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To: Brasco One who wrote (300126)	1/18/2005 8:47:54 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

`Donnie Brasco’ in rogue agent’s corner By Michele McPhee Tuesday, January 18, 2005 Convicted rogue FBI agent John Connolly still has one friend from the bureau and that man continues to call him one of the ``best street agents he has ever met.'' Joe Pistone, better known as Donnie Brasco, the undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in New York City by posing as a jewel thief, stays in touch with his former colleague with exchanged letters, he told the Herald in an exclusive interview yesterday. ``John is not a complainer. All he ever says is that is he very confident that his appeal will be successful, and he is looking forward to winning it. He's always been up. He's never been down,'' Pistone said in a phone interview yesterday. ``He never talks about what it's like to be in jail. It's got to be tough when people know who you are, and you have to look over your shoulder every day. ``I've known John for a long time. His reputation amongst other FBI agents - one of a good street agent, and an individual who had the ability to cultivate informants,'' Pistone said. ``I've never heard anybody say a negative word about John. He was known as a top-notch informant recruiter.'' It was Connolly's criminal relationship with those informers, primarily James ``Whitey'' Bulger and Stephen ``The Rifleman'' Flemmi, that landed him behind bars, where he is serving a 10-year federal prison sentence on racketeering charges. Pistone met Connolly shortly after Pistone emerged from his undercover role, which decimated the Bonanno crime family. Late last year, the remains of two Mafia captains who were whacked because they invited ``Donnie Brasco'' to be an inducted member of the Bonanno family were found in the ``Gotti Graveyard,'' a scrubby lot in Queens, N.Y., near the late ``Dapper Don'' John Gotti's home. Pistone is now retired from the FBI, but teaches undercover tactics to law enforcement agencies across the globe. This month, his book ``Good Guys,'' a novel he wrote with former Bonanno crime family boss Bill Bonanno, hit bookstores.