any wonder why the Police Commissioner of NYPD has stationed his detectives all over the world. That was the only way to guarantee that NY has the best intelligence and information to ensure the protection of New Yorkers and the City.

[andyg]

07:14 PM on 09/14/2009

Waco and Ruby Ridge were botched by the ATF.

[Morganster]

07:51 PM on 09/14/2009

Point taken that the ATF had a major role - but the FBI was key in both cases as well

[KriTiKiT]

05:46 PM on 09/14/2009

is Britney spears old manager that actresses manager?