Tom and Sonny talk about McCluskey as a brand new development?
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Tom: I found out about this Captain McCluskey who broke Mike's jaw... Sonny: What about him? Tom: Now he's definitely on Sollozzo's payroll and for big money McCluskey has agreed to be the Turk's bodyguard
It seems to me McCluskey was not on the Corleones payroll? and from what we saw in the movie – McCluskey “setting Vito up for Sollozzo to finish him off” - sort of makes sense now....
It is fleshed out in the book McCluskey was peeved he has to return the money because Sollozzo's men couldn't get to Vito He was also under the impression Michael would surrender after killing Sollozzo It never occurred to him he was his next victim
