I never read any books on Scarpa, I definitely will one day.

My guess is he would have had to provide some value to the FBI and Delvecchio to be able to get as much as he did out of them, he worked with them for 30+ years I believe, it had to be a two-way street.

I am not doubting what you posted I am sure you did your research before you posted.

I am just trying to fill in some bits and pieces from living in the same neighborhood as he also, we would hear the neighborhood politics from the older guys that were looking out for us and teaching us right from wrong.

BensonHURST- was a great place to live for so many different reasons however, if you did not know the rules or knew the rules but decided not to follow them you very easily could find yourself in the back of a trunk with two behind your ears.