That would have been like Don Corleone killing Luca Brasi.
Don Corleone would have killed Luca Brasi if he found out he was currying favor with other families behind his back.
"...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
