Originally Posted by hoodlum
I highly respect Pistone for is accomplishment..alas, until when my wife & I went 2 see him @The Free Library of Phila. 4 a book signing & lecture & he mentioned that he totally supports & respects Lin DeVecchio…...my opinion of him lowered greatly.


DeVecchio was the one who said "We're gonna win this thing" to another agent, while openly rooting for one side in the Colombo war. This is where the Sopranos got the line.

"...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