These are two troubling parts of GFII.
1. As for Cicci saying "that was no heart attack" there are many possibilities. At first I thought the Rosatos whacked him, but I agree with other members here who say if that had happened there would have been serious consequences. Moreover if it was a hit by the Rosatos Micahel would have known it was Roth who was behind it, and perhaps he would have been a little more mindful of security in his home. I can see Michael doing nothing and waiting for his chance to get Roth, but that doesn't seem to be the case. The second theory, that the Rosatos drove Clemenza to death is more likely, however a heart attack is a heart attack no matter what exacerbated the condition. My conclusion is that Cicci was exaggerating slightly (he WAS talking to Fredo after all) so he could help Frankie get his hearing with Michael, and perhaps get Michael to let him go after the Rosatos.
2. I have never understood Tom's telling Michael the intimate details of Pentangeli's state of mind moments after he was snatched by the New York police. I assume when he talks about "our people in New York," Tom is talking about people in the police department who were on the payroll....kind of like the guy who called Sonny to say that the Captain had signed out to Louis in the Bronx. The whole point of having people on the payroll is to have them provide you with timely information. For instance if Sonny's guy had called two days later to tell him about Louis' the whole plan to kill Sollozzo would have failed. Why wouldn't whoever knew about this contact someone immediately? Perhaps because they thought Pentangeli was the "go to" guy, and because Michael had disappeared. But Tom was "the don" and Tom was the one who eventually found out what happened. It seems to me that once the family thought Pentangeli had been killed (by the time he was in Cuba Michael knew Roth had given the order) that SOMEONE would have contacted their people in the Police dept. to find out what the hell was going on. Don't forget they also had Cicci. That someone, unfortunately was Tom, and I have to say he dropped the ball big time on this one.
