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Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, 453
Solomon, John, 437
Somma, Dominick “Big Donny,” 106–9, 113, 162–63, 164, 204, 206, 503
Son, Hugh, 456–57
Sparaco, Frank “Frankie Blue Eyes,” 136, 298, 311
Spataro, Michael, 280
Speranza, Matteo, 273–74, 276, 278
Speranza, Umberto, 274
Spero, Anthony, 202, 203
Sphinx Trading, 520–21
Spitaleri, James “Jimmy O’Toole,” 251
Stamboulidis, George, 227, 277, 315, 320, 321–26, 335–36, 340, 342, 399, 414–15
Stancell, Jack, 233
Sterling, Claire, 8, 83
Stone, Dave, 392
Stutman, Robert M., 194–96, 198, 200, 201, 202–3
Sullivan, John, 176
Sullivan, William C., 62–63
Tabman, Michael, 146–47
Teamsters, 10
Terra, George, 295, 441, 459, 461
“third war”
attack on Scarpa, 262–64, 370, 375–78
events leading to, 211–20, 230, 242–53, 253–62, 501–2
murder toll, 265–78, 353–54 (See also Amato, Gaetano “Tommy Scars”; Fusaro, Vincent; Giangiobbe, Vincent; Grancio, Nicholas “Nicky Black”; Lampasi, Lorenzo “Larry Lamps”; Leale, Giachino “Jack”; Nastasi, Rosario “Black Sam”; Ocera, Tommy; Smurra, Hank; Speranza, Matteo)
Scarpa, Jr. on FBI role, 501–2
trial outcomes, 333, 412
Thompson Hine, 458, 459, 461. See also Grover, Douglas
Time, 44, 44, 175
Tolino, Joey, 282, 284–85, 286
Tomasello, Joseph “Joe T,” 218, 268, 305
Tomlinson, Jeffrey W.
Carmine Sessa’s arrest and, 347
DeVecchio murder trial, 472–74
suspicion about Scarpa-DeVecchio relationship, 107, 113, 263, 274–75, 313–16, 358–69
Triple Cross (Lance), 427, 429, 437, 508, 527–28
Tropiano, Ralph “Whitey,” 76–77
Tully Robert S., 472, 476
Tuzzio, Louis, 202, 205
Tyler, Harold, 99–100
Umberto’s Clam House (New York City), 53–54, 54
Unger, Sanford J., 6
United States v. Michael Sessa, 334–37
United States v. Stancell, 341
Unity Day, 43, 44, 48
UPI, 12
U.S. Attorneys Office (AUSA). See individual attorneys’ names
U.S. Department of Justice
DeVecchio and, 97–101, 105, 452–54, 472, 476, 492–93
Eastern District of New York, 55
IBM securities theft and, 71–74
Scarpa and, 59, 66
U.S. Secret Service, 151–61, 200
Valachi, Joseph Michael “Joe Cargo,” xvi, 3–11, 4, 12, 13, 19, 82, 133
Valachi Papers, The (Maas), 4–5, 13
Valiquette, Joe, 346
Variale, Albie, 206
Vecchione, Michael, 483
DeVecchio trial, 179, 447–48, 456–57, 456–58, 461–63, 462, 468, 469, 475–81
Friends of the Family, 184, 187
Mafia Cops case, 186–88
Schiro credibility, 481, 482–89
on Shalabi murder, 517
Venezia, Todd, 123
Victory Memorial Hospital, 189–90, 203, 318–20
Village Voice, 34–35, 136, 479, 482
Villano, Anthony
appointed Scarpa’s contacting agent, 39–40
Brick Agent, 9, 33, 39, 63–64, 64, 65, 95, 112–13
Colombo and, 48
Dennish murder, 163
insurance company kickbacks and, xvii
LoCicero family and, 85
Miami kidnapping scam and, 65–66
Olympic Airways robberies and, 60–63
Scarpa Jr. “straightening out” ceremony, 499
Scarpa’s information on Persico to, 218
Vogel, Dan, 38, 40, 64, 146, 156–57, 293–94, 369
Volkman, Ernest, 12
Wali Khan Amin Shah, 419
Walker-Goldman, Maryann, 312, 359
Walsh, Lawrence, 449
Webster, William, 135, 152, 153
Weinstein, Jack B., 333
DeVecchio, 302–3, 405
“Little Vic” Orena’s trial, 337–43, 357
Mafia Cops case, 457
Mazza and, 286
Michael Sessa, 322, 340, 357
Orena, new trial sought by, 213, 431–34, 435–36
Orena conviction, 227
Persico and, 119
Scarpa Jr. and, 237–39
Scarpa Sr. and, 320, 348–49, 354–57, 365
Weiss, Murray, 268, 444
Weissman, Andrew, 227, 256, 277, 320, 414–15
Welch, R. Patrick, 181
We’re Going to Win This Thing (DeVecchio, Brandt)
Bari murder, 123–25
Casso and, 352
Colombo “third war” events, 359–60
FBI colleagues, 170, 274–75
“framing” of DeVecchio, 299
Leale and, 230
Scarpa’s role in Mafia, 17, 89–90, 168, 242, 318
Sessa and, 243
title of book, 460
Villano and, 95
Whalen, James, 69, 72, 105, 155, 453, 490
Williams, Edward Bennett, 9
Williamson, Kevin, 447
Wimpy Boys club, xvii, 106–7, 107, 114–15, 130, 142, 145, 147–50, 148, 158, 181
Winchell, Walter, 40–41
Winter Hill Gang, 11, 439–40
Wiseguy (Pileggi), 126–27
WNBC, 441, 456
Yablonsky, Joseph, 65
Yacovelli, Joseph, 51, 54
Yousef, Ramzi Ahmed,417
Day of Terror plot, 508–10, 513
Scarpa Jr. sting, 417–30, 434–35, 504–5, 506–8, 513, 516, 528, 548, 549
Zambardi, Robert “Bobby Zam”
bank robberies, 107–8, 162, 165, 166, 167–68
Bari murder, 120–25, 124
indictment, 370
Longabardi murder, 116
Orena and, 217, 265–67
Scarpa Jr. indictment, 416–17
Sessa and, 243, 252, 253–54
Somma murder, 113
Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 510, 520
Zuraw, Louis, 135–38
Zuraw, Veronica, 135–38, 149–50, 297
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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PETER LANCE is the author of three previous works of investigative journalism, 1000 Years for Revenge, Cover Up, and Triple Cross. A former correspondent for ABC News, he covered hundreds of stories worldwide for 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight. Among his awards are the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Prize and the Sevellon Brown Award from the Associated Press. In 2010 he was appointed Research Scholar at the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies. He lives in California.
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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.