Why would Massino be put on the witness stand by the FBI and the United States Attorney's office and say that if it was not the truth? He was probably debriefed to the max and polygraphed too. I think he is being truthful because otherwise the government would have objected to what he was saying. There is no different between Brasco being taken around or a wired informant. They are not going to whack somebody because somebody fooled them. It's on them for their stupid mistake. Massino avoided Brasco. Sonny and Lefty made money on him. That's the Mafia way. Massino said Brasco was no good and avoided him. Sonny Black was taken out as Massino said because he was jockeying for position of power. Brasco was never in the inner circle nor aware of what was going on. he was told what they wanted him to know. He didn't know about the 3 capos getting whacked until afterward when everyone started asking questions about their whereabouts.