new member here - great site.

I have debated this question about the assault on Pentangeli for years. so i'm assuming that no one contends that Michael actually did order the hit on Frankie - seems unlikely given that the Rosatto Brothers carried it out.

but when Tom said later that Roth "played this one brilliantly, he engineered the whole thing" I have always leaned towards the belief that the intent was not to kill Pentangeli, but to turn him on Michael. why would they have planted the drugs on him otherwise. what purpose would that serve if they were going to kill him anyway ?