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25. Schiro interview.
26. People v. R. Lindley DeVecchio, Schiro testimony, 1553.
27. Nicholas Gage, “Organized Crime Reaps Huge Profits from Dealing in Pornographic Films,” New York Times, October 12, 1975.
28. Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography, “The Meese Report,” final report, July 1986, 1168, http://www.porn-report.com/404-organized-crime-and-pornography.htm.
29. Peter Maas, The Valachi Papers (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1968), 95–99.
30. Selwyn Raab, Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005), 26–30.
31. Edna Buchanan, “Lucky Luciano: Criminal Mastermind,” Time, December 7, 1998.
32. “Anthony Peraino,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Peraino.
33. Gage, “Organized Crime Reaps Huge Profits.”
34. Commission on Pornography, “The Meese Report,” 1145.
35. Ibid.
36. Ibid., 1179.
37. “8 in ‘Deep Throat’ Case Receive Prison Sentence,” New York Times, May 1, 1977.
38. Schiro interview.
39. Bruce Weber, “Joel J. Tyler, Judge Who Pronounced ‘Deep Throat’ Obscene, Dies at 90,” New York Times, January 15, 2012.
40. Mitchell Maddux and Jeremy Olshan, “Mobster Admits Nun Slay, Fears He’ll Rot in Hell!,” New York Post, May 13, 2011.
41. R. Lindley DeVecchio, FBI 209 memo for Top Echelon (TE) informant designated “NY3461,” September 17, 1982.
42. William Bastone, “The Wiseguy and the Nun,” Village Voice, February 9, 1999.
43. U.S. v. Victor M. Orena et al., testimony of Chris Favo, May 17, 1995, transcript, 5218.
CHAPTER 14: TWENTY GRAND A WEEK
1. Memo from FBI New York Office to director, FBI, December 11, 1981, section 2 of four, 2–3.
2. Ibid., 6.
3. Ibid., section 3 of four, 4.
4. Memo from FBI New York Office to director, FBI, September 17, 1982, section 1 of four, 2–3.
5. Ibid., section 2 of four, 2.
6. Ralph Blumenthal, “28 Are Ordered Arrested in USA Mafia Inquiry,” New York Times, October 2, 1984.
7. Selwyn Raab, Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005), 345.
8. Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci, Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti (New York: Franklin Watts, 1988), 190–91.
9. U.S. v. William Cutolo et al., October 1994, transcript, 3418–19.
10. Ibid., 3498.
11. Ibid., 3528–29.
12. Special Agents Jeffrey W. Tomlinson and Howard Leadbetter II, FBI 302 memo re: Larry Mazza, April 28, 1994.
13. Robert D. McFadden, “8 Charged with Mafia Drug Plot Including Murders and Extortion,” New York Times, November 13, 1987; John Kroger, Convictions (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008), 133.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. U.S. v. Gregory Scarpa Jr., Second Circuit Court of Appeals 897 F2d 63, February 23, 1990.
17. Robert M. Stutman and Richard Esposito, Dead on Delivery: Inside the Drug Wars, Straight from the Street (New York: Warner Books, 1992), 251–52.
18. U.S. v. Victor M. Orena, testimony of FBI agent Howard Leadbetter II, April 1994, transcript, 1667–69.
19. People v. R. Lindley DeVecchio, testimony of Carmine Sessa, October 25, 2007, transcript, 1373–74.
20. Special Agent Howard Leadbetter II, FBI 302 memo re: William Meli, January 21, 1994.
21. Special Agent Howard Leadbetter II, FBI 302 memo, April 6, 1994.
22. Pasquale Amato and Victor Orena v. U.S., hearing before Hon. Jack B. Weinstein, January 7, 2004, transcript, 41.
23. Supervisory Special Agents Timothy T. Arney and Robert J. O’Brien, FBI 302 memo re: Mario Parlagreco debriefing, May 12, 1994.
24. Ibid.
25. Agents John L. Barrett and Thomas V. Fuentes, FBI 302 memo re: Valerie Caproni, February 1, 1994.
26. Ibid.
27. Jan M. Von Bergen, “TV Show Aids in Arrest of Fugitive at Motel,” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 20, 1988.
28. Ibid.; Tomlinson and Leadbetter II, 302 memo, April 28, 1994.
29. FBI 302 memo re: Valerie Caproni, January 26, 1994.
30. Ibid.
31. R. Lindley DeVecchio, sworn statement in OPR investigation, May 5, 1995.
32. Greg Smith and Jerry Capeci, “Mob, Mole & Murder,” New York Daily News, October 31, 1994.
33. Sworn affirmation of Valerie Caproni in OPR investigation, April 12, 1995.
34. Pasquale Amato and Victor Orena v. U.S., hearing before Hon. Jack B. Weinstein, January 7, 2004, testimony of Gregory Scarpa Jr., transcript, 40.
35. Arney and O’Brien, FBI 302 memo re: Parlagreco debriefing, May 12, 1994.
36. Kroger, Convictions, 147.
37. Ibid.
38. Ibid.
39. R. Lindley DeVecchio and Charles Brandt, We’re Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-up of a Mafia Crime Buster (New York: Berkley, 2011), 168.
40. Special Agent Michael Tabman, sworn affidavit, August 16, 1994.
41. Ibid., 4.
42. DeVecchio, OPR sworn statement.
43. Author’s interview with FBI Special Agent Dan Vogel (ret.), October 14, 2011.
44. Tabman sworn affidavit, 3.
45. DeVecchio, OPR sworn statement.
46. Ibid.
47. Marlene Malamy, “In the Matter of and Placement of Eavesdropping Devices to Overhear and Record Certain Communications within a Social Club Located at 7506 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York,” July 11, 1986.
48. U.S. v. Gregory Scarpa Jr., Valerie Caproni, sealed affidavit, April 29, 1988.
49. U.S. v. Gregory Scarpa Jr., testimony of R. Lindley DeVecchio, October 14, 1998, transcript, 3386–87.
50. Ibid., 3360.
51. DeVecchio and Brandt, We’re Going to Win This Thing, 162–63.
52. Ibid.
53. R. Lindley DeVecchio, FBI 209 memo for Top Echelon (TE) informant designated “NY3461,” September 17, 1982.
54. Arney and O’Brien, FBI 302 memo re: Parlagreco debriefing, May 12, 1994.
CHAPTER 15: ENTER THE SECRET SERVICE
1. Memo from director, FBI, to FBI New York Office, March 15, 1985.
2. Memo from FBI New York Office to director, FBI, March 2, 1985, 2.
3. FBI memo, March 8, 1985.
4. FBI memo, March 2, 1985.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. While in most of the Scarpa Sr. 209 informant memos from 1980 to 1992 the author’s name was redacted, Lin DeVecchio made it clear in his book that he had written them. R. Lindley DeVecchio and Charles Brandt, We’re Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-up of a Mafia Crime Buster (New York: Berkley, 2011), 7, 67–71, 106, 113, 115, 117. And since he was the only contacting agent authorized to interact with Scarpa during this twelve-year time frame—except for a brief period during Senior’s final year as a TECI—DeVecchio was the only agent who could have supplied the details from “34” in those confidential informant memos.
8. The amount is $32,094.01 according to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com.
9. Memo from director, FBI, to FBI New York Office, March 15, 1985.
10. Letter from Edward A. McDonald, attorney in charge, Organized Crime Strike Force, EDNY, to Judge I. Leo Glasser, July 22, 1986.
11. Memo from FBI New York Office to director, FBI, November 18, 1985.
12. Memo from director, FBI, to FBI New York Office, December 18, 1985.
13. Memo from FBI New York Office to director, FBI, January 2, 1986.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Memo from director, FBI, to FBI New York Office, January 15, 1985.
17. Author’s interview with Special Agent James Whalen (ret.), May 19, 2011.
18. U.S. v. Michael Sessa, direct examination of Su
pervisory Special Agent R. Lindley DeVecchio, November 2, 1992, transcript, 118–19.
19. R. Lindley DeVecchio, sworn statement in OPR investigation, May 5, 1995, 6.
20. Ibid., 8.
21. Bios of Norman Bloch and Douglas Grover, website of Thompson Hine, http://www.thompsonhine.com/lawyer/NormanBloch/; http://www.thompsonhine.com/lawyer/DouglasGrover/.
22. U.S. v. Gregory Scarpa Sr., indictment no. CR 86-00351, 1986.
23. Memo from S. L. Pomerantz, chief, Investigative Support Section, FBI, to Paul E. Coffey, deputy chief, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Department of Justice, April 22, 1986.
24. Author’s interview with FBI Special Agent Dan Vogel (ret.), October 14, 2011.
25. Memo from Paul E. Coffey, deputy chief, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Department of Justice, to S. L. Pomerantz, chief, Investigative Support Section, FBI, April 29, 1986.
26. Memo from FBI New York Office to director, FBI, March 18, 1986.
27. Linda Schiro, sworn affidavit, August 11, 1998, 2.
28. Pasquale Amato and Victor Orena v. U.S., hearing before Hon. Jack B. Weinstein, January 7, 2004, testimony of Gregory Scarpa Jr., transcript, 35.
29. U.S. v. Gregory Scarpa Jr., October 13, 1988, transcript, 3095.
30. Supervisory Special Agents Timothy B. Kilund and Kevin P. Donovan, FBI 302 memo, interview with Judge I. Leo Glasser, August 16, 1994.
31. Letter from Edward A. McDonald and Norman Bloch to Louis E. Diamond, attorney for Gregory Scarpa Sr., June 18, 1986.
32. Judgment and Probation Commitment Order, Gregory Scarpa Sr., February 6, 1987.
33. U.S. v. Michael Sessa, transcript, 118–19.
34. U.S. v. Orena, transcript of direct examination of R. Lindley DeVecchio by Gerald Shargel, February 28, 1997, 155.
35. Memo from director, FBI, to FBI New York Office, January 15, 1985.
36. Including Scarpa’s probable involvement in the murders of Tommy Ocera in 1989 and Jack Leale (one of Ocera’s purported killers) in 1991, the war dead included Hank Smurra, Gaetano Amato, Sam Nastasi, Matteo Speranza, Vincent Fusaro, Nicholas Grancio, John Minerva, Michael Imbergamo, Larry Lampasi, Vincent Giangiobbe, Steven Mancusi, and Joseph Scopo.
CHAPTER 16: DEATH OF A SECOND SON
1. People v. R. Lindley DeVecchio, testimony of Linda Schiro, October 29, 2007, transcript, 1613.
2. People v. R. Lindley DeVecchio, testimony of Carmine Sessa, October 25, 2007, transcript, 1344.
3. Special Agents David M. Parker and Robert J. O’Brien, FBI 302 memo re: Carmine Sessa, April 18, 1994, 2.
4. Rudy Johnson, “13 Indicted on Stock Theft and Counterfeit Counts,” New York Times, June 8, 1974.
5. Memo from FBI Newark Office to Bureau (1) Headquarters, December 19, 1977; letter from Edward A. McDonald, attorney in charge, U.S. Department of Justice, Organized Crime Strike Force, EDNY, to Hon. I. Leo Glasser, July 22, 1986.
6. Transcript of Linda Schiro’s 1997 interview with Tom Robbins and Jerry Capeci, New York Daily News, November 2, 2007.
7. Philip Carlo, Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mob Boss (New York: William Morrow, 2008), 78–80.
8. In the book, Carlo identifies Villano as “Anthony Vescone.”
9. Author’s interview with confidential source, July 31, 2008.
10. Carlo, Gaspipe, 81.
11. Selwyn Raab, Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005), 515.
12. John J. Goldman, “Gotti Accuser Sentenced to Five Years in Plea Deal: Mafia: Salvatore Gravano Is Rewarded for Testifying Against the Notorious Gambino Family Boss and Other Organized Crime Figures,”Los Angeles Times, September 27, 1994.
13. Author’s interview with Anthony Casso, September 23, 2011.
14. People v. R. Lindley DeVecchio, Schiro testimony, 1613.
15. Special Agents Jeffrey W. Tomlinson and Howard Leadbetter II, FBI 302 memo re: Carmine Sessa, May 29, 1993.
16. People v. R. Lindley DeVecchio, Sessa testimony, 1354–55.
17. Tomlinson and Leadbetter II, FBI 302 memo re: Carmine Sessa, May 11, 1993.
18. R. Lindley DeVecchio, FBI 209 memo for Top Echelon (TE) informant designated “NY3461,” December 11, 1981, 5.
19. R. Lindley DeVecchio, FBI 209 memo for Top Echelon (TE) informant designated “NY3461,” November 16, 1983, 5.
20. Carlo, Gaspipe, 70–71.
21. Author’s interview with Flora Edwards, November 3, 2011.
22. R. Lindley DeVecchio, FBI 209 memo for Top Echelon (TE) informant designated “NY3461,” February 28, 1984.
23. R. Lindley DeVecchio and Charles Brandt, We’re Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-up of a Mafia Crime Buster (New York: Berkley, 2011), 108.
24. “Boy, 16, Arraigned as Gang Slayer; Father of Victim Accuses Police,”New York Times, May 14, 1950.
25. Ibid.
26. Author’s interview with Vic and John Orena, February 8, 2007.
27. FBI teletype from FBI New York Office to director, FBI, February 19, 1983.
28. Ibid.
29. Author’s interview with Andrew Orena, January 13, 2012.
30. DeVecchio and Brandt, We’re Going to Win This Thing, photo section.
31. Ibid., 168.
32. The People v. R. Lindley DeVecchio, opening statement of Assistant District Attorney Joseph Alexis, October 15, 2007, transcript, 9–10; DeVecchio and Brandt, We’re Going to Win This Thing, 162–66.
33. R. Lindley DeVecchio, FBI 209 memo for Top Echelon (TE) informant designated “NY3461,” June 8, 1988, 2.
34. Scott Shifrel, “Mob Hit Man Testifies, Weeps at Lindley DeVecchio Trial,” New York Daily News, October 19, 2007.
35. DeVecchio and Brandt, We’re Going to Win This Thing, 164.
36. Author’s interview with Flora Edwards, January 13, 2012.
37. DeVecchio and Brandt, We’re Going to Win This Thing, 167.
CHAPTER 17: THE CASE OF CASES
1. Arnold H. Lubasch, “Judge Sentences 8 Mafia Leaders to Prison Terms,” New York Times, January 14, 1987.
2. Ed Magnuson, “Hitting the Mafia,” Time, September 29, 1986.
3. Richard Stengel, “The Passionate Prosecutor,” Time, February 10, 1986.
4. FBI teletype, February 19, 1983, 2–4.
5. Ibid.
6. Magnuson, “Hitting the Mafia.”
7. Stengel, “The Passionate Prosecutor.”
8. R. Lindley DeVecchio and Charles Brandt, We’re Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-up of a Mafia Crime Buster (New York: Berkley, 2011), 13.
9. Ibid., 143.
10. Ibid., 156.
11. John Sullivan, “Crime Bosses Considered Hit on Giuliani,” New York Times, October 25, 2007.
12. Michael Brick, “ ’80s Plot to Hit Giuliani? Mob Experts Doubt It,” New York Times, October 26, 2007.
13. Sullivan, “Crime Bosses Considered Hit.”
14. Brick, “ ’80s Plot.”
15. Brick later cited McCarthy in the piece for the proposition that “if any prosecutor could prompt the Mafia to make an exception, it was Mr. Giuliani,” and Jerry Capeci reportedly told Brick that he was “pretty sure . . . Carmine Persico wanted to kill Rudy Giuliani.”
16. Author’s interview with Flora Edwards, November 3, 2011.
17. Todd S. Purdum, “Reputed Mob Figure Fatally Shot in Brooklyn Club,” New York Times, January 16, 1987.
18. Robert D. McFadden, “Black Man Dies After Beating in Queens,” New York Times, December 21, 1986.
19. Ronald Smothers, “Hynes Is Elected to Be Prosecutor in Queens Attack,” New York Times, January 14, 1987.
20. Nick Ravo, “12 Defendants in Attacks Case: A Diverse Group,” New York Times, February 11, 1987.
21. Memo by liaison, subject: Gregory Scarpa FBI #584217A, December 4, 1967.
22. Memo, June 27, 1966; memo from special agent in charge, FBI New York Office, to director, FBI. Subje
ct: Gregory Scarpa. Top Echelon Criminal Informant Program, New York Division, July 6, 1967.
23. Memo from special agent in charge, FBI New York Office, to director, FBI. Subject: Gregory Scarpa. Top Echelon Criminal Informant Program, New York Division, November 21, 1961.
24. Memo from special agent in charge, FBI New York Office, to director, FBI, May 18, 1974, 1.
25. “The City: Ex-City Aide Held in $250,000 Theft,” New York Times, February 11, 1981.
26. Ralph Blumenthal, “Auditors Assail Navy Yard Park in New Report,” New York Times, April 16, 1982.
27. “Contractor Admits Navy Yard Fraud,” New York Times, October 4, 1983.
28. Alan Feuer, “Lawsuit on F.B.I. Informant Seeks a Mobster’s Link to Kennedy’s Assassination,” New York Times, July 22, 2008.
29. Angela Clemente, “Sal Scarpa and Matty Ianiello Homicides,” http://sites.google.com/site/scarpaclementefiles/sal-scarpa-and-matty-ianiello-homicides.
30. FBI 302s documenting the sting of Ramzi Yousef by Gregory Scarpa Jr. at the Metropolitan Correctional Center from March 1996 to February 1997. See a selection of 302s and other intelligence at http://www.peterlance.com/PLfbi.htm.
31. Murray Weiss, “‘Mob’ Fed’s Filthy Lucre—FBI Agent Cashed in as Mafia Slay Mole: DA,” New York Post, March 30, 2006; Nancie L. Katz, “The Probe of G-Man Pays Off Big,” New York Daily News, April 2, 2006.
32. Feuer, “Lawsuit on F.B.I. Informant.”
33. Judge Leslie Crocker Snyder (ret.), “Report of the Special District Attorney in the Matter of the Investigation of Linda Schiro,” October 22, 2008, 18.
34. Clemente, “Sal Scarpa and Matty Ianiello Homicides.”
35. Tommy Dades and Mike Vecchione, Friends of the Family: The Inside Story of the Mafia Cops Case (New York: William Morrow, 2009), 86.
36. Todd S. Purdum, “Puzzle of Gangland-Style Killings Eludes Brooklyn Police,” New York Times, October 10, 1987.
37. “Another Man Is Slain in Mob Style Killing,” New York Times, October 9, 1987.
38. Philip Carlo, Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mob Boss (New York: William Morrow, 2008), 68.
39. EDNY press release on Mafia Cops indictment, March 10, 2005.
40. Clemente, “Sal Scarpa and Matty Ianiello Homicides.”
