What you say would make sense however the Kennedy witch hunt included a very broad variety of Organized Crime, although we all know today Giancana and Marcello were at the top of his list. By the way, Marcello, was one of the most influential bosses during this era. Anyways, while the Outfit had a legal war I can assure you the bottom line did not suffer. Yes the mob sold out of many casinos and made a fortune, but the outfit also hung on to few interests, the most famous being the Stardust. Aside from the casino business, the Outfit also controlled all typical organized crime in Las Vegas as well. It was also during this era Mr. Roseli brokered gun funneling programs in central America, while Mr. Giancana brokered gun funneling programs in the Middle East, ahhh the great proxy war era. I was also informed once by the Lebanese consulate, the Chicago Outfit had millions invested in Beirut, Lebanon....hidden in their banks as well as bankrolling major casinos similar to their holdings in Iran. I can seriously go on and on, and I am really just touching the surface of one area. We studied this organization, as there has been and most likely will be nothing ever more like it in this country. The Outfit was the epitome of a finely tuned streamlined business....but the catch was, the whole show was illegal. Fascinating to say the least.