If the mob had known that Bonnano's book would one day be used as the basis to prove that the Cosa Nostra existed and was to be used as the blueprint in descibing the Cosa Nostra as a criminal racketeering enterprise in Rico cases going forward,would they have let himmlive in retirement in Arizona?
On the other hand prosecutors somehow get away with taking Bonnano's word and his book ass if it was the Gospel Truth and not just him blowing off hot air about his lineage
His book didn't matter much the so-called Mafia was known by Hoover's FBI and CIA since the beginning.
One of the main reasons why Bonanno's book was so well received by both the general public and law enforcement alike was that no formal Mafia boss had ever penned his own autobiography. And certain no one of Joe Bonanno's stature.
So when Joe put his thoughts and knowledge to paper about what was what, it was pretty much taken as gospel. After all, who was still around to even refute what he wrote?
He was an original. And even the few mafiosi still alive who may have contested it were certainly not about to speak of such things.
...and Rudy ran with it.
