Spilotro's brother Patrick, who was the dentist that dropped the dime on Lombardo for family secrets, claimed that Lombardo told him if he was out, Tony would not have been touched. I don't necessarily believe that because the reason guys like Aiuppa, Cerone, LaPietra went to jail was largely due to the fact that Tony was bringing insane amounts of heat on them. When any of those 3 guys wanted someone gone, they were gonna go.