I swear Lefty knew right at this moment 30 seconds into this conversation Donnie was not Donnie and he was Fucked.

He was too old school to not know... he was hanging on to a Long shot but knew he was fucked.

https://youtu.be/ABde3H5wMP0

helll yeah !!!!!
lefty was the true definition of a gangster

Brasco even sounds like an agent. Jilly Greca's crew had a good hunch who he was but he was lucky to have survived that cross examination. No one did any serious background check on this guy.

Every one knows at least five guys if not ten that can vouch for him .

How that fucken Donnie Brasco sounds like a little boys doll in the late 60’s and they only cross checked with one guy that was not really known himself.

Greed ! It will get you every time.

Serp, you have been suggesting how they should use lie detectors and strip down for meetings and such. Although it sounds a little ridiculous. So does sitting in prison for the rest of your life. It's better to air on the side of caution.
Regarding Lefty, why didn't they kill him in prison? What were his prison years like? Did he have the protection of being a made guy or was he all alone? He probably wished he got the Sonny Black special rather than being locked up for twenty years thinking about he let a Fed destroy his borgota.

Not really lol. Lefty was totally fooled. In fact when the FBI agents went sonny and told him Donnie was an agent him and his whole crew thought the FBI has snatched Donnie and were brainwashing him at first until reality sank in days later. So no Lefty had no clue at this point. This wiretap took place in
March 1981.

I know nothing about Lefty but I am sure in the beginning he was paranoid but after years of the fed doing jobs and drugs and everything under the sun other then killing you start to trust.

theres so many great sound bites in there. i, i, i cant get no satisfaction in brooklyn... i live on the 6th floor he lives on the 8th, hes says maybe i'll come to you door and ask for some milk or butter. you come to my door i'll blow your head off. anthony you can box everyone in but you cant box me in. im gonna bring it to the guy in the pen to the top.............................................. its like he knew something was up but just couldnt or wouldnt see the writting on the wall. he was a stone cold mafia guy. also funny hes talking to his wife and brasco at the same time. they new donnie buddy rocky was a stool pigeon but they didnt know he was a agent i wonder if they got thAT from the milwakkee boss frank b who knew rite away the feds were starting a fake vending machine bussiness hoping the mob would shake them down but they got frooze out and ended the operation fast. i think he sent word to new york that guy rocky was fbi. sounds like he had a sitdown with mirra and street boss sally fruits f. must have mediated it.. guessing 1980. hot chick from the mob wives show always says lefty was her grandfather and she posts alot of picture must be her mothers father. her father and grandfather were rizzos talked about threw out sammy the bulls whole book. both sides of her family was connected but she only made it sound like lefty who was dead back in the 90tys. think her father was or is still active

And yeah I would not give too shits how guys felt I would spend half my money and 3/4 of there’s to prove nobody is a cooperator it’s not that hard .

A few rules of how things are done and when things are talked about and where and nobody above a soldiers will get pinched as easy as not .

They get them recorded at a meal in a restaurant or in a car ....wtf ....could be easily stopped....easily.

yaeh but that was kinda a first having fbi agents infiltrat. carlo gambino surposely closed the books in the 1960tys because he found out there were made guys working for the fbi but not actual fbi members. today they probaly should play these old recording for new members to make sure they dont bring a guy sounding like brasco lol. also lefty linda sounds like a lawyer hes asking donnie question then answering them himself like hes getting ready for cross examination

maybe but that’s the case with most mobsters. I know Joe Pistons has an issue with monsters from the Colombo family who weren’t convinced he was who he said and that’s kind of what led him to go to the Bonannos. Lefty was a paranoid guy anyway and he had a great memory of past conversations. I think even on the wiretaps you can get the sense of that. But for the most part he didn’t doubt Donnie/Joe

JC

Yes the Colombo’s were on to him . The deal with Lefty is he was not making big money so the Pistone knew he was a big guy but was a brokster per say.

So it made it easier for the fed to get him liking the money and every time he would hear from other guys that you better watch that guy the fed came up with more scores or he did a job or something to put Lefty at ease .

For christ sake he got a fed yacht!!!

And still Lefty was blinded .

If I remember correctly Massino didn't trust Pistone either. Or was it just a jealousy thing with Pistone getting attention and not Sal Vitale?

I find it interesting that Lefty was giving a choice to go with either Sonny Black or Massino. Had Lefty gone with Massino, the history of that family would be completely different.