and I also saw that but rather than Joe being recognized, I'd bet 'you fuckin' snitch!' was a set-up by the filmmakers... sure it could have happened but since it's so easy to fake and plays into everyone's sense of 'drama'...

i agree with all say that nobody in the mob really cares about Pistone anymore-- and haven't for a long time. there could always be a lone psychopath but the costs far far far outweigh the benefits... (I highly doubt too there was ever a $500,000 "open contract"; seems like snitch MISinformation from the start.)