De acordo com o Godfather Wiki , o atentado contra a vida de Pentangeli estava destinado a falhar.
Shortly before the Cuban fiasco, the Senate began hearings on the impact of organized crime. The subcommittee's lawyer, Questadt, was on Roth's payroll, and alerted Roth. Seeing a chance to eliminate Michael from the scene, Roth had the Rosatos try to kill Pentangeli and make him think that they did so on orders from Michael. Pentangeli tells the FBI that Michael is really a powerful Mafia leader who controls all of the gambling in North America, and has ordered dozens of murders.
Lido deste modo, o policial passando foi planejado para distruir o assassinato. Isso daria a Pentangeli um motivo para trair seu juramento e revelar segredos sobre a família Corleone antes da reunião do comitê do Senado.