Jimmy Fratianno left (or rather forced-out of) Whitness Protection. He was so public in his later years and had income coming in from his books, so the Feds cut him loose.

This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this, hey, thats great. But it's very, very unpredictable. There are so many ways you can screw it up.-Paul Castellano (he would know)

"I'm not talking about Italians, I'm talking about criminals."-Joe Valachi