I'm sure the Senate investigators were well aware that Tom knew enough to put Michael away for a dozen lifetimes.

There are several plausible reasons why they wouldn't have tried to force him to testify:

1. They wanted to spring a perjury trap for Michael. If Tom had been involved, Michael would have simply taken the 5th, knowing that they had a strong witness against him.

2. They already had Pentangeli's testimony directly implicating Michael. They may have been confident enough that they didn't feel they needed to go to the trouble of arranging a corroborating witness.

3. They didn't have the goods on Tom like they did on Pentangeli (trafficking, murder one, and a lot more). Plus, Tom was not found half-dead, screaming that Michael Corleone betrayed him.

4. Roth and Questadt may have believed (correctly, IMHO), that Tom would NEVER have testified against Michael and the Family, regardless of the cost to Tom.

5. Maybe they did go after Tom. He turned them down. Does he have to tell us about every offer he gets? ;\)

Last edited by The Last Woltz; 09/06/07 09:47 AM.
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