Don Cardi...I agree with you about Roth's plan to have the shooters be the sacrificial lambs and point to Pentageli. Roth had that set up so that either way he would win...if the hit succeeded, Roth was done with Michael Corleone; if the hit failed, it would look like a Pentangeli hit.

I am not leaving Fredo out. I have stated many times that Fredo conspired with Roth to overthrow Michael. Also, it's obvious that Rocco and Roth have not met (Roth hit scene.) The buffer between Roth and Rocco would have been Johnny and Fredo. Rocco's part would have been the carrying out of the Tahoe hit. I'm going to give a synopsis my theory in a bit. But first, I too find the statement, "They must be out of New York. I-I don't recognize them," very interesting. Let me ask you this: If Rocco was not part of the Tahoe hit...HOW does Rocco know the shooters are out of New York? I don't think they had any ID on them...