When Joe Bonnano released his memoir, "A Man of Honor", he pretty much violated Omerta and as a retired Don, his book caused some trouble and also made him a liability. He basically admitted publicly that La Cosa Nostra existed, that he was a Boss, and even mentioned other power players in it. All no no's. Why wasn't he clipped for releasing his book?
He was not killed because he was THE only original Comission member still alive when the book came out. He was a legend. Also, he still had guys around him in Tuscon. His sons were still getting indicted (in San Jose) up until the early 90's. Now, in my opinion, after Guiliani was able to sucessfully use the book to get convictions in the Comission Case, I can't beleive Fat Tony Salerno or Carmine Perciso did not order his killing. But, then again the FED had all of them on wiretaps, so they were gonna go down with or without the book.
