Originally Posted by Lana

Well, Bussetta was technically not one of Michael's 'regular' men in the family
Ouch! Is that why Michael didn't even bat an eyelid when Tom told Michael at the Desert Inn “Your bodyguard is dead”

Exactly. Bussetta was a hired gun, probably taken on by Michael because he couldn't be sure at that time that Rocco and/or Neri weren't involved in the Tahoe shooting--as he told Tom before leaving, "Our people are businessmen, their loyalty is based on that." Coincidentally, he wanted Roth to think that, by not bringing Rocco and/or Neri to Havana, he was still in the dark about who ordered the shooting.


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