Back in the days of frank costello it was known that political protection and contacts were neccessary. Now its much harder to spot but I noticed something lately see in the family secrets trial it was revealed that Outfit Boss John No nose Difronzo was present and participated in the spilotro brothers murders yet he wasnt charged or put on trial like the others. Then I found out that the Governor of Illinois at that time was Rod Blagoyevich who today was found guilty on 17 of 20 counts of corruption. It turns out that Rod used to be a major outfit bookie on the northside and was likely maneuvered into power by the outfit who Difronzo was boss of at the time and still is, and in turn kept his name off the indictment. Seems like a classic case of political protection.