Smokin' Aces (2006)

Joe Drago: FBI Aid

Quotes 

• Stanley Locke : Sparazza introduced Israel into the life. Gave him his first big break onstage, brought him up through the ranks. And Israel played the situation very shrewdly, slowly amassing the loyalties of Sparazza's top men, with the idea of toppling the throne.

  Donald Carruthers : You know, I've seen some stupid moves, but...

  Stanley Locke : Well, you spend your life pulling rabbits out of hats and sawing people in half, anything seems possible. Israel wanted to touch something real, something dangerous. But what he wound up doing was splitting up the family into dual factions. Sparazza on one side, Israel on the other. The infighting that followed drew the attention of every investigatory body operating under the canopy of the federal government. Presently, we have...

  FBI Aid : Sixteen state and federally-funded agencies running concurrent criminal probes on select members of La Cosa Nostra.

  Stanley Locke : With Israel being the target of virtually every one. His testimony has the potential of blowing the lid off of what's left of La Cosa Nostra in this country. That alone warrants total immunity from prosecution and a vanishing act with the Witness Protection Program.