I AM a published organized historian. I have his complete FBI files and many others and can tell you that Roemer was mistaken. He believed DeStefano's denial which doesn't makes sense. Does anyone think that if he asked Accardo or Giancana that same question that they would have admitted membership in an organized crime family? Yet I don't think that he had any doubts that they were. There is plenty of evidence in the files themselves that DeStefano was made. There is evidence on other things that Roemer overlooked and was mistaken about. I don't think that makes Roemer a bad guy, but he wasn't the best historian.

So DeStefano was made. Chicago is a reliable poster who had access to inside information. Joe Fosco is another who's info you can rely on. There are others as well who either had access or continue to have access to inside information and are credible sources. There may be slight disagreements between some of them, but on the whole their facts jibe with each other.