But back to Pennisi, I still think he's a weasel. Not just for flipping, but the lie he made up to justify it. I don't believe that the mob was plotting his murder, and I also don't believe that he believed that. Why are so many rats in denial? Pennisi claims he did it to save his life, Gravano claims that Gotti was going to throw him under the bus, and then you have Franzese and Cullotta who deny they're rats altogether.