I have mentioned my concern in the past with aspects of FBI Agent John Connolly’s case in Florida. The overall concern is that duties and responsibilities of Connolly as an FBI agent handling top-level informants were and are murky. This has been a deliberate policy of the FBI. We’ve seen it most recently with Mafia…
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Blogging About Whitey Bulger Means I Have To Venture Into Other Subjects During These Dog Days of the Trial
I got a little off topic because of the Annie Dookhan matter which I expect will happen on occasion. The results of Dookhan’s alleged actions are dire. I’ve been able to see that the DAs are aware of this. It looked like the higher-ups in the Commonwealth were giving it the head in the sand…
A Day For Picking Winners and Losers In Whitey Bulger’s World
Because an event that will happen tomorrow, today’s a day for reflecting on the winners and losers of life in the context of the subject matter of this blog. I am looking at it from today’s perspective because life has so many twists and turns I’d suggest the best measurement is done by looking at…
Massachusetts Should Not Be Able to Hide the Truth By Blaming One “Rogue” Drug Lab Chemist
Finally some people have woken up and seen the magnitude of the drug lab scandal. I’d like to think it was because of the blog I wrote a couple a days ago which was published in the Quincy Patriot Ledger where I said this is going to be a very expensive proposition and calling for an…
A Twisted System Where The Punishment Relates To The Connection and Not the Crime
Amy Bishop was convicted of three murders. She will spend the rest of her life in prison. I don’t think there are many people who believe that is not a fair sentence. John Salvi convicted of the killings at the abortion clinics in Brookline likewise received life without parole. Marianne Kosilek convicted of killing…
Drug Lab Failure Will Force Commonwealth To Pay Over A Billion Dollars To Drug Dealers
You’ve all heard by now of the huge scandal in Massachusetts that’s going to cost us taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. No, it’s not paying the victims of Whitey or those who were imprisoned in the FBI’s scandal with Joe “The Animal” Barboza. It’s about the money we will soon owe to the criminals…