To stimulate growth? What shows their power to me is the fact that the actual boss of the family was not even mentioned in the case. From what i understand the Chin wasnt involved in the case at all and he was the boss for atleast 3 years by then. I know some may say neither was Gotti but he became boss pretty much during the case.
I think that was the result of Chin having Fat Tony attend the Commission meetings, hold the making ceremonies, and do a lot of other things the boss is supposed to do. In hindsight, one can't blame the feds for believing Salerno was the boss. He was doing much of what a boss does. They just didn't know, as Cafaro later said, he had to put all major decisions on record with Chin.
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