A Mafia Boss Breaks a Code in Telling All

The New York Times reports:

It was a straightforward question, but not one usually answered by the likes of Joseph C. Massino. At least not with such candor.

The longtime boss of the Bonanno crime family was asked by a prosecutor, “What powers did you have?”

Mr. Massino, seated at the witness stand, offered a quick, matter-of-fact reply.

“Murders, responsibility for the family, made captains, break captains,” he said.

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