Thought I heard them say that the real life Donnie Brasco started working high school basketball games to get back in shape after the undercover stuff was over with. Eventually he worked his way up and landed a job in the NBA when he quit the force and is now a ref in Game 2 of the NBA Finals?
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]You’re used to seeing 14-year NBA veteran Bob Delaney on the court with Shaq or the Mailman. But long before his officiating career ever took off, Delaney spent more than two years living under an assumed identity. In a matter of months, he went from New Jersey State Trooper to corrupt businessman in bed with the Mob.
[/FONT]In 1981, Delaney was called to testify before the U.S. Congress at Senator Sam Nunn’s investigative subcommittee on waterfront corruption. He was 29 years old. One of the members on that committee was FBI agent Lou Freeh, who had worked with Delaney on Project Alpha and who is now the director of the FBI. Freeh was working on another undercover case involving FBI agent Joe Pistone, who spent six years undercover and whose story was told in the 1996 film Donnie Brasco starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. Freeh suggested Delaney and Pistone get together.
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[/FONT]In 1981, Delaney was called to testify before the U.S. Congress at Senator Sam Nunn’s investigative subcommittee on waterfront corruption. He was 29 years old. One of the members on that committee was FBI agent Lou Freeh, who had worked with Delaney on Project Alpha and who is now the director of the FBI. Freeh was working on another undercover case involving FBI agent Joe Pistone, who spent six years undercover and whose story was told in the 1996 film Donnie Brasco starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. Freeh suggested Delaney and Pistone get together.
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