Until the Strawman case, wasn't it just hearsay that Allen Glick was a front for the mob? That means throughout the 1950's to the 1980's, you guys would have claimed that the mob didn't have a piece of the Vegas casinos because there was no hard proof and no prosecutions.

Until Joe Valachi testified, wasn't it just hearsay that the mafia existed and there was a national commission? That means Hoover was right in denying the existence of the mafia for decades since it was just hearsay that the organization existed.

Hearsay doesn't carry the weight of facts, but where there's smoke, there's fire.