lets see how tough or how long it would have taken him to rat if he did not have l.e. protect him and give him info.. why was he an informant, because he did not want to go to prison..he would have been pinched 40 years ago and nobody would know him today..whitey who? a lot of people would be alive today.. at 83 years old and never going to prison, he should say the truth and write books, instead of blaming everyone but himself..