I liked book, but agree on her accepting all stories as truth, something almost every author is guilty of, unfortunately. I was surprised o how she got...
I have found no semblance of "journalistic objectivity" in any of the works relating to Scarpa-DeVecchio. Even the supposed journalists moved into competing...
It's extremely valuable to have different perspectives. Alas, lacking in the older material. I'm sure if a Masseria were to tell us his side, or a...
She did not dig into stories told, one that was most interesting was claim that first agent to work with Scarpa was also on take. That deserved a big...
I agree with your assessment of Mafia Son. On DeVecchio, I'm not sure the description "defiantly out of control" works for me. It seems that there is segment...
This is an intriguing issue that may come to light in the years to come. After Apalachin, J. Edgar Hoover and Bobby Kennedy put tremendous pressure on FBI...
But MANY, MANY FBI agents supported DeVecchio and continue to do so. Early on, FBI certainly saw some worth to DeVecchio-style methods in theory. But I believe...
Has anyone requested the FBI file of Scarpa? ________________________________ From: Alex Hortis <alex.hortis@...> To: americanmafia@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
There was also mishandling, to put it softly, of others like Barboza and Bulger. There comes a point where arresting informant is more a way to safeguard...
The background to the scandals involving the Boston office of the FBI was their single-minded concentration on the local Mafia. There was a lot of pressure...
Scarpa was suspected before Colombo was even incapacitated. He was apparently convincing enough in his denials to ultimately deflect further suspicion....
This is precisely what I think Harmon SHOULD have done. I read the interview with her today (well done, Ryan) and just further believe she is gullible. I mean...
That is truth, but they compounded it by doing it in different ears. Barboza in 1960's, Whitey Bulger into 1990's. I wonder if it a lack of supervision,...
... from ... Anthony "Papa Tony" Mirabile who, in turn, was the father of Joseph "Joe Hooks" Mirabile, current underboss in Detroit. I, too, would like to find...
I ordered these a couple years ago. Glad to see they post them. You will notice that show Scarpa was an informant before Valachi. Although the informant name...
Interesting indeed. It´s like reading an interesting, good researched (not a well written...) book you´ve anticipated getting your hands on for months. It´s...
Good find Rick. ________________________________ From: Richard Warner <rishsam1@...> To: "americanmafia@yahoogroups.com" <americanmafia@yahoogroups.com> ...
this question is prompted by an article I am working on. the earliest accounts of the event--meaning the newspaper interview given by capone and books like...
Hi Bill. Welcome to the group. And congratulations on finding an angle to the Atlantic City Conference that we somehow managed to neglect (through more than...
That was never true. Valachi may have been the first to tell of Mafia structure and ceremony IN FRONT OF TELEVISION CAMERAS. But authorities have benefited...
On this, I am very recently advised that there may be a large volume of federal records previously unresearched that date from the 1940s and 1950s. I am...
Returning for a second to the 1928 Cleveland meeting, one account (Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan 1929) alleges that Joe Aiello tipped off the cops to the existence...
Yeah, I don't really understand how the reporter came up with that one. Seems to me the guys arrested at the meeting were more likely to support Aiello than...
I read and reread the story, and I can't say I found it any clearer. BTW - did you receive the article yesterday? ________________________________ From: Tom...
Maybe I'm being nitpicky again, but I had 3 concerns with Tom's characterization of the Zarcone family of Milwaukee in the article on the rise of Profaci. And...
Not at all, Gavin. I do think we should point out - for the benefit of readers who might have missed it - that you are referring to a sentence within...
