To Dear's credit, he dismisses the possibility at the end of the chapter. This isn't really a great book. Hinges a lot on pathology. Nothing really enlightening. Anyhow, I'll talk more about the book in another forum.

Seems like a lot of these guys in LA in the '90s are linked to the Gambinos. Joe Isgro, etc.

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea