"they can pull the string and the whole thing unravels.”

“I’m not saying these guys, I’m just saying in general — but in every organized white-collar crime, you have to have a group of people bound by relationships that everybody believes are indestructible,” said Mr. Antar, 62, who was the chief financial officer of the Crazy Eddie discount electronics chain and the cousin of its namesake, Eddie Antar, who was also convicted of fraud.
Being tight-knit — normally considered a plus for any group — “that can work both ways,” he said. Cautioning again that he was speaking hypothetically, he added: 'When the F.B.I. gets a good grip on a guy who belongs to a network like that, it’s like, they can pull the string and the whole thing unravels.”

(The bold type is mine.)

EXACTLY!

THE ARTICLE IS HERE:
New York Times
Brooklyn Blogs Buzzing With Talk About Rabbis

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/nyregion/25syrians.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y