by Peter Lance
Auckland, New Zealand
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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
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* See Appendix C.
* See Chapter 8.
* See Appendix C for Scarpa’s arrests and the disposition of the cases.
† See Appendix D.
* This incident was depicted in the film The Godfather: Part II, with the character of Frank Pentangeli representing Larry Gallo.
* Henceforth all redactions in the airtels and 209s will be marked in black: .
* “NYCPD” was the FBI’s designation for the NYPD in its communiqués.
* American-Italian Anti-Defamation (Council).
* While the official name of Onassis’s airline was Olympic Airways, this FBI memo authorizing payment to Scarpa Sr. mistakenly described it as Olympic Airlines.
* A detailed list of his arrests and their dispositions can be found in Appendix C.
* Known today as the Helmsley Building.
* Grover’s partner’s name is spelled Bloch; the error appears in We’re Going to Win This Thing.
* Two months earlier Persico was sentenced to an additional thirty-nine years in a separate prosecution.
* See Chapter 15.
* Emphasis added.
* Earlier, Scarpa had expressed concern about bugs planted by the Brooklyn DA at the Wimpy Boys club, but he didn’t seem worried about listening devices installed by the Feds.
† Another code name was “Del.” Gregory Jr. said that his father sometimes referred to DeVecchio simply as “D.”
* Equal to 75 percent of his salary at the time of retirement.
* Not to be confused with the PBS talk show host and CBS News coanchor of the same name.
* Emphasis added.
* New evidence corroborating that conclusion is contained in the Afterword.
* A number of the FBI 302s documenting Scarpa’s sting of Yousef can be downloaded from http://www.peterlance.com/PLfbi.htm.
* The full affirmation can be downloaded from http://www.peterlance.com/Fitzgerald_Affirmation_6.25.99.pdf.
* All of which can be downloaded, along with HarperCollins’s response, from http://www.peterlance.com/Fitzgerald_Libel_Claim_Letters_HCP_Response.pdf.
* It can be downloaded in its entirety from http://www.peterlance.com/Chris_Mattiace_email_SOF SAF BI_3_1_07.pdf.
* The memorandum of law supporting the motion can be accessed via my website at http://www.peterlance.com/Memo_of_Law_Re_PL’s_%20Motion_to_Quash_%20Subpoenas.pdf, and my own sworn affidavit can be found at http://www.peterlance.com/Affidavit_of_PL_Re_%20Motion_to_Quash_%20Subpoenas.pdf.
* Emphasis added.
* http://www.peterlance.com/wordpress/?p=629.
* http://www.peterlance.com/wordpress/?p=106.
* See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-lance/al-qaeda-and-the-mob-how-b_34336.html.
* I note that my discussion here is limited to facts (or purported facts) I know to have appeared in the public record or to be discussed in Triple Cross.
† I also note that there were recent published accounts—which I do not know either to be true or false—that Scarpa was expected to testify at the recently concluded criminal trial of former FBI supervisor Lin DeVecchio that Scarpa in fact committed various murders for which he had previously been charged and which he denied under oath in prior testimony. If that were so, that would be additional reason not to believe Scarpa’s account. However, the DeVecchio case was dismissed during trial without Scarpa testifying.
