Originally Posted By: bronx
thats correct dec 90 to nov 91, the panel was in place at the time


Like I said before, that's what the informants told the FBI at the time. They could be wrong. Is it impossible that Brown was acting boss for a few weeks or months before the ruling panel was set up? Apparently, most people here know more than the made members back then.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19920403&id=m9hRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4399,1601284

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In December 1990, when Gotti was imprisoned without bail to await his trial, the authorities said, he appointed 73-year-old James Failla as the acting head of the family to oversee the daily operations.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-...-gambino-family