They needed someone weak and gullible enough to believe that he was really the boss. Facciolo was strong out that way, that's why they whacked him. It's been proven and admitted by law enforcement, including the FBI, that Bruno wasn't a rat.

But that was their m.o. Whack a guy who's too well respected, then hang a rat label on him. They did the same thing to Mikey Salerno. And that man would never give the law more than his own name, if that. Scumbags.