Prince of the City Page #9

You are my job, you understand?

Anything worries you,

anything you need, anything at all...

...I take care of.

This is Ned Chippy.

This is Pete.

Anything you need,

we're gonna get it for you.

- You know the route.

- Yes, sir.

- You guys are pretty careful.

- Yes, we are.

Tell that man

his gun makes me nervous.

They're all over the house,

they're out in the yard.

Can't you see Bobby's scared?

Hi.

Hey, it's just like the TV shows.

Like a dumb little TV show.

- No.

- Come on, baby. Yes, it is.

- Come on, you know Chippy. You do.

- No, I don't.

Here's Tug.

Mrs. Ciello, I think

we're about ready to go.

Now, everything you've marked here

will be up there tonight.

Well, hello, princess.

How are you, sweetheart?

- Hi.

- Hi.

How many men will there be with us?

Three shifts. About 18 men.

Eighteen men, 18 what?

There are 18 of them.

Where are they gonna sleep?

They got sleeping bags and tents.

It's the mountains. It's cold.

If you need any help with anything,

Mrs. Ciello, just give a holler.

I can't help it.

If it gets too cold, you can take

turns in the living room.

- Tell the others.

- Yes, ma'am.

You can use the TV if you keep

it low and you don't wake the kids.

Thank you, ma'am.

Babe, are you okay?

Yeah.

They're taking me out tomorrow.

Oh, God.

Where?

I'll be staying in a military barracks

on Governors Island during the week.

I'll be coming back here

on the weekends.

I didn't want to tell you until I had to.

Danny, something I wanted

to tell you alone.

I'm gonna be leaving soon.

I've been appointed

commissioner of investigation.

That's a cabinet-level post.

How about that?

- That's terrific, Ricky. I'm happy for you.

- Well, you're responsible.

For what you've done.

What's gonna happen to me?

You are gonna be with a terrific team of

guys. They're gonna work your ass off.

Thirty or 40 indictments,

it's an embarrassment of riches.

We have too many defendants,

too much evidence.

You're gonna roll into

Foley Square every morning at 8 a.m.

Roll back to this prison at 6.

That's the way it'll be.

Dan, come on. You're gonna

be so pooped every night.

It's looney tunes, Rick.

The people you put under indictment...

...will make bail in 24 hours.

They're gonna be out living their lives.

I'm the first to go to prison.

It's important

to have a picture...

...of when and where

you made this recording.

It's vital to the Blomberg trial.

I know, I know, Mr. Burano...

...but it's been 14 months ago.

There's been a lot of recording since.

Dan, Dan, you're doing great.

Let's listen to the whole thing again.

Is this the one you made

in the Chinese restaurant?

I'm not sure of anything anymore.

There's been so many meals in my life.

Can I borrow Dan? Just two seconds

and we'll bring him back to you.

- No problem. Danny, do you mind?

- No.

No, bring your sandwich in.

No talking, just listening.

Okay, Dan, this is Ralph Kubela

from RCA. He's cleaning your tapes up.

- Ralph, Detective Ciello.

- How are you?

Nice to meet you. What's the matter?

They talk too dirty for you?

A little electronic magic.

I'm eliminating the background noise,

adding highs so the words are clearer.

- Dan Ciello, this is your life.

- Yeah.

Hey, by the way, if you could give me

five or six hours, I'd sure appreciate it.

Whoever catalogued and indexed these

tapes didn't know what they were doing.

My master log doesn't match

with the identification numbers at all.

- I think Mr. Burano needs me all day.

- And don't forget me.

You said two seconds.

Now, two seconds now.

Later, two hours. Come on.

With one sentence, Danny,

we can complete this transcript.

should've just given it to Edelman.

I don 't give 10 big ones to some

kike cop on the first date, all right?

Let me hear it again, will you?

Can I, please?

Oh, sh*t, I forgot my sandwich.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was talking.

Let me hear it again, will you?

- Should've just given it to Edelman.

- I don 't give...

- Date set on the Blomberg trial?

- Not yet, soon.

Can I be there?

No.

Why not?

I'm gonna have to lie

on the stand, Carla.

That's perjury. You can't.

What am I supposed to do, tell the truth

about the unit? About what we all did?

And spend the rest of my life lying.

It's just a squirrel!

I might as well just blurt this out.

I've been made the New York head...

...of the Justice Department Joint

Strike Force Against Organized Crime.

I'm unpacking

my desk and moving across the plaza.

I'm not abandoning you.

Brooks, you don't know what I'm

wrestling with. I got a lot of worries.

A lot of problems.

Christ, I mean, you guys, you say,

"This is your life, and I'll take care of it."

Then you move on.

I know you're worried about the trial,

but you'll be prepared.

And we'll set up a pretrial meeting

with Blomberg's lawyer.

With Heinsdorff?

Why do I have to meet

with him before the trial?

You don't have to,

but it'd be to your advantage.

You'd find out exactly

what you'll be up against.

Look, Brooks, I don't mean I'm not glad

about your new job, you know?

What are you gonna work on first?

We're gonna make a very serious run

on the Garment District.

Perhaps you can do me

one last favor there.

I need an undercover man.

- You need Gus Levy.

- That was fast.

Brooks, I've got to get him

out of Narcotics.

I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that.

Listen, I wanna tell you something.

I don't care about what's past.

I don't care if you sold junk

or whatever you did.

What you were then is not what

you are now. You changed your life.

Don't throw it away with perjury.

If you take the oath and you lie...

...to protect Gus Levy or the partners,

anybody, anybody, they'll indict you.

And I might take the stand and testify

against you. Don't do that to me, Danny.

Jesus Christ, how did I

wind up over here?

You're one of us. And the difference

between us and a Blomberg...

...is that when we take the oath,

we tell the truth.

- Hello, Mr. Heinsdorff.

- Hello.

This is Detective Ciello.

I won't make this too uncomfortable,

detective.

I just wanna chat about

those three little episodes of misconduct.

Three seems to be a meager number

to spread over 11 years.

I'm sorry I'm not the bigtime criminal

you lawyers expect cops to be.

I mean, you make me ashamed

I didn't show more initiative.

Detective Ciello

is a very charming fellow.

I believe we are in a lot of trouble.

Don't be deceived. Mr. Heinsdorff

will not be this kind to you in court.

Well, we're talking here

about a man's career and his life.

Michael Blomberg is not

such a bad person.

That's open to debate.

I want you to know, I've done a great

deal of work in the narcotics area.

I've defended users

and dealers and policemen.

Did you know Detective Carey in SIU?

And Carey knows you.

I've spoken to a number of addicts who

will come forth and testify at this trial.

They say they know you.

They say you are guilty...

...of many more acts of misconduct

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