Author: mtc9393

I keep scratching my head at the government’s approach to this case. I guess it is because I marvel at J. W. Carney’s ability to have it chasing its tail. Today a former customs officer was testifying about his involvement with John McIntyre, allegedly one of Nee’s  Whitey’s victims. McIntyre gave a 50 page statement…

Not much going on.  Solimando was pretty much put through his direct examination over again. It was shown maybe he was friendlier to Jimmy Martorano than he wanted to let on and maybe he knew Callahan was more involved with organized crime than he let on and that on a prior occasion he said something…

I’m sitting at a trial where an FBI Top Echelon Informant (TEI) is on trial. The FBI is not looking too good —  it has this inane program where it protects top-level criminals who agree to give it information about other top-level criminals. In other words the FBI partners up with these guys and as…

It’s fair to say this will be the last full week the prosecution team will be putting in their case. Then Carney and Brennan (C&B) will be up.  Yesterday afternoon at 2:00 pm the court held a session without the jurors to go over the scheduling and clean up some loose ends.  I ventured from…

Today brought us two witnesses – Montanari the retired FBI agent and then Michael Solimando. Brian Halloran told Montanari that Whitey Bulger had on his payroll a guy who worked at a grave yard and would bury people for him. I think this witness Solimando is the guy. I say that because unless Brennan can…

Brennan on cross-examination managed to show Jeremiah O’Sullivan was the head of the Strike Force who did organized crime prosecution who would have a say in whether Brian Halloran got admitted into the witness protection program. Those close to these matters have probably heard the story how ASAC Fitzpatrick went to O’Sullivan and then to…