Originally Posted by JCrusher
Originally Posted by Moe_Tilden
Originally Posted by ralphie_cifaretto
Basciano would've never flipped anyway. It's hard for a lot of rats to accept this, but many people don't have the rat gene. Some of us are good, decent human beings who would never betray our friends.


They already had Joseph Massino. Why would they need Basciano? It would completely undermine what they were doing. Besides, Basciano was caught plotting to murder a prosecutor. There's no way they'd accept him with open arms even if he did want to rat

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They did not need Massino, they had him convicted and still gave him one of the best deals ever. They would LOVE to have Bascaino, it must eat away at them that they could not get him to rat. That is why they made his sentence so severe. They willl take any rat, they even took Casso, until his testimony contradicted with another's. They took Gravano, even eater he told them he killed 20 people. It's an ego thing to the FBI and prosecutors, Bascaino could get out any time he wants by cooperating, but he's a man and not a rat.