That the FBI, with all of its manpower, resources, and willingness to use spies, informers, infiltrators, and electronic surveillance, has not yet brought the Mafia under control suggests that the latter is a relatively lower priority than the very small Socialist Worker’s Party, the equally small American Indian Movement in the 1970s, or the Central American peace movement of the 1980s. It is reported that the drug traffic in New York City actually declined during a police strike a few years ago.
