The thing we have always heard about becoming a "made guy" is that once "your in, your in." That being said, and I could be 100% wrong, it's probably not simple for a guy who's a high-level associate to simply "fall off the grid" either. Considering all of this at what level does an associate have to get out of "the life" so to speak without any trouble. Is it before he goes "on record" with somebody?