I think if the focus went back to the old school mentality of assuming there was always a bug or tap,these guys would not be getting recorded.

In cases like Gotti,Castellano,Ruggerio,Avellino,etc,the reason the bugs were successful was not because the wiseguys didn't have the technology to detect them. The reason was that these guys never bothered to check because they assumed that the bugged locations were safe and beyond the reach of the FBI techies.

Therefore they talked freely. The bottom line has always been,assume that whatever you say is being recorded somehow,by somebody.

Take a guy like Carlo Gambino. He ran the most powerful Mafia Family in the country for many years, somehow managing to pass down orders,give and get information,and stay on top of thousands of little details. Yet, if you managed to plant a bug under his skin, you still wouldn't get enough to charge,or even indict him.